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Following the recent attempt by a Nigerian to blow up a plane in the last hour of its flight, new travel restrictions have been introduced ...

Hindol Sengupta, Associate Editor, Bloomberg UTV, in an article in 'The Hindu', desperately tries to earn some brownie points by pr...

The movie “The Gods must be crazy” starts with a scene set in the Kalahari desert, where Bushmen live a blessed life without any knowledge ...

Somalian pirates who have made tons of money through ransoms now have set up a ‘stock exchange’ of sorts to manage their hard-earned investm...

Chetan Bhagat has an op-ed titled “Indian Institute of Idiots’ in the TOI in which he not only identifies the fundamental flaws in the Indi...

At the end of Day 2 of the third test match against Sri Lanka: Sehwag set to become the first batsman in Test history to score three tripl...

“Inflation has gone up because prices of food articles have gone up” the Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjea told reporters today. (source)...

I accept my frequent traveling as something that is part of my job and for which I get paid my salary. I travel because, if I don’t, my boss...

In his column in the Hindustan Times ( link not up. Read page 8 of e-paper ), Vir Sanghvi recalls a story narrated by his Professor, on the ...

The omni-presence of some of the film personalities – Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan to name two- affects me profoundly. I feel haunted, ho...

Q: . Guruji, what is the purpose of my life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : You are very lucky. So many people live life never asking this question...

In the year 1786 the Court of Directors of the East India Company sent out orders to Madras, that a seminary-should be established there for...

Australian scientists have confirmed what many chocoholics already know, that "comfort food" can reduce stress. Eating foods rich...

At the end of the first day’s play against Sri Lanka, “ The in-form Rahul Dravid was on a serene unbeaten 85 of pleasing drives. Maestro Ten...

If you can stick around till the year 2109, you can have the satisfaction of seeing India occupy the No. 1 slot in terms of GDP, surpassing ...

“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to...

What is it about M.F.Husain’s art that enables him to rake in millions? I can’t make out head or tail of his paintings and pull my hair tryi...

Is fish to be considered as meat? If not, why not? Why do Catholics permit fish but not chicken or red meat during Lent? (As a Bengali frien...

" The President quoting the emphasis on the rural development by the father of nation Mahatma Gandhi said he also gave priority for the...

In an earlier post , I had, quite uncharitably, described the banana as a rather ‘pedestrian’ and unexciting fruit and, for good measure, ha...