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Still a long journey for young Thackeray

One is hopeful that if he becomes CM, Mr Thackeray will not be as trigger happy in calling for bans or encouraging outrage, says Uttaran Das Gupta. IMAGE: Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray......

Abhijit Banerjee's Dhoti Chic

'The bhadralok would have earlier baulked at the very idea of wearing a coloured dhoti; now, with Dr Banerjee wearing, it is quite likely to be the hot fashion item during Durga Puja next year,'......

Revealed: Nehru didn't trust the Chinese

'Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai? Don't you believe it. I don't trust the Chinese one bit,' Nehru told Gopalaswamy Parthasarathi before he traveled to China as India's ambassador.Asking GP to be ever......

A cat, not a coward

Perumal Murugan's Songs Of A Coward reminds Uttaran Das Gupta of Orwell's Animal Farm and Ionesco's The Rhinoceros.Both works, as well as Murugan's stark poetry, are poignant for our times, when......

The son who outshone his father

Those familiar with Hindi poetry are aware of Rahim's elevated status in the medieval history of literature -- he is one of the triumvirate of doha writers, the other two being Kabir and Tulsidas,......

Vat 69 to Coke: What Bollywood drinks in the movies

'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta. Contemplating a future in crime -- to be more specific, smuggling......

The bigger the stars, the bigger the offence

'While censorship of any sort is anathema to the creative spirit, political correctness has become more and more the norm rather than the exception,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta. The makers of the......

Bratty Sanju Baba to lovable Munna Bhai

'The most striking comment Yasser Usman makes -- not only about Sanjay Dutt, but also our contemporary society -- is about the transformation that he goes through: From being a man who claimed......

It's only football

South Korea scored, twice, and the German team crashed out of the tournament in the first round, for the first time in history.Uttaran Das Gupta discovers a stunned nation on a visit to Germany......

Uttaran Das Gupta

News for Uttaran Das Gupta

Still a long journey for young Thackeray

Abhijit Banerjee's Dhoti Chic

Revealed: Nehru didn't trust the Chinese

A cat, not a coward

The son who outshone his father

Vat 69 to Coke: What Bollywood drinks in the movies

The bigger the stars, the bigger the offence

Bratty Sanju Baba to lovable Munna Bhai

It's only football

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