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mario götze: the chosen one!

21 July 2014 8:40 PM GMT
It’s an unbelievable feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. You just shoot that ball in, you don’t really know what’s happening.’ That’s Mario...

World Cup 2014: The agony and the ecstasy

14 July 2014 10:37 PM GMT
By the end of the semi-final between Argentina and the Netherlands I had tears in my eyes. I am not a football follower, and though I was backing...

Romantic climax to BA(Hons) movies

20 Jun 2013 6:15 PM GMT
I am paying tribute to Indian cinema by telling the story of my journey as a film viewer. I have talked about my childhood and adolescence. In my last...

Films and rites of passage

13 Jun 2013 4:31 PM GMT
In my series of columns celebrating Indian cinema, I spoke about my childhood experiences related to films in the previous two columns. In this...

Silver screen, golden battles

7 Jun 2013 12:43 AM GMT
In my previous column I had said that I spent the best time of my life at my nani’s place (grandmother) in Begusarai as a child in the early 70s. The...

Let the movie begin... now!

31 May 2013 12:39 AM GMT
Cinema has completed 100 years in India. Tributes are being paid to Indian cinema by both people from the film industry and outside. My homage to...

From A, B, C, D… to ZZZZ

23 May 2013 7:28 PM GMT
Delhi University (DU) intends to start four-year graduation courses which will educate students about the practical application of their courses. If...

Signposts to a world of spirit

18 May 2013 2:18 AM GMT
At times human beings do things that point to a world of spirit. Human deeds sink so low or soar so high at times that it seems improbable human...

Sinners could be divine too

10 May 2013 2:50 AM GMT
Can punishment reform a criminal? To my mind, it only reinforces the feeling in him that he is a criminal. If a person is a criminal to begin with,...

A Lifetime Or Just An Illusion?

26 April 2013 2:23 AM GMT
It is common to get the feeling that time flies. When I look back at the 45 years that I have lived it seems they just passed in a blink of the eye....

Chasing mirages of power

18 April 2013 2:04 AM GMT
There is lively interest among common people in the debates and discussions on who should be the prime ministerial candidate of the NDA and UPA for...

Waking up to murders and rapes

12 April 2013 12:05 AM GMT
Addressing a batch of trainee journalists, of which I was a part, in Delhi in 1994, the editor of a renowned international magazine said, ‘Most planes...
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