A great son of Gujarat, a towering leader of India – Tributes to Sardar Patel

Narendra Modi31 October 2012, 01:11 PM IST Today we pay our heartfelt tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 137th birth anniversary. It is a matter of immense honour and pride for us that Sardar Patel is a great son of Gujarat. There...

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Arvind Kejriwal’s strategy: does he have any other option?

V Mahalingam31 October 2012, 03:31 PM IST Open another front, bypass, divert attention, concentrate forces to strike are some of the well-known military strategies which the political class, the media and the pseudo – intellectuals seem to have...

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Happy Halloween and the great sexual turn-ons thrown in!

Omar Qureshi31 October 2012, 07:34 PM IST It's Halloween. Tradition time on October 31. When all horror, craziness and sexuality is unleashed before the purity of All Saints Day ( 01st November). But there's more than horror that' turned me...

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Will Yeddyurappa flip-flop?

Naheed Ataulla30 October 2012, 02:49 PM IST He is a person who will do what his heart desires. Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has announced that 101%, he has made up his mind and packed his bags to move out of the BJP...

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From Darr to an illustrious death … an ode to romance!

Omar Qureshi30 October 2012, 06:52 PM IST Most say that with Yash Chopra no more, romance is dead. Would that be the case? Or would Yshji refute that when his songs play on and his scenes play out? Because what's creative can never die. And...

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Tharoor Vs Modi, duel of words, of love and more

Sharmila Ravinder30 October 2012, 07:23 PM IST An interesting week this with two people I enjoy following on Twitter being at war with each other on a popular social networking site and beyond. It all started when Modi's following on Twitter...

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Son of Sardaar

Better known as a dialogue writer than a director, Ashwani Dhir directs his third film, Son of Sardaar - this Diwali's quota of comedy. It looks more slapsticky and the typical over-the top that goes with it. Ajay Devgn seems to be playing a macho character...

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Short-sightedness

VS Sunder29 October 2012, 05:41 PM IST Some time ago, I had written a piece about my making a trip purportedly to help  upgrade the curriculum at a university in the north-east but in fact out of a desire to see a good friend in Kolkata...

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan

All roads will lead to the theaters this Diwali to pay tribute to Yash Chopra. Whether you like the film or not, it will just be an experience to watch his last film along with many cinema lovers. Interestingly, very little is known about the plot of...

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Saif-Kareena -- A matter of choice?

Vinita Dawra Nangia28 October 2012, 08:40 AM IST Even successful, beautiful Indian women cannot afford to pick the best men; at best, they do what they can do There was something about the Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan wedding that didn't ring...

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New faces for a new face of the government

TK Arun28 October 2012, 03:14 PM IST The Union council of ministers has got 17 new members, of which two made it straight to the Cabinet, joining five others who got promoted from ministers of state. All the new entrants are from the Congress,...

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The magnificence of the multi-tiered tiffin-box

Santosh Desai28 October 2012, 06:21 PM IST If the thali is a bungalow, sprawling in its abundant magnificence, the triple-decker tiffin-box is its apartment version. Not the boxy kind, constructed under some government scheme, but an Antilla...

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How should we judge Rajat Gupta

Abhijit Bhaduri27 October 2012, 01:00 PM IST The last few days have seen two role models demolished. We have had to rethink our notion that our role models have to be super human. They cannot display human failings. There is collective disbelief...

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It's all about delivery

R Edwin Sudhir27 October 2012, 02:20 PM IST Bangaloreans have every right to crib these days. There are too many things going wrong which affect the quality of life, that elusive thing we all desperately look for and only a fortunate few are...

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Find a new formula, Mr Mallya

Shobha John27 October 2012, 07:05 PM IST Dr Vijay Mallya doth protest too much. His spleen-venting over recalcitrant Kingfisher Airlines employees and the media is not doing him any good. People have seen him for what he is -- an uncaring employer...

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Surface is a gamble for Microsoft

B Pradeep Nair26 October 2012, 01:54 PM IST People in China are the first in the world to lay their hands on Microsoft's Surface tablet. That speaks volumes about the importance of the communist nation, one of the largest PC markets in the world,...

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Generics: Superiorly or Spuriously?

Anoop Kohli26 October 2012, 02:24 PM IST "Mirror, mirror, on the Wal-(Mart),  Who is the best seller of us all?" Multibrand retail by the world's largest chain set foot in India with thunderous applause by the industry, and the government...

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A raw GIFT, handle with care

Rajiv Shah26 October 2012, 07:25 PM IST Finally, after considerable endeavour in Gandhinagar Sachivalaya, I was able to lay my hands on what is being regarded as "feasibility study" of chief minister Narendra Modi's dream project, Gujarat International...

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Will a new order emerge from these ruins?

Alok Tiwari25 October 2012, 12:31 PM IST It may be early days to say what kind of space Arvind Kejriwal has made for himself and his proposed party in the political universe of the country. What is clear, however, that within a short span he...

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Why is our media not “exposing” Zee’s extortion of Naveen Jindal????

Prashant Panday25 October 2012, 04:27 PM IST We have today entered an era where nothing unseemly remains under wraps for long. Corruption scams are being exposed by the day. Without doubt, the brunt of this is being faced by the politicians;...

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It's not just about Lance

Amit Karmarkar25 October 2012, 07:17 PM IST "Son, you never quit."In his book It's Not About The Bike, Lance Armstrong quotes the above inspirational line from his mother on a number of pages. Moral of the story being never accept defeat.Isn't...

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Gadkari’s plight a Narendra Modi plot?

Prashant Panday24 October 2012, 10:27 AM IST See how beautiful the plot is. By using Kejriwal the Joker (short for Joker in the political pack), Narendra Modi is ensuring a win-win for both. Kejriwal gets to prove that he is not afraid of attacking...

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