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Saffron is a different colour now

The colour has been rendered to activities that would have astonished Swami Vivekananda, says Sunanda K Datta Ray.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The censors forced Utpal Dutt to re-shoot......

Why are our neighbours wary?

Blackmail on one side and bullying on the other doesn't make for a constructive partnership, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Sheikh Hasina's intriguing comment the other day that India should make an......

Modi and the VHP will be shocked to read this

The Sangh Parivar forgets that not only is there no scriptural prohibition, venerable authorities in India held beef as both a desirable and an essential food, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray Narendra......

12 stories that shook India in 2014

The suicide of an exuberant Mrs Tharoor, the death of a Union minister in a car mishap, the rape of a nursery student in her school… The year threw up quite a few shockers, some rather rude......

WB gang rape fallout: Mamata removes Birbhum SP

Yielding to mounting pressure, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday shunted out Birbhum Superintendent of Police for failing to seek police remand for 13 accused in the gang-rape of a tribal......

Communists are the greatest consumerists!

China teaches - and the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival confirms - that Communists are the greatest consumerists. Shopping is the new opiate of the masses. I thought one bought what one needs when......

Puja? It's now Durga Inc.

This column once suggested that Durga Puja, which will burst upon us on Monday with the resonance of Mahalaya chanting, should be showcased for tourists. That is beginning to happen in a small way......

Can Salim fulfil Bengal's dreams?

It's brave of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to break with Bengali sentiment and come to grips with his state's daunting problems. But aspects of last Monday's agreement with Indonesia's $30-billion Salim......

Do politicians declare their real wealth?

My admiration for the ebullient Ram Jethmalani has nothing to do with politics. It is that among election candidates he alone is honest enough and courageous enough not to hide his affluence under......

Mouni Parties With Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor invited her friends from the television industry for a brunch at her home to celebrate the Ganpati festival. Mouni Roy, looking lovely in pink, starred in Ekta's Naagin series. ......

Madhuri watches Hichki with Rani

Doing the 'hichki pose'! Rani Mukerji hosted a special screening of her upcoming film Hichki for her friends at Yash Raj Films Studio in Andheri, north west Mumbai, on March 15. Her guests......

Bachchans, Ranveer grieve with Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji's friends make sure to stand by her side at her father Ram Mukherjee's prayer service. Rani Mukerji's director father Ram Mukherjee, who directed movies like Hum Hindustani, Leader and......

PIX: Sarah, Madhuri, Shilpa watch Beauty and the Beast

Bollywood mommies celebrated Mother's Day by taking their children for the performance of the musical, Beauty And The Beast, in Mumbai. Check out the pictures. Sarah Jane Dias smiles for the......

Narendra Modi under attack from Kochi franchisee

The controversy surrounding the Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise took yet another political turn on Thursday as Lalit Modi was accused of working under the pressure of Gujarat Chief Minister......

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