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The caterers are watching !
This is a story that provides food for thought, quite literally. A marriage in Tanuku town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh was stopped after one of the members of the catering team recognised the bridegroom as someone whose marriage he had attended, just last month. The groom who... -
When tradition triumphs
Posted by smitha sarma July 26, 2012 Leave a commentVaramahalakshmi Habba (festival dedicated to The Granter of Bounty) has a ubiquitous acceptance in Bangalore; no amount of technology invasion or MNC culture has been able to dampen the spirit of this much revered occasion. Media publications readily acknowledge the Grace of the Goddess as is evident in the high... -
Will TV channel, newspaper revive Congress in AP?
After suffering a humiliating defeat in the byelections in June where the Congress won just 2 of the 18 assembly seats that went to polls, the nine-member high-powered committee headed by Roads and Buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao (in pic) has recommended launching of a newspaper and a TV channel... -
Chiranjeevi : Megastar or a sidekick?
Posted by Sampath Nariyanuri July 24, 2012 Leave a commentIn politics, Chiranjeevi has just not got the timing right — a trait that saw his ascendancy as an actor in early ’80s. The now Congress politician would look back grudgingly at his ill-timed political moves. Death of an unchallenged Congress leader, the party’s fallout with his son, the subsequent... -
He won’t be “back again”
I had written a post titled “The Two veterans” a year back but somehow did not send it to TSR. I regret that since one of the veterans – Suresh Saraiya died recently at the age of 76. I have been following cricket from 1956 and fortunate to witness the... -
`Nero’ Pawar fiddles as India prays for rain
India is staring at a 22 per cent rainfall deficit with states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, the worst affected. The storage in major reservoirs in 61 per cent of last year’s levels. Sowing has been lost in 80 lakh hectares. The immediate impact is likely to be on... -
Shuttlers fancy their chances in London
When Pullela Gopichand left Hyderabad on Monday, he carried with him a dossier on each of the players that his wards are likely to meet at the London Olympics. The team that reaches London later this afternoon, will lose no time in getting into practise mode almost immediately. The team... -
Is Pranab Mukherjee the 13th President of India? No, 14th.
P M Nair writes : The 14th Presidential Election,2012 of India is over and the result has been declared. All the newspapers and all the television channels have announced that Shri Pranab Mukherjee is going to be the 13th President of India. Is it true? I do not think so.... -
Jagan to withdraw bail plea in SC
Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will withdraw the bail plea he had submitted in the Supreme court. Sources in the YSR Congress say the petition will be submitted with additional evidence while others say in the light of Enforcement Directorate continuing its separate investigation into Jagan’s disproportionate assets case, it does... -
Seeing More LGBT Faces
Since last week, while I’m here in Hyderabad, and reading about Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean coming out and the flurry of emotions it’s caused, I’m bewildered. I have always been enthralled by those who dared to love themselves at a time when they were given to understand that they...