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The colourful, manic world of Jaipur Lit Fest

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the twists and turns of the high speed, crazy literature festival It is like reading a manic, exotic novel. A luridly colourful novel which switches......

How diplomacy and poetry are linked

It is widely accepted that the greatest literature is born when cultures, civilizations or worldviews come together. This often happens in case of diplomat-poets who often find themselves in exotic......

'Today Bengal has lost its man of the heart'

Eminent litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay's sudden demise has stunned the literary world. Writer Samaresh Majumdar sums up the 'emptiness' being felt by the fraternity in Bengal, in this tribute......

Tribute: Sujatha will live with us

Sujatha'sdemise is an irreparable loss to the Tamil literary world. A prolific writer who covered everything under the sun ranging from social character to metaphysics, Sujatha was aware of all......

Indian schoolgirl is top scorer in Malaysia

An Indian schoolgirl in Malaysia has become one of the highest scorers in English literature worldwide from among students who sat for their International General Certificate of Secondary Education......

Should Google own the world's words?

That's the key question in the ferocious debate raging over Google Book Search, writes Nilanjana S Roy.Who owns literature? And would you be comfortable if the answer to that was: "Google"?This is......

The way we work now

Things like the increase in worker diversity can only be all to the good, but what about the steadily rising proportion of “temporary” workers? Asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Look around your......

Of Cobrapost and a Japanese firm named after Mumbai

An online search for Mumbai Street Company, which has stake in firm owned by Cobrapost editor, drew a blank. An entity named after ‘Mumbai’ but based in Japan’s Saitama city......

Is India facing stagflation? C Rangarajan clears the air

A recent paper on ‘Growth or Austerity: The Policy Dilemma’, co-authored by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan and secretary Alok Sheel, created......

COLUMN: Seeking shared value

Many people, not only in business but in society at large, still see progress and social justice as an either-or choice, writes Rajni Bakshi. Violent clashes between local people and the......

Just who was Jiah Khan?

Jiah Khan, who ended her life by hanging herself in her Juhu flat on June 3, was all of 19 when she made her acting debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd in 2007. Cast opposite the legend Amitabh......

'Balraj Sahni was a misfit in filmdom'

On his birth centenary on May 2013, veteran actor Balraj Sahni's grandniece, Malavika Sangghvi, recounts his extraordinary but sad life.The world knew him as Balraj Sahni, the celebrated......

Rekha's breathtaking perfection in and as Umrao Jaan

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Rekha, Farooque Shaikh and Naseeruddin Shah's 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Does breathtaking have an expiry date?......

Seeing Afghanistan through a different lens

Three teenage girls have made a brief documentary called The Kabul Cards, which shows a much more cheerful side of Afghanisthan's capital, Kabul. It has broken the stereotype of bombed out sites......

Give the Bollywood woman some respect!

Rinki Roy, daughter of noted director Bimal Roy, pens her thoughts on how women have been portrayed in Hindi cinema through the years, and why the stereotyping should STOP!As an activist, I......

Pranab had turned down offer to head BCCI

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday revealed that his name was proposed for the post of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Chief in the 1980s but he backed out as he has "never held a......

Suresh Saraiya, one of the best-loved radio commentators

Haresh Pandya pays tribute to noted radio commentator Suresh Saraiya, who passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a heart attack. July 18, 2012, turned out to be a sad day for Hindi cinema and......

Tendulkar recommended for Rajya Sabha membership

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and yesteryear actress Rekha are among four eminent personalitiesrecommended for nomination as members of the Rajya Sabha. The 39-year-old Tendulkar, who has brought......

'Roebuck was somewhere between Cardus and Arlott'

Haresh Pandya, paying tribute to friend and noted columnist Peter Roebuck, says the Englishman's untimely death is an irreparable loss not only to cricket journalism, but also sports......

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Q. Volga River--something abut the river?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. more

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Q. How Did the Spread of Islam Affect the Development of Science?
Azam Khan: A. is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is...... more

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Q. What are the Scriptures That Extol Lord Skanda ?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. Islam instructs man to use his powers of intelligence and observation. Within a few years of the spread of Islam, great civilizations and...... more

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Q. who is a Hippie.have you ever met/talked with them!
Amol Raikar: A. Of the eighteen Puranas, Skanda Purana deals with the Avatara and Leelas of Lord Skanda and His victory over the Asura king, Soorapadman. It also...... more

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Print pick

The Orphan Masters Son: Adam Johnson: Rs. 450 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Riveting portrait of a world rife with hunger, corruption,... ...

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SPECIAL REPORT - Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither

By Oliver Holmes and Alexander Dziadosz ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself... ...

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Regally Yours

0 Comments, Be the first to comment | 19/06/2013 02:40 PM | Mysore is known not only for its majestic palaces, well-tended gardens and lively... ...

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