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Americans Must Depend On Hope And Prayer

The two major parties offer the United States choices that are basically unacceptable and the bench strength, such as it is, is not entirely capable of winning popular acclaim, notes Shreekant......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Hamas War Is An Immediate Setback To India

India is one of the few countries in the region that enjoys good relations with both Israel and Saudi Arabia, and IMEC would allow it to recreate the old Spice Route to Europe.All this is in......

'We crossed over into Pakistan at 2 am'

'Imagine for a soldier -- first you conquer territory after fighting a fierce battle, suffer casualties and then you are ordered to come back to your side of the International Border in India.'......

'If you're a soldier, you have to put fear away'

'I'm now living under threat, but life has to go on because as a soldier, you can't run away from it.' IMAGE: The Golden Temple in Amritsar. Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh Brar, PVSM, AVSM, Vir......

When India lost 6 lakh jobs in 4 months!

More than 600,000 Indians, many employed in the gems and jewellery sector, lost jobs in just four months from October 2008 as the impact of the global economic crisis hit the country's shores.......

America's top 10 bankrupt firms

#1: Lehman Brothers With General Motors becoming the 99th American company this year to go under, the current year may go into record books with a dubious distinction of having maximum number of......

America's biggest billionaire losers of 2008

Last year casino mogul Sheldon Adelson was on top of the world. When the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans was published in September 2007, the gruff son of a Boston cab driver--who spent......

Age of the all-powerful executive has ended

In Followership, Barbara Kellerman asserts the age of the all-powerful executive has ended. Followers the world over are getting bolder and more strategic -- which is why leaders who dismiss or......

What makes a brand authentic?

There were compelling reasons to send Juan Valdez off to the old folks home for advertising's ex-celebs. The fictional coffee-growing icon had been featured in ads for decades, helping establish......

'Indians need to grow up'

'67 years after India gained independence, its people still get offended by the slightest issues in films.' Aseem Chhabra points out lessons India and the US need to learn from the Sony hack and......

The making of Superman Returns

Much of the principal photography for Superman Returns was done on location near Breeza, Australia, on a rural piece of farmland that had been transformed into a working back lot.Six miles of road,......

Strengths and weaknesses of women contenders in Paris

A brief look at the strengths and weaknesses of the leading contenders for the women's title at the French Open which begins on Sunday: Rank 1: Dinara Safina (Russia) Like her brother Marat, she......

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