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India partitioned : S.Prasannarajan - Business Today Blogs
Historic? Only Arjun Singh, the chief social engineer employed by this government, is allowed to use a self-congratulatory “historic” to describe the Supreme Court judgement that has okayed the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classses in central higher educational institutions.
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How's that, Madam? : Kaushik Deka - Design Today Blogs
Next week, the Assam Government will complete one year in office. Preparation is on full swing to publicize the achievements of the government in last one year. The people in power are well aware that public memory is short and needs constant reminders. Of course, it’s tough to recall things that one doesn’t practically experience. Development may be one of them.Success can have
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Stephen Hawking's scary universe : Damayanti Datta - Headlines Today Blogs
What do you do when the foremost scientist of the day says something that you have always rubbished?I met Stephen Hawking one summer afternoon in 1992. A friend of mine was his student and had arranged for the meeting at the DAMTP—that hotbed of theoretical physics and applied mathematics in Cambridge where super-competitive students and prima-donna teachers feast on numbers. He had told me that Hawking was “friendly and warm” but didn’t suffer fools gladly.
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Mah Satyam, TechM merger 'Getting there' : E Kumar Sharma - Headlines Today Blogs
Shortly after Mahindra Satyam announced its third quarter results, CEO CP Gurnani told Business Today that the formal integration between Mahindra Satyam (the erstwhile Satyam Computer) and TechMahindra had yet to begin, and that the companies had only held "go to market" and synergy meetings to make sure each other’s service offerings are leveraged.
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Calcutta: The legend of being leaderless : Abhijit Dasgupta - Oye FM Blogs
Even as I write this blog at prime time Diwali, the world is celebrating outside. I can hear the sounds of light ( patakas are strictly banned in Bengal) and the charm of the biggest festival in India drifts through effortlessly even if you wish things could have been so much otherwise.
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Ten things to do after IPL3 : Kaveree Bamzai - Oye FM Blogs
Good Knight said the cheeky scoreboard, my favourite invention of IPL3. Butter fingers, it said, when Irfan Pathan dropped a catch. Sweet! It said when Sachin Tendulkar hit a shot outside the stadium.I wish it would speak now.What would it say to Lalit Modi now that the whole world has decided he needs to quit, except for Mr Mallya?Time's UP? Game Over?
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The Return of the Foreign Hand : Dilip Bobb - Headlines Today Blogs
During the late Indira Gandhi's reign, every election would see her raise the bogey of the foreign hand. It was an electoral tactic mean to scare the voter into believing there was some deep conspiracy being planned to undermine Indian democracy (something Mrs G did quite well on her own) and to vote for the Congress.
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Letting them be : Kaveree Bamzai - Oye FM Blogs
When I was reading Nasreen Munni Kabir's wonderful new book on Lata Mangeshkar, the one thing that struck me about it was the way Lata described her childhood. She would sit on a tyre and force her friends to push her up and down, pick mangoes from trees, carry a stick and terrorise the neighbourhood and generally make a thorough nuisance of herself. Well, she turned out okay.
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Belgaum: Caught in the parochial circus : Sharda Ugra - Oye FM Blogs
A few clarifications. Technically, I cannot be considered Maharashtrian and most certainly not Kannadiga.
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Suzanne adds life to Hrithik : Lada Guruden Singh - Oye FM Blogs
To all those who think that Suzanne Roshan is just another star wife, I say, mates, think again! She isn't. In fact, Suzanne packs quite a punch in her delicate frame. Having spent a day with her during Harper's Bazaar's cover shoot for the November issue, I must confess she holds her own despite all that her critics want to say. I got the first hint of this from film maker Farah Khan—who revealed that Suzanne is an extremely strong yet unassuming woman and that she actually is
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