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Hamara Bajaj Kindled Pride in Being Indian

In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions......

Coming soon: BBC News in Indian languages

The BBC is all set to produce daily newscasts in Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi (in addition to the existing Hindi, Tamil and Urdu), Jim Egan, CEO, BBC Global News, tells Vanita......

A look at would-be Microsoft killer

"Woo-hoo." "Whoever just joined, you're breaking things up. It might help if you muted your phone." "We got a lot of good stuff done last week." "Fish got that working; that's pretty cool." "We......

How to profit from the real estate sector

The hottest space in the market for the last 12-15 months has been real estate. It's been phenomenal the way some of these stocks have moved up, much to the disbelief of most of the observers. The......

Google's secret weapon: simplicity

I'm snuggled under the covers with Jon Stewart and the remote. The 'Evolution/Schmevolution' skit is funny, but it's been a long day, and I'm fading fast. The promise of technology is that I'm one......

'I am not a star's daughter'

'Until I was 25, nobody even knew if I existed.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Alizeh/Instagram As veteran screenwriter Salim Khan's granddaughter and superstar Salman Khan's niece, it is no surprise......

'I'd rather be an actor than a Nawab any day'

'I don't take being a Nawab very seriously.' IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Kaalakaandi. Remember Boris from Go Goa Gone? Somehow, Kaalakaandi, despite being nothing like the zombie comedy, brings back......

'I am inclined towards offbeat films'

Regina Cassandra made an impressive debut with Siva Manasulo Sruthi (SMS). She went on to do Routine Love Story (RLS), Ra Ra Krishnayya, Kotha Janta and Power. Regina’s new Telugu film titled......

Kamal Haasan delivers with Manmadhan Ambu

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Tamil film Manmadhan Ambu. Post YOUR reviews here! There are several things going for Red Giant's Manmadhan Ambu (Cupid's Arrow), but chief of them all is Manush......

The Age Of The Couch Potato

True Believers, Welcome to my sometimes silly, sometimes sordid world. This is a column where I launch into absolutely whatever, keeping it nice and sporadic and talking about anything under the......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......

Of one man armies

Point To Ponder: India boasts of having the best batsman in the world in its team, Sachin but yet India has never been able to win a single test series abroad since last 15 years.Now consider this......

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