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CINEMA: … And the winner is …
Indian stars vie for glory at the Academy Awards. As a teenager I evinced interest in English movies in 1950s. The earliest films I saw were the comedies of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Growing up one saw more and more English movies and less ...

LIFESTYLE: Mizo divorce: No longer at a wink
Correcting the bias of Mizo marriage will prevent injustice and desertion of women.. They were married in church before friends and family. They lived together for many years. He was a nobody before he married her, but with her support as a ...

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL: Passport to Pippi land
In Sweden, where literature opens doors and hearts. Why are you in Sweden?” the young man at passport control in Arlanda asks sternly. “For the Gothenburg Bookfair,” I reply, and slip in: “I’ve translated Pippi into ...

SPORTS: Yahoo! in pact with ICC
Yahoo! India and the International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced a 3-year partnership by which Yahoo! will have access to exclusive images, videos, interviews and player chats around all major ICC events. For three years, ...

SPORTS: ‘No delays’
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EVENTS: Power boats
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SPORTS: Coke, Pepsi tie-up with IPL teams
New Delhi, Feb. 19 Coca-Cola is to be the beverage partner for the Shahrukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the second edition of Indian Premier League. Sprite, the cola’s clear-lime sparkling beverage brand, will ...

From Life

GENDER: Will it go up in smoke?
Women beedi workers of Solapur fear that anti-smoking initiatives will snuff out their livelihood.. “My mother was a beedi worker and my three sisters were beedi workers. From childhood I’ve been watching their sorry plight; call it ...

EVENTS: … And the winner is …
Indian stars vie for glory at the Academy Awards. As a teenager I evinced interest in English movies in 1950s. The earliest films I saw were the comedies of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Growing up one saw more and more English movies and less ...

GENDER: Mizo divorce: No longer at a wink
Correcting the bias of Mizo marriage will prevent injustice and desertion of women.. They were married in church before friends and family. They lived together for many years. He was a nobody before he married her, but with her support as a ...

EVENTS: Passport to Pippi land
In Sweden, where literature opens doors and hearts. Why are you in Sweden?” the young man at passport control in Arlanda asks sternly. “For the Gothenburg Bookfair,” I reply, and slip in: “I’ve translated Pippi into ...

BOOKS: Women you can’t forget
Qurratulain Hyder’s Rashke Qamar will break your heart but you just have to make her acquaintance. Just as you have to know Thomas Hardy’s Tess or Shakespeare’s Desdemona. And you’ll have to thank Women Unlimited, ...

CINEMA: From ‘mongrel’ to best-of-breed?
Will Slumdog Millionaire, pitted against a 13-nomination-heavy Oscar favourite, Benjamin Button, sweep the awards?. Will it? Or not? The progress of Slumdog Millionaire from one glittering award night to another will culminate the coming Monday ...






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Markets (Feb 19)
Nifty (at close)2,789.35(+13.20)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)49.61/63
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs1,922
Gold (a gram) Rs1,441
Silver (a kg) Rs24,305


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