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Manoj Bajpai on his character in EMRaajneetiEM (22 March 09:27) |
| The actor says his character in forthcoming film, Raajneeti is very similar to Duryodhana from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is powerful, regal and politically motivated. |
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I pay my taxes in Hollywood Anil Kapoor (22 March 05:19) |
| After 30 years of Bollywood, Anil Kapoor, who made his television debut internationally with 24, still yearns for exciting roles. Read on to know more about his journey from Lakhan to Arun b... |
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A chance missed may not visit again (22 March 02:49) |
| “I expect to pass this way but once; any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for... |
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Dont request for a transfer please (22 March 02:29) |
| So what was the first thing P. Chidambaram spoke about when he met IAS officers posted as district magistrates of the 33 districts infested by Naxals? Don’t ask me for a transfer, th... |
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Pay to put questions to cabinet ministers (22 March 02:28) |
| There is now a public-private-partnership model for posing questions to top cabinet ministers. For its conference on infrastructure, the Planning Commission has implemented a unique idea —... |
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Dont phase out autos Instead whip the auto drivers into shape (22 March 12:26) |
| The report Govt looks for new modes of transport (March 18) made for interesting reading. Travelling in Delhi’s autorickshaws can be daunting for first-timers. |
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Gadkaris team bears Advanis mark (22 March 12:23) |
| There has been widespread criticism over why Atal Bihari vajpayee was named to the party’s highest body. Gadkari has apparently done this to convey to Advani that he was not the numero uno... |
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Comeback queen (22 March 12:21) |
| Post-2009 Lok Sabha polls, many wrote Mayawati off. But she has returned stronger thanks to a weak opposition and a possible new caste alliance, writes Ajoy Bose. |
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Ire and fire (22 March 12:18) |
| Sita, the law minister says, was the inspiration for the Women’s Bill. Why not Kali, we wonder! |
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We are all in it together (22 March 12:17) |
| The Indo-US intelligence-sharing system is working well in the David Headley case. |
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Get set for personal cloud (22 March 12:06) |
| Airtel has just announced a plan to offer broadband Internet services with a speed of 4 megabits per second (mbps) at Rs. 899 per month. At that speed, you can download a full song in a seco... |
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Politics today is so ugly (21 March 05:46) |
| Nana Patekar comes out of self-imposed hibernation to talk about the city, cricket, cinema and all those controversies |
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Ill be back but as a guest (21 March 05:27) |
| Mandira Bedi on her exit from Set Max’s post-match analysis show and her current IPL show on ITV UK that’s grabbing the eyeballs. |
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Conversations with a daughter (21 March 04:05) |
| Make what you will of the following snatches of conversations between my eight-year-old daughter and myself. I couldn’t make much of them, so your help will be much appreciated, writes Sou... |
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Boxers show theres life beyond IPL (21 March 04:05) |
| Though we are bang in the middle of the Indian Premier League, the best sporting news was of Saina Nehwal reaching No. 5 in the world badminton rankings, says Sunil Gavaskar. |
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Making a case for effective people management (21 March 02:59) |
| The stampede at Kripaluji Maharaja’s ashram which took a toll of 63 lives gave me a rude shock. It tells us how our impatience and selfishness could cost several lives, writes Khushwant Si... |
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Maya memsaab (21 March 02:55) |
| She turns down invites from the Prime Minister, hands down diktats to party members, and listens to none. The phenomenon called Mayawati, writes Sunita Aron. |
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Buck stops with Modi (21 March 02:46) |
| Vir Sanghvi in The Hindu Fuehrer, a prisoner of his image (Counterpoint, March 14) rightly argued that despite being an able administrator, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cannot absolv... |
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The latest buzzzz (21 March 02:39) |
| Indian Express, Wednesday, March 17: “A day after a swarm of honey bees made a surprise appearance at the BSP rally where chief Mayawati was holding forth, the DIG and DM of Lucknow combed... |
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Wearing a silly cap (21 March 02:23) |
| That the government feels a liability law is needed suggests it’s preparing to open the nuclear sector to private players, writes Karan Thapar. |
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Cash of civilisations (21 March 02:21) |
| To say that one finds the brazen display of money vulgar is like saying one finds a dish of rogan josh meaty. Money, honey, is vulgar and people with loads of it are the ones who usually fin... |
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What does America have to hide (21 March 02:11) |
| It is not difficult to see why the case of David Headley evokes such strong emotions among Indians. For us, 26/11 is as important as 9/11 is to Americans. The difference is that while the US... |
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We desperately need some balance in the IPL (21 March 01:52) |
| Martin Sorrel, head of the world’s largest advertising group on commercialisation and cricket in an interview with Soumya Bhattacharya. |
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EM3 IdiotsEM still awaits 10-year test Boman Irani (20 March 05:37) |
| 3 Idiots might have gone on to become Hindi cinema's highest grosser till date with record collections of about Rs.400 crore. But actor Boman Irani says the movie still awaits its true test. |
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Hair-raising tales on display during the IPL (20 March 03:43) |
| Predictably we’ve been literally swamped by the IPL juggernaut. Knowledgeable cricket lovers swear that the cricket is still great, despite all the tamasha surrounding the matches. |
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Dudes stop it! (20 March 03:35) |
| Once you overlook the fact that Dean ‘Hair Guitar’ Lazarus has an overt fondness for long, anachronistic guitar solos, you are face to face with the other fact: you’re listening to the... |
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Chasing a shadow (20 March 02:12) |
| New Delhi allowed the FBI to question 26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab in person. But now the US has struck a deal with India’s most-wanted, David Headley, writes Barkha Dutt. |
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Merton in Mohali Balliol in Bandra (20 March 02:03) |
| We could have simultaneously attempted international joint ventures to rejuvenate our old institutions. What we’re doing is like abandoning an ancestral home with bad plumbing and moving t... |
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More on the plate now (20 March 01:59) |
| The government can rein in food inflation now. If it doesn’t, we’re in for a bumpy ride. |
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Missed chance (19 March 04:21) |
| “I expect to pass this way but once; any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for... |
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wwworld peace (19 March 02:55) |
| An attempt to tag the Net as a peacemaker... now that restricts things for me. Which makes me wonder why the telephone, with its much longer stint, hasn’t been nominated for the Nobel yet,... |
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A meaty argument (19 March 02:49) |
| Apart from lethal injection in a Swiss clinic somewhere, I can’t imagine that any method of execution is particularly pleasant. If you’re squeamish, surely vegetarianism is the only tena... |
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Labouring to keep alive (19 March 02:38) |
| Unskilled migrant workers rarely get their dues. It’s time to amend our labour laws. |
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Knock-outs knocks (19 March 02:35) |
| Mass popularity must follow excellence in sports — not the other way round. And our boxers know that. |
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Not money but challenge India an option (19 March 01:29) |
| Barely hours after Unilever President (Global Foods, Home and Personal Care) and member of the Unilever Executive Manvinder Singh Banga (Vindi Banga to friends) put in his papers, he was upb... |
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I may win a EMPadama ShriEM Kareena Kapoor (18 March 07:42) |
| Bebo has just been signed up by an international phone brand alongside Anna Kournikova. Roshmila Bhattacharya caught up with the diva. Read on as she gets candid about awards, rewards, chhot... |
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I may win a Padma ShriEMEM Kareena Kapoor (18 March 07:42) |
| Bebo has just been signed up by an international phone brand alongside Anna Kournikova. Roshmila Bhattacharya caught up with the diva. Read on as she gets candid about awards, rewards, chhot... |
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EMInglorious BasterdsEM producer wants to make Indian film (18 March 06:16) |
| Lawrence Bender, the producer of Inglorious Basterds is in Inida and says he is in talks with some of the Indian producers to make a film in Mumbai. Naomi Canton catches up with the filmmake... |
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The right strategy (18 March 03:56) |
| Life needs a goal, an aim. Imagine you are sitting in a car and your foot is on the accelerator. You see your home and say “my home, my home” and keep pressing down on the accelerator. Y... |
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Labours love lost (18 March 02:36) |
| For the preparation of the Commonwealth Games 2010, around Rs 17,400 crore have been spent on Delhi by the government over the past three years, writes Harsh Mander. |
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Green is mean (18 March 02:31) |
| The fight between ‘earth savers’ and ‘earth changers’ is warming up for another round of high drama. This time, the ‘earth changers’, who believe that science is the answer to al... |
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Invoking Invictus (18 March 02:24) |
| The verse is from ‘Invictus’, a stirring poem of pain and endurance from late-19th century England. In a Bollywood-style movie of the same name, American actor Morgan Freeman plays Nelso... |
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A legal shield for him amp her (18 March 02:18) |
| Justice maybe a long time coming, but the heartening thing is that the law in India is constantly evolving to plug loopholes and correct imbalances. |
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I feel embarassed to watch my films Madhavan (17 March 05:51) |
| 3 Idiots and Rang De Basanti, can never embarass Madhavan. To watch these films as it is a testimonial to his noteworthy performances but there are others like... |
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National calamity (17 March 03:07) |
| In October 2009, the Centre declared the endangered Gangetic river dolphin as the national aquatic animal. This dolphin is found in the Brahmaputra, Ganga, Meghna and Karnaphuli river system... |
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The power of one (17 March 03:03) |
| Other than the emergence of the Pakistan Army as the centre of gravity in the country, no civilian institutions have grown to the stature required, writes Manvendra Singh. |
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The Bill atomised (17 March 02:48) |
| The Nuclear Liability Bill isn’t the con job it’s been made out to be. It’s strictly for operators, says Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad. |
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A noteworthy affair (17 March 02:37) |
| The BSP has shown great innovation and dexterity in garland-making. Let’s hope others cash in on this. |
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Open sesame in academia (17 March 02:25) |
| Foreign investment in higher education affects the 160,000 Indians who go abroad every year to study less than the 14 million who study at home. It affects even more those nine kids who don... |
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EMRock On!! 2EM has to wait its EMThe 3 Mistakes of My Life EMfor now (16 March 07:36) |
| Buoyed by two National Awards for Rock On!!, director Abhishek Kapoor is now hoping to turn Chetan Bhagat’s bestselling novel into a commercially viable script. |
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