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SPORTS:
IPL season 2: MSM hopes to get 40-50% better rates with advertisers
This season likely to see even smaller brands pitching in. Mumbai, April 13 Despite the patches of rough wicket the Indian Premier League (IPL) had to negotiate in its run-up to the season 2 of the event, Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd, the official ...
SPORTS:
Cricinfo’s microsite plays for the game’s new fans
Bangalore, April 13 In tune with the changing profile of the game of cricket, ESPN-owned Cricinfo is targeting a younger audience, including women, with the launch of a microsite ‘Page 2’ at ...
PEOPLE:
Impoverished heir
Book relief: Sultana Begum, the great grand daughter-in-law of India’s last Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a thatched house at a labour colony on the banks of the Hooghly, Howrah. Fifty-five year old Sultana Begum got married to ...
SPORTS:
Kalmadi promises 2020 Olympics in Pune
Sitting Lok Sabha MP from Pune and the official Congress candidate for the 2009 general elections, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, is pitching for the city to play host to the 2020 Olympic Games while making development and housing for the economically ...
NRIS:
Return of the natives
A growing number of Indians living abroad are flying back to promising prospects at home, and networking with each other along the way.. Twelve to 15 years ago, you may have spotted Shobha Durairajan with her head in her books, trying to ...
GENDER:
Grand old lady of publishing
The founder of SAGE Publications recounts the journey of a business rooted in philanthropy. In an era where pulp fiction and the Beatles had a hysterical fan following, getting into an area as niche as scholarly publishing was not such a good ...
GENDER:
Will Nepal miss it again?
The Maoists want to stop Miss Nepal, but young women see the pageant as a ticket to a bright future.. When 19-year-old Sahana Bajracharya wanted to take part in `Miss Nepal', the oldest and best-known beauty pageant in her country, her mother, a ...
FOOD & CUISINE:
Cross-country khana
A fortnight of flavours from various regions of India. Being a food critic comes with its own advantages. This time, it came with the perk of being able to savour an array of dishes not offered to the rest of the diners that day at Paprika, the ...
HEALTH:
Yes, positive
Ensuring workplace rights of HIV-positive people. As the incidence of HIV/AIDS grows into an overwhelming reality among white-collar professionals, corporate India is being called upon to do its bit to create an empowered and enlightened ...
EDUCATION:
Lessons in hope
The sylvan settings would be the envy of any upmarket private school, but the Olcott Memorial School in Chennai reaches out to the less fortunate. My parents live diagonally across from the Olcott Memorial School in Besant Nagar, Chennai, which ...
HEALTH:
Food for thought?
Fitness expert Bharat Savur answers readers' queries. There has been much discussion regarding certain foods directly affecting our thoughts - example: fresh fruits enhance positivity, whereas onion- and garlic-based foods promote temper and ...
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