'In the Company of a Poet' does a fantastic job of steering Gulzar through his personal history. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Her hair bounced in the air as she took two sprightly steps at a time, climbing down the stairs of a dilapidated, dank building. Confidence ...
12:09 AM, Jan 07, 2013
At 17, life is about chocolates, crushes and (sometimes) career choices. Not in that order, though! It is about getting ready to break out of ...
05:51 PM, Jul 13, 2012
The blurb promised 'Sri Lanka's first collection of 17 scorching short stories and poems that evoke a world of heady sensuality and offer a veritable smorgasbord of spicy fantasies'. Now I usually don't judge a book by its cover - and this one had a sensual, bared-back woman with a cigarette in her hand - and its jacket, but the blurb, indeed, was promising. And I would be lying if...
01:06 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Anna Hazare's upcoming August 16 fast has now caused an Indo-US diplomatic row, in addition to domestic politics. Even as the Indian government dithers over whether to extend Anna's 3-day fast at the Jay Prakash Narayan Park in Delhi, the US has advised India on how to deal with Anna's 'peaceful protest'. The US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that it is counting on India to exercise...
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The child is father of the Man. After watching two-and-half-hours of the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Paa', William Wordsworth's lines from 'The Rainbow' never felt more ...
06:01 PM, Sep 15, 2010
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Forgiveness is in the air. Or so it seems. First it was the multi-millionaire Ambani brothers who kind of declared an end to ...
05:16 PM, Jun 29, 2010
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December 1984 was supposed to be happy family time. A wedding in the family meant relatives from all over would be congregating in Calcutta. Joy, ...
02:24 PM, Jun 07, 2010
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As a child growing up in the Calcutta of 90's, I so so (as they say it in 2010!) liked Mamata Banerjee. And I had ...
01:31 PM, May 28, 2010
Contemporary history and personal romance, along with separation, find their way in journalist Reema Moudgil's literary debut. ...
01:55 PM, May 21, 2010
Contemporary history and personal romance, along with separation, find their way in journalist Reema Moudgil's literary debut. ...
01:55 PM, May 21, 2010
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Twenty-two is no age to die. Not when you are young, vivacious and ready to take on the world as you follow your dreams, which ...
01:51 PM, May 05, 2010
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Ok. Takeaway for the week going by: All's well that ends well. In love. In impending marriages. In televised romance-turned-betrayal-dramas which transcend borders. And otherwise. ...
06:13 PM, Apr 07, 2010
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They all came - most of them from across the seas. They saw - while we tried to see why we had to see ...
10:34 PM, Mar 12, 2010
They all came - most of them from across the seas. They saw - while we tried to see why we had to see ...
10:34 PM, Mar 12, 2010
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