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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Guess what (left to right) girls in Mumbai, a policeman in Jamshedpur, travellers at Lucknow station and crows at Jijamata Udyan have in common? No prizes of course for guessing that it is heat and the healing touch of water. ...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
PROFESSOR Sandeep Desai, a known face for regular commuters on the Western Railway, who begs for small donations for a noble cause, the setting up educational institutions for poor and needy children in the countryside, is actually a much-admired person that the aam aadmi has taken to its collective heart....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
THAT everyone practically believes that the English language is a sort of talisman, a kind of Open Sesame to get you what you want, is evident from this incident that involves poor acid victim Preeti Rathi, languishing in hospital after the cruel attack that put paid to her dreams....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
THE traders’ stir over the Local Bodies Tax (LBT) in Mumbai may be hurting the common man, but the flip side of it is that it has also offered some relief to suburban commuters, especially on the Western Railway....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
NO, we are not tempted to feel sorry for Mumbaikars, groaning under the weight of garbage produced every day in the city and constantly nattering on about the environment....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Five years in the making, several deadlines missed, cost increase from Rs 49 crore to Rs 84 crore – the whole things sounds wearyingly familiar....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
MAHARASHTRA has got its first Peace Pole. And for those unaware of its significance; here is a little gyan about it. There are thousands of Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world dedicated as monuments to peace....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
GET ready for the annual battle of words this coming weekend, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
AFTER working for the whole day, when you try to get home as fast as possible, fighting the crowd in the Virar bound Churchgate fast local train, the only way out is to run like an Olympian as you cross the subway and get into the share an auto on the other side....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
AUTHOR J.R. Slosar in his non-fiction book, ‘The Culture of Excess: How America Lost Self-Control and Why We Need to Redefine Success’ states, “The prevailing attitude about developing identity is that of going through the buffet line and picking what you want in whatever amount you want.”...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
The nation will once again come together to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 22nd death anniversary on Tuesday, May 21....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
At the very outset, let us make it clear that we are going to see Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby no matter what the initial reviews have to say about it....
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
While the rest of the city pants with the heat, these ducks can keep cool, swimming the morning and the afternoon away at the ancient Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
EVERYTHING seems sleepy on the hot May day once schools close and the sun beats down with relentless ferocity....
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
NO less a personality than Hollywood star Glen Levy is currently in town, preparing for a rather special workshop for women, arranged by the Centre for Management (CFM) at its Bandra campus in Thadomal Shahani College on May 20. ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A COLLEAGUE was among those so excited by the story of the Akaash tablet that he hustled to book one for himself sometime in January 2012. We know very well what happened then, or rather, did not happen....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Some time today, a procession of Lamborghinis will head from from Bologna towards the company’s famous factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, marking the closing day of the 50th Anniversary celebrations in which participants have been invited from around the world to enjoy (what else!) Lamborghini experiences....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Nehru Planetarium’s efforts to rein in parents and their children this summer with their new dome show ‘Invaders to Mars’ is quite commendable....
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
At the Afternoon Despatch and Courier, we have been toying with the idea of starting a special page filled with news that makes one feel good and happy....
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
AND while on the subject of the NCPA and China, we’d like to combine the two in this little piece and talk about the Chinese NCPA, which is in Beijing and been written about by Ashutosh Khandekar, editor-in-chief of the ‘Opera Now’ magazine and a founding director of the UK arts consultancy, C Sharp Partnership....
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