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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... -
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana …
Dear Kaka, Trust this finds you in good company. In the company of your voice, Kishore Kumar and the man... -
Rajini takes a Karbonn Kamaal catch
So far Karbonn was associated with the IPL and with Viru Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. That’s set to change now... -
Eega, a special effects extravaganza
”Eega” means housefly in Telugu. That’s the name of SS Rajamouli’s latest and most ambitious film till date. To make...
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India defeats Sri Lanka. Kashyap is Man of the Match
Parupalli Kashyap played with an assured authority and confidence for the third day running to reach the quarter-finals of the... -
Kashyap hits bull’s eye, archers don’t
Parupalli Kashyap waltzed his way past Tien Minh Nguyen in just 35 minutes to clinch his second victory and a... -
Kabhi Jwala, kabhi aansoon ka pyaala
It was like an edge-of-the-seat thriller. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were on game point in the third game of... -
Kashyap’s London Dreams
“Isn’t it like a war camp out here?” I asked Parupalli Kashyap in a teasing tone. We were sitting in...
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
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What’s for breakfast? 18 pesticides !
If you are in Hyderabad, you would be shocked to know that you just consumed 18 different pesticides for breakfast.... -
Nature’s advocate
An intelligent home-maker, a caring therapist and a good human being. For those who know her, it is no surprise... -
Amina’s Omelette
It must have something to do with the fact that I was born in a pure vegetarian, brahmin household. Or... -
What kind of a guest are you?
Wedding receptions are a lively affair and the dinner part evokes certain humorous situations. The moment the announcement is made...
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I am on Cloud nine
In the midst of one’s busy life, starting from education to professional and personal life till retirement, a man always... -
Autofocussed
I have always held the belief that by and large, auto-rickshaw walas across India are goons, thugs, louts, bullies and... -
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... -
Touch Me Not
The world is divided into two kinds of people – those who love touchscreen phones and those who don’t. Naturally,...
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Yeh Dilli hai mere yaar
It’s been an eventful trip to India. First year of MBA just got over and I am back in India... -
A paradise on wings
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (0.67 sq. km) is about 18km form Mysore (Karnataka) situated on the banks of the river Cauvery.... -
My Chennai sojourn
Posted by Bhavana Upadhyaya June 6, 2012 14 CommentsI love my former city, Albuquerque — like that incredible love which did not end in marriage but remains in... -
Street of dreams
On a recent swing through Bombay, I came face-to-face with my past. First, on the way to the St Xavier’s...
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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... -
The Amazing Spider-man
“The Amazing Spider-man” comes back with an unfamiliar bang and unhurried charm. Andrew Garfield (remember the skinny guy who played... -
It’s Economics, stupid !
It is sometimes easy to get swayed by rabble-rousers and TV debates and understand something that doesn’t stand economic logic.... -
An old childhood memory
Some interesting developments led me to dredge this thing up from fading memories of a childhood spent on the Indo-Pak...