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LEND me your EARS (19 November 08:10) |
| By S. Kumar
As a salient but silent audience, I ask you, what do you like better, a boring toothpaste ad asking if you like a natural, non-fluoridated toothpaste, or a jovial jingle that ... |
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Small-budget Konkani film wows movie lovers across the globe (19 November 08:09) |
| By Pamela D’Mello
It’s taken a while before a film in Konkani could make it to the honour position of Indian Panorama’s opener at next week’s International Film Festival of India. P... |
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Buddhism unites Monpas but they want jobs (18 November 08:31) |
| By Manoj Anand
The spiritual lea-der the Dalai Lama’s visit has brought the beautiful Tawang Valley into focus once again, but at the same time it has also exposed the poor infrastructure... |
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India US work more closely as extremism grows in Pak (17 November 09:55) |
| Anil Bhat
PAKISTANI TERRORIST group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s "foreign operatives" David C. Headley’s, alias Daood Gilani, and Canadian Pakistani Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s activitie... |
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Orissa tribals get electricity 60 yrs after Independence (17 November 09:48) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: For them, it’s a dream come true. Four Dongaria Kondh-dominated villages — Phuldumer, Khemdipadar, Kunakadu and Palberi — in Orissa’s most backward ... |
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Horse power (14 November 01:23) |
| Anil Bhat
If India was the "Jewel in the Crown," as epitomised by the title of one of Paul Scott’s novels, a large part of the strength of the British empire’s land forces cam... |
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Ahmadnagar to Armourednagar (14 November 01:19) |
| Ahmadnagar, bas-ed on the site of an ancient city, Bhingar, West of the Sina river, about 120 km northeast of Pune and 120 km from Aurangabad, got its name from Ahmad Nizam Shah, founder of ... |
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Hindustan goes youngistan (12 November 07:53) |
| By Kishore Chakarborty
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven," wrote William Words-worth about the French Revolution. Yes, being young was always... |
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Reel draws on real to show oppression of feudal lords (10 November 09:50) |
| Pramita Bose
A man who is not a Communist at the age of 20 is a fool. Any man who is still a Communist at the age of 30 is an even bigger one.
—George Bernard Shaw
Filmmaker Ashok Vishw... |
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Pakistans deception double game continues (06 November 02:35) |
| Anil Bhat
Union home minister P. Chidambaram, defence minister A.K. Antony and Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor have warned about the possibility of a repeat of 26/11, when the attack by hi... |
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NGO helps rural Bengal get water sanitation facilities (05 November 11:18) |
| Shagufta Kalim
Around the world, 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.5 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities. Every day, nearly 6,000 people who ... |
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Thrilled Tawang ready to welcome Dalai Lama (04 November 08:44) |
| Manoj Anand
The 14th Dalai Lama may not like to retrace his escape route that he had undertaken 50 years ago, wading through snow to enter India near Zemithang (93 km northwest of Tawang bo... |
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Forum fights for common mans rights (03 November 11:44) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Chakradhar Tripathy, a resident of Salatara village in Khurda district of Orissa, is a happy man today. His monthly old-age pension, which was discontinued for nearly a ... |
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Indira loved nature love of beauty permeated her life (31 October 08:50) |
| Tarun Gogoi,
Assam chief minister, remembers former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
This is a poignant day for all of us as on this day the country lost one of the most charismatic leaders, I... |
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Need for sustainable growth (29 October 01:18) |
| Rashme Sehgal
Q. There seem to be any number of pitfalls before an agreement can be arrived at Copenhagen?
A. The negotiating time left is extremely small. Nations have to prepare a nation... |
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Kolkata gears up to ring in rahman fever (28 October 10:14) |
| Pramita Bose
Music is certainly in the air for the music-loving Kolkatans. For less than a month is left before Rahmania spreads around the culture capital. Come November 14 and the Mozart ... |
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Serene Spirituality with a sinister edge (27 October 08:31) |
| By Pamela D'Mello
When media first descended on the four-storey ashram of Sanatan Saunsta, shortly after the October 16 Diwali eve blast that killed two of its functionaries while ferrying ... |
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Teens play cricket pray to God on mobile screens (22 October 06:31) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Cricket-addicted Rah-ul, who will be appearing for his Class 10 board examinations next year, no longer enjoys his earlier freedom. His father does not allow him these d... |
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Soloist looks to establish distinct signature style (19 October 10:19) |
| By Pramita Bose
Dub him a singer of all seasons and he responds with that loud, but sheepish grin. Thirty-year-old popular soloist from Kolkata, Francis Yee Lepcha, is game for all genres o... |
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Ethnic fest showcases Assams cultural heritage (15 October 09:33) |
| Manoj Anand
The three-day ethnic festival — Aikyatan — at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra showcased the unique life and culture of the different tribes of Assam.
The focus of the fest... |
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Beat the seasonal clock (15 October 09:17) |
| S. Kumar
Have you ever observed how advertisements change their frequency and tone with the changing seasons? Just think, is it not true that the frequency of Pepsi and Coca Cola commercial... |
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Mumbai filmmakers get US award for media work (14 October 12:41) |
| Shagufta Kalim
It's time for the ordinary women to come forward and tell their stories. And this time the stories won't go unheard. All thanks to the efforts of Mumbai-based documentary fil... |
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Tata Steels healing touch to woo agitating tribals (14 October 12:39) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Tata Steel recently announced to build a 200-bedded hospital near its proposed Rs 18,000-crore integrated steel project at Gobarghati near Kalinga Nagar Industrial Compl... |
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Learn from history dont play ostrich with China (13 October 04:36) |
| Anil Bhat
Colourful visuals of China’s military might, including its much-publicised "52 new weapons", all spruced up on parade to mark its 60th anniversary, shared front-page s... |
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Bodo rebels dare to kill villagers with prior notice (07 October 12:14) |
| Manoj Anand
If the mayhem of central Assam’s Sonitpur district is any indicator, it is time the government should have a sincere approach instead of eyewash to ensure the safety and secur... |
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Orissa Slum women build houses of trust (06 October 02:16) |
| By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Three years ago, 35-year-old Bhumi Tandi, a mother of four daughters, was worried a lot about the future of her children. She did not know if she could make her child... |
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They all pry lovers bosses husbands (04 October 01:41) |
| A Hacker
Bengaluru
The most common request that amateur hackers get is for someone’s email account to be broken into. Such demands often come from suspicious spouses, disgruntled lovers,... |
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Virtual crimes (04 October 01:40) |
| S. Raghotham
Bengaluru
Blackmail used to be difficult in the age of analog cameras. The blackmailer had to find the target in a compromising position, manage to take pictures while hidden ... |
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Use of orthotic insoles for podiatic problems (03 October 12:50) |
| By Dr Kanav Biagra
The field of podiatry is a specialised branch and it is practised widely in most of Europe and other western countries. In India, it is in its infantile stage though ... |
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Dalits cant be above law under any circumstances (02 October 12:44) |
| Q. Are dalits above the law?
A. There is no denying the fact that there is social prejudice against dalits in this country. But that is applicable to ordinary dalits. To extend it to the hi... |
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Cholera-affected in Orissa get corporate relief (02 October 12:42) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Finally, a ray of hope has emerged for hundreds of cholera-affected people in the poverty-stricken Kalahandi district of Orissa. Corporate houses and individuals have st... |
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Delhi steps up to organise classical dance carnival (01 October 06:06) |
| Nawaid Anjum
The Old Fort (Purana Qila) in Delhi is all set to be lit up, again. Come Saturday, the old symbol of India’s heritage will be a witness to the beautiful mudras of classical d... |
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Miracle hand-pump cures ailments in UP (01 October 06:05) |
| Amita Verma
A miracle is unfolding in the backwaters of Bundelkhand region and hundreds of people are lining up to get a taste of it.
A mundane hand-pump, located in a Hanuman temple in Ja... |
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Bengaluru keeps date with WWI tradition (30 September 06:46) |
| Age Correspondent
Bengaluru
To the "King’s Dasara" in Mysore, Bengaluru has its own answer — a "people’s Dasara". Each year, on Vijayadashmi, the Gundu Muneshwara... |
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French Indian students new lingua franca (29 September 05:22) |
| Madhumitha B.
FRENCH SEEMS to be the lingua franca with Indian students who are opting for academic programmes taught purely in French. Universities in France are now looking at India to at... |
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Readymade Ravans on sale in city of Lakshman (25 September 11:49) |
| By Amita Verma
In this age of instant noodles and instant idlis, can instant - rather, readymade - mythological characters be far behind?
A cracker shop in Lucknow, known as the City of La... |
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Innovation marks Puja celebrations in Kolkata (25 September 11:48) |
| By Pramita Bose
The toll of festivity rung its ardent arrival with sacred chants of the Mahalaya at the dawn of September 18. Devi Paksha has set in with blaring of the dhaak beats and sway... |
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The art of Comparative Advertising (23 September 11:53) |
| S. Kumar
Competition they say, makes one perform better. But is comparison always healthy? Not necessarily especially in the ad world. Let's find out more about the healthy competition, or ... |
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Delhi Durga Puja samitis keep old traditions alive (23 September 11:51) |
| By Prashant Pandey
The capital is a melting pot of not only various communities and cultures, but is also a complex amalgam of the old and the new, with the latter vying for more and more s... |
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The modern-day prophet who saved India in 1960s (22 September 02:26) |
| Shreekant Sambrani
If there is one person who India needs to acknowledge as being responsible for its being in a reasonably peaceable state today, it would undoubtedly be the good doctor No... |
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Terrorist ideologues still enjoy wide licence in Pak (18 September 10:46) |
| Ramesh Ramachandran interviews S.M. Krishna
Sept.19 : External affairs minister S.M. Krishna will meet his Pakistani counterpart, Mr Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in New York next week to explore t... |
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Spanish lensman keeps his date with India (17 September 03:15) |
| Sept.17 : When you call Spanish photographer Inigo Escriva de Romani, whose exhibition of 22 microphotographs (magnified images) titled "Closest India" is on at Instituto Cervantes... |
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Orissa Death dances in valley of neglect apathy (16 September 02:17) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Ghasian Majhi, 20, a resident of Miangpadar in the poverty-stricken Kal-ahandi district, looks desperately for someone who can help her to protect her two little daughte... |
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Fast food on Ramzan Pitra Paksha menus (16 September 02:16) |
| Amita Verma
The winds of change have started blowing in Lucknow across religious events and the food served during iftar and sehri in Ramzan and during Pitra Paksh has already deviated from... |
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Buddhadevs Janala wows film lovers at Toronto fest (15 September 04:04) |
| Pramita Bose
A TOPLINE auteur in parallel cinema, Buddhadeb Dasgupta stands out as a storyteller of socially relevant subjects. His repertoire entwines the esoteric nuances of surrealism wi... |
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How Delhis oldest Durga Puja got started at Kashmere Gate (10 September 01:59) |
| Dipayan Mazumdar
AWAY FROM the glamour of the posh South Delhi Durga Pujas, where tradition and cultural ethos have taken a backseat and the neighbourhood puja is no longer a melting point ... |
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Assams mirch will help make chilli grenade (10 September 01:57) |
| Manoj Anand
After identifying the world’s hottest chilli — Bhot Jolokia, found extensively in Assam — the Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, is all set to introduce a chilli grenade... |
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Musharraf fights hard to avoid embarrassing trial (09 September 03:24) |
| Shafqat Ali
RAMZAN: IT’S PRAYER TIME FOR the FAITHFUL
More than two thirds or 80 per cent of Pakistani Muslims offer all five obligatory Islamic prayers or namaz during the fasting month... |
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As violence drops its picnic in paradise (09 September 03:21) |
| IN a famous picnic spot south of Kashmir, the locals are back in force, having fun in scenes that were unimaginable during the dark days of the insurgency here. For the first time in two dec... |
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Im content with the way Samaantar shaped up (08 September 03:10) |
| Pramita Bose
He is the original face of middle-class sensibilities on the Indian silver screen. Armed with a guy next-door image, actor-director Amol Palekar carved himself a perfect foil t... |
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