What’s your buzzword?

Vinita Dawra Nangia29 September 2013, 07:15 AM IST These are the words you live life by. If you choose your buzzwords intelligently, they become a beacon and guide; else they are mere psychobabble Every now and then a business throbs with buzzwords...

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The leader who isn’t

Santosh Desai29 September 2013, 07:16 PM IST Rahul Gandhi's dramatic and altogether strange public intervention in the ordinance issue makes it clear that he cannot conceivably be the leader of any future government. It is also likely, given...

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Does Modi suffer from an inferiority complex?

Prashant Panday29 September 2013, 07:17 PM IST I think I have finally understood Narendra Modi. And its so so simple really! He possibly suffers from what could be loosely described as an inferiority complex. Let me demonstrate this with the...

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It’s 'Sholay' time in Delhi

Tarun Vijay28 September 2013, 01:36 PM IST What a day it was. I was preparing to leave for Kolkata to attend a Bengali weekly Swastika's writers' conference that the phone began buzzing — we need a reaction on Rahul trashing the ordinance. Journalists,...

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The nation’s best kept secrets

Brijesh Kalappa28 September 2013, 01:58 PM IST The BJP's most charismatic face Atal Behari Vajpayee while speaking from Shimla soon after the NDA's debacle went on record to state that the only reason the NDA was voted out of power in 2004 was...

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Issues behind Rahul Gandhi’s tantrum

Dileep Padgaonkar28 September 2013, 04:03 PM IST Both the timing and the language of Rahul Gandhi's tirade against the ordinance on the disqualification of convicted legislators have attracted so much scorn – and quite rightly too - that it...

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Restaurant Review: Pronto Prego (Italian )

Rashmi Uday Singh27 September 2013, 05:25 PM IST I dedicate today's column to goodness, wellness and innovation. Having tracked Mumbai's restaurant scene for almost 30 years, I continue to get delighted and amazed by the way in which new ideas...

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‘Right to Reject’: A great step towards future electoral reforms to make our democracy vibrant and meaningful

Narendra Modi27 September 2013, 04:12 PM IST This morning the Honourable Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to include negative voting by allowing the voters to reject all the candidates in an election. I wholeheartedly welcome...

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In 1950s and 60s, Hindi films enjoyed a dream run in Greece

Avijit Ghosh27 September 2013, 05:39 PM IST I first came across Helen Abadzi's name in Global Bollyood, a book edited by Sangita Gopal and Sujata Moorti. The introductory article written by them spoke of Abadzi's "groundbreaking research on...

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Dost on toast

Bachi Karkaria25 September 2013, 10:41 PM IST Is 'friendless' King Khan the poorest guy in Bollywood?Shah Rukh Khan was quoted thus this week: "One day I said 'Let's call friends over' and my kids said 'You don't have friends, Papa'." Yeooo,...

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The bunkum about faster growing BJP states….

Prashant Panday26 September 2013, 10:39 AM IST The BJP has been making tall claims for a long time, only to be proven wrong again and again. This has earned its PM nominee the #feku tag. Yesterday, Ravi Shankar Prasad made yet another tall claim...

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India, personally

Beena Sarwar26 September 2013, 03:23 PM IST Going by the media hype amplifying the statements of Indian politicians you'd be forgiven for thinking that all of India wants to go to war with Pakistan. Or, at the very least, have nothing to do...

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Taliban’s war isn’t on a religion, sect but on humanity

Sameer Arshad25 September 2013, 05:34 AM IST The Peshawar church bombing left behind a familiar trail of death and destruction the north-western Pakistani city seems to have learnt to live with for years.Once known for its cultural vibrancy...

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Work on SC observations…..but expand Aadhar even more

Prashant Panday25 September 2013, 08:49 AM IST The SC has made a few caustic observations about the Congress's ambitious Aadhar program. While no one can fault the specific observations made by the Apex court, the SC could have used language...

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Here is the reason why Nokia and BlackBerry died

Javed Anwer25 September 2013, 02:04 PM IST Technically, they are not dead, yet. Irrespective of whether Microsoft closes the Nokia deal or not, the Nokia brand will continue to survive, at least for another few years. But it is unlikely that...

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Pablo Bartholomew: Coded elegance at India International Centre

Uma Nair24 September 2013, 01:00 PM IST The year was 2000 and Jyotindra Jain had hung an unforgettable show by my classmate Pablo Bartholomew. The show was called "The Nagas - Marked with Beauty" –it was about the Naga tribes of Nagaland, Manipur...

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Mumbai 24/7: A fearless idea

Pritish Nandy24 September 2013, 10:31 AM IST It was an idea waiting to be pitched: Mumbai 24/7. And young Aaditya Thackeray has pitched it eloquently. This pleases me for two reasons. One: It stands that much a better chance of getting past...

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Young India is driving the e-commerce revolution

Rajiv Dabhadkar24 September 2013, 02:48 PM IST Here are some exciting statistics - India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. (Source: Wikipedia) We have more than 125 million Internet...

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