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  1. When you are helpless, you turn poetic

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    / February 25, 2012 / 2 Comments
    This is an email received from Sohan Hattangadi from Visakhapatnam. Here he takes to poetry, `inspired’ by the Vizag collector’s resolve that the city will be like Mumbai in a decade.  `The South Reports’ reproduces Sohan’s mail in full :  Our youthful collector said that Vizag will become like Mumbai in 10...

  2. Taliban loves cricket

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    / February 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The next time someone tells you cricket is a religion in India, tell them about Afghanistan. Yes, you heard it right. Afghanistan. Cricket is a great unifier. And that was proved in Afghanistan’s first ODI played against a Test playing country, in this case Pakistan. Ahead of the Afghanistan vs...

  3. Malayalam stars dazzle in Dubai

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    / January 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Ujala Asianet film awards 2012, the biggest and most prestigious film awards in the Malayalam film industry, were held in Dubai on Friday, where adding to the glitz and glamour of the Mollywood heroes and heroines were Shahrukh Khan and Vidya Balan. These photographs are courtesy : Shane Sharief and Mammootty’s...

  4. Sandal fallacy

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    / December 10, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev An incident over the weekend got me thinking! And to imagine it is a pair of footwear that is intriguing me is not the least ridiculous. Or is it? Friday evening as I dressed up my daughter for her music festival at school, I was mentally shortlisting...

  5. My morning date with a cabbie

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    / November 15, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev October 31, 2010: It was just another morning. 4.15am: The alarm woke the husband up. He in turn shook me awake. My march for the day began thus. Like any other weekday. 4.25am: Off to kitchen from the washroom, I packed three takeaways. 4.55am: I settled to...

  6. When my shoes gave me a culture shock

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    / October 30, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev   How I love fresh kicks. I just can’t stop drooling over their feel, their looks, their makes and continue piling on the increasing numbers in my rack. So recently when I heard two new Dubaiites talking of going footwear-shopping, I threw myself into their conversation, uninvited...

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