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'The Sri Lankan navy battered our boats'

'The food the Sri Lankans gave us was horrible. It used to stink. We used to throw most of it away.' 'In the night my legs used to be in someone's face and his legs used to be in my lap. There was......

She was one of a kind

Which publishing house but The Times Group could flaunt, on its staff, 'Raman, Laxman and Bharatan' -- in that order? If that sounds a lark, then the intellectual confrontation between Qurratulain......

Admiral Bharatan new Vice Chief of Naval Staff

Vice Admiral Venkat Bharatan, an aviator and submariner, took over as the new Vice Chief of Naval Staff in New Delhi on Monday. Commissioned into the Navy in 1967, Bharatan, a recipient of Param......

Indian spiders in a box

Guys, got a bit of a problem; mails had come in for that piece on I-Day I had written -- but so had thousands of spam mails, thanks to the latest virus some nut has let loose.In cleaning up the......

Sensex: 1,00,000 mark in our lifetime?

Sometime in mid-August, at the height of the sub-prime crisis in the US, Tata Mutual Fund MD Ved Prakash Chaturvedi predicted that we might see the 1,00,000 mark for the Sensex index in our......

Lata loved to sport jeans

Where Shamshad Begum was charging Rs 900 for a song, Lata was prepared to settle for Rs 50 as she came on the scene.Raju Bharatan recalls yet another memorable incident from Lata Mangeshkar's......

When Lataji Stunned Noorjehan

Was this indeed the Lata who had started out with her, as a child star, in Badi Maa (1945)?Raju Bharatan recalls yet another memorable incident from Lata Mangeshkar's incredible life. How Lata......

After Lata Arrived, Others Melted Away

She came like a whirlwind to wipe out, in one stroke, practically all female singing competition, recalls Raju Bharatan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Instagram Maybe it is saddening......

How Lata Mangeshkar Proved Dilip Kumar Wrong

'Ein Maharashtrianon ke saath ek problem hotaa hoi -- einke gaane mein daal-bhaath ki boo aatee hai!'"Those words stung me to such an extent that the following morning itself I started, seriously,......

When Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar didn't speak for 13 years

The way Dilip came to the porch to receive Lata, you would never have guessed something was amiss between the two.Raju Bharatan's many wonderful insights into Dilip Kumar's life. IMAGE: Dilip......

When luck favoured Viv in India

IMAGE: Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, a true batting legend. Photograph: Viv Richards/Twitter 'I remember the first time we played, we played in Bangalore, and I never forget this... just......

Veteran cricket commentator Saraiya dead

Veteran radio cricket commentator Suresh Saraiya passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a heart attack. Saraiya, 76, is survived by a daughter who lives in Paris. With his smooth voice,......

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