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Why Manmohan skipped meals during his Cambridge days

While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar......

Noted writer Amrita Pritam passes away

Noted Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam breathed her last at her residence in Hauz Khas in South Delhi on Monday around 3.30 PM. Shehad been bed ridden for last six months. Imroze, noted writer who had......

Padma Vibhushan for Amrita Pritam, Narlikar

Well-known Punjabi litterateur Amrita Pritam, noted astronomer Jayant Vishnu Narlikar and former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachalliah have been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the second......

Oriya novelist, Telugu writer, chosen for Jnanpith awards

Telugu writer Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja and Oriya novelist Pratibha Ray were on Wednesday selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2011 and 2012. Bharadwaja, 86, who has to his credit......

Now, Sikh prayers in Japanese

A professor of Indian languages in Japan is translating the Sukhmani Sahib in Japanese.Dr Tomio Mizokami, Professor of Indian Languages at the Osaka University, is the first and only scholar in......

Why are More Women Jobless?

Indian women have education, inspiration and perspiration -- but not enough employment, points out Mahesh Vyas. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The world celebrated International......

Corporate executives fall in love with Gandhian literature

"It’s a gift of a life time,” that is how a senior bureaucrat thanked Jyotindra Vachharajani, head -- corporate relations, Essar Energy, when the latter gifted him a special centenary......

Kiara, Sid Make A Splash In Dubai

Aditi performs... Sonam at New York Fashion Week... Sanjana falls in love... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sidharth Malhotra/Instagram Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra make a splash in Dubai, as he......

Bollywood's Famous Lost And Found Tales

Dramas woven around the theme of lost and found is a iconic trope in Hindi cinema. From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna......

'Every boy in love sings this song'

'When I heard the tune for Abhi Na Jao I was bowled over.''Of course, I never knew it would be such a timeless rage.' IMAGE: Dev Anand and Sadhana in the song Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar from Hum Dono.......

'Women are the most amazing creations of God'

'The girl who helps me at home has had a tough life, yet her perspective of life is so much more positive than mine despite the hardships she's endured.' IMAGE: Supriya Pathak Kapur in the Khichdi......

Urmila Matondkar's 5 FINEST Performances

In a career spanning 30 years, Urmila Mantodkar has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor. It's easy to be bedazzled by her glamour and oomph. But beneath these, there is......

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