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  1. The different faces of the Telangana protest

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    / January 28, 2013 / 3 Comments
    The Anna Hazare of the Telangana movement at Indira Park in Hyderabad Spandana, 19, first year college student raising pro-Telangana slogans. A very talented and graceful dancer Gautam, a B.Com student getting `ready for battle’ at the protest venue Mamata, a government employee at the protest venue. She is also...

  2. The Owaisis arrest – spreading hate among Muslims?

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    / January 25, 2013 / 3 Comments
    Written by the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners The last fortnight or so have witnessed high political drama in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh that has been rife with the speculations of the formation of a Telengana State. Meanwhile there is also news of heavy lobbying from the...

  3. Homosexual Pride

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    / January 13, 2013 /
    A few days ago I saw a fairly attractive couple, braced with infants strapped to their torsos, absorbed in shopping for infants’ items in GVK mall! The only difference was they were both men. Two daddies with their two babies. Another scene at KBR Park in Hyderabad. A group of...

  4. Jyothi – one step closer

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    / January 13, 2013 /
    By Simran Bhui and Sujay Suresh In late December, a young 23-year-old girl (whose name her father revealed was Jyoti) was fighting a very difficult battle with death. She would either enter the safe haven of life, or struggle with the demons of death. It’s in times like these that we...

  5. Akbar Owaisi belongs in the slammer

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    / January 11, 2013 / 3 Comments
    I am sure most of us have seen the inflammatory speech by Akbaruddin Owaisi, the MLA from Chandrayangutta in Hyderabad, as I have. One just needs to type ‘Akbar’ into the dialogue box and YouTube does the rest, throwing up the links to the infamous speech in a matter of...

  6. Sublime Trichur Brothers

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    / November 28, 2012 /
    An experience in the exquisite. Classicism is celebrated here and at a time when the art is going through a redefining moment, it was an awesome evening at Kalasagaram listening to the Trichur Brothers who with the concert have appeared at every premier institution of the genre in the city...

  7. Hyderabad beckons. In 2013

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    / October 24, 2012 /
    It has come as an pleasant surprise for most Hyderabadis that their city has been selected by Lonely Planet as the 3rd best city to travel in 2013. In its note, Lonely Planet says : “Hyderabad was once the capital of a filthy-rich princely state. After India’s independence, the palaces...

  8. PM steps into `calm and quiet’ Cyberabad

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    / October 16, 2012 / 4 Comments
    “Itna sanaata kyon hai bhai?” That is the thought likely to cross Dr Manmohan Singh’s mind in case he peeps out of the chopper window to take a look at the deserted roads in Hyderabad’s IT area today. Or when he drives 5 km to inaugurate the pylon to commemorate...

  9. Telangana marches into Hyderabad

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    / September 30, 2012 /
    It was a show of strength with thousands of Telangana supporters marching into Necklace Road in Hyderabad on Sunday. This came in the backdrop of the Centre refusing to take a decision on the contentious issue of statehood to Telangana, in the wake of protests from people of the other...

  10. Ganesha on the move

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    / September 19, 2012 /
    Wacky car maker and designer K Sudhakar has brought the Ganesha home. And this one gets on the road as well. He has made a Ganesha using old automobile parts. Sitting on a mechanized moving mouse made out of scrap, Ganesha is made with automobile parts like, gears, rings, chains,...

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