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  1. Nityananda’s ashram to be locked up

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    / June 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Swami Nityananda is in trouble once again. The Karnataka government has ordered locking up his ashram near Bangalore, following new allegations of sexual exploitation of women against him. Chief minister Sadananda Gowda himself confirmed that he had ordered that the ashram be locked. Stating there were too many demands for...

  2. Where have all the birds gone?

    Posted by Rama Menon
    / June 9, 2012 / 1 Comment
    “One for sorrow, two for joy, three for letter, four for boy….” goes a nursery rhyme we all learnt in childhood. Children used to blissfully count the number of mynas they saw and exchanged notes on whether they would get a letter or go on a journey. Dragon flies and butterflies...

  3. Early morning epiphanies

    Posted by Pooja
    / June 7, 2012 / 2 Comments
    “Morning Sunshine, wake up, go get ready…the maid is here…she needs to clean the floor…get up …” *SNORE* I groaned and pulled the blanket over my head to drown out the hustle and bustle of a typical Iyer household in the outskirts of Coimbatore. But I failed. There was a...

  4. Chess to be introduced in 32000 TN clubs

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    / June 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    32000 clubs in Tamilnadu will now play chess on a regular basis. This was one of the announcements made after a meeting between World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa in Chennai today. The CM had earlier announced an award of 2 crore rupees for Anand....

  5. My Chennai sojourn

    Posted by Bhavana Upadhyaya
    / June 6, 2012 / 14 Comments
    I love my former city, Albuquerque — like that incredible love which did not end in marriage but remains in your heart as a sigh. Even today, I find myself tossing, yearning for her sight, an embrace. Chennai is my arranged marriage, fixed by destiny. And like that first year...

  6. Gabbar Singh is `Dabangg’ in Tollywood

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    / June 5, 2012 / Leave a comment
    According to `Business Standard’, as on June 1, `Gabbar Singh’ (Telugu remake of Dabangg) grossed Rs.128 crores in box office collections taking it closer to Dabangg’s Rs.173 crores. This makes the remake catapult into the all-time five grossers. That’s the power of mass-masala fares and box-office magic which eludes realistic...

  7. Monsoon reaches Kerala

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    / June 5, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The pre-monsoon showers have been on in Kerala for the last 2-3 days but the monsoon was not yet official. The Met department was waiting for the 14 designated stations along the west coast, mostly in Kerala (like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Thrissur) to report 2.5 mm or more rainfall for two...

  8. Chennai’s Music Academy granted Research Centre status

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    / June 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The name of Chennai Music Academy has always been synonymous with the city’s art and culture scene. Especially the music and dance season every December-January, which is like pilgrimage for any artist and music and dance lover. It has been the venue of the biggest music and dance concerts in...

  9. Sreesanth is back after surgery

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    / June 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Speedster Sreesanth is back in India after surgery on his toes. Sreesanth tweeted last week, informing that the surgery was successful, thanking the BCCi and Dr James Colder and physio Ashish Kaushik. “It is another two weeks and then six months of rehabilitation @nca Bangalore,” Sreesanth tweeted, asking fans to...

  10. Aaj India bandh hai, kal aana

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    / May 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Raj Thackeray is a reformed man. He is not taking part in the Bharat Bandh today. “Holding a bandh has become an old weapon. It is better if some thought is put into finding solutions,” he said. This is good news. For Raj’s absence would mean hopefully lesser number of...

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