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It's bland. It's outlandish. And it's engaging in a bizarre way. But Laal Singh Chaddha holds its own amid many negatives. It evokes curiosity, but not feelings. The character is...

Koraput: Convict No 7273/A, lodged in the Circle Jail in Koraput, is no ordinary prisoner. At 92, Balaram Sira is the oldest prisoner in the state, perhaps the country. The...

Today, I tried to buy a few bananas at a convenience store. The cashier wouldn’t let me pay for the bananas as they were heavily spotted, and he explained that...

How good is your memory? If I could make one wish that would turn true, I would wish for good health. If I was granted an extra wish as a...

They were the last to lay arms and the first to raise them against the British. The Sikhs of Punjab have not figured prominently in the galaxy of freedom fighters,...

Trollocracy. Some call it the anarchist's utopia. A few would prefer the word dystopia. But everything in the universe is a matter of perception, isn't it? Actually it's democracy, post-modern...

During our training in the Indian Forest College (IFC), Dehradun, we were on East India Tour in January-February of 1983. While camping at Varanasi, we got a message from IFC...

Both of them hail from the same state, are from the backward class, both are products of the JP Movement, they have together thrived on Mandal politics and both follow...

There is no reason to observe an International Female Orgasm Day (August 8), but for the skulking of the society. We respond to enforcements and drills more often than to...

Bhubaneswar: Climate science played a major part in the 2012 London Olympics, perhaps for the first time in a major sporting event. It was termed the greenest ever for its...