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Elections simplified!
12 Jun 2014 12:43 AM ISTThe former Chief Election Commissioner, S Y Quraishi recently launched his book An Undocumented Wonder: The making of the Great Indian Election, at...
The chakravyuh of life
11 Jun 2014 12:26 AM ISTThe Capital saw the play Arjun Ka Beta on Sunday at Kamani Auditorium. The play was beautifully woven around the Chakravyuh chapter of Mahabharata. As...
Humayun’s Tomb restored, but what about Delhi’s other marvels?
9 Jun 2014 4:09 AM ISTHistory needs both memory and maintenance, but does it also need beautification? If the latest mission undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of...
‘Sufi is no music’
8 Jun 2014 1:29 AM ISTWe all have put these songs on our iPods and cell phones playing on a loop. Whether it be Sajda from My Name is Khan or O Re Piya from Aaja Nachle, we...
May I help you?
7 Jun 2014 12:35 AM ISTWe all believe strongly, that we need to bring about a change. We see things going wrong each day. And we truly feel that a change needs to be brought...
Not too tender to Rap
6 Jun 2014 12:35 AM ISTHeard Sajna Tere Bina or the Punjabi rap song, Ghaint Kudi? Well, the rapper you heard is the youngest female rapper. After Hard Kaur, Ish Kaur has...
Red, not just a light
31 May 2014 1:18 AM ISTFeminism as a topic has attracted a lot of attention worldwide. It has been discussed and ignored, acknowledged and rejected, felt for and loathed,...
Prithvi in Delhi
25 May 2014 12:49 AM ISTAll lovers of theatre brace up and keep the weekend free, for you don't wanna miss out on this lovely thing coming up. The Pad- starring Kitu...
Black stripes on ochre
25 May 2014 12:47 AM IST'The tiger skin shone brilliantly in the pre-lunch Jabalpur sun. Of the two men who spread it in front of the chai-shop, Ramchandra Prasad—the older...
Awadhi in Delhi
24 May 2014 1:24 AM ISTThere was an Anarkali (Madhubala) and then there was a Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit-Nene). What is common in them is the exquisite jewellery, a sharara...
We the intruders!
23 May 2014 12:37 AM ISTThere was a big machine that was flying. Its blades were roaring out loud. It felt like it was hunting for us. It did not look very good. We were...
Literature in armchair!
23 May 2014 12:35 AM ISTIt is sad though that not everyday that nobel laureates like Rabindranath Tagore are celebrated in india. But the Oxford University Press has taken a...