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Freedom @ 65
16 Aug 2012 4:05 AM ISTTheir forefathers came, saw and conquered India. Now, they come, see the opportunities and move bag and baggage, pollution and corruption...
Here’s to ‘more than half full’ India
15 Aug 2012 6:34 AM ISTIt's that time of the year. The time of the year when we are expected to dust our khadi kurta and Nehru cap. The time of the year when newspapers give...
Fourth time lucky
11 Aug 2012 5:30 AM ISTJeremy Renner, the new face in the Bourne series, fills in for Matt Damon, quite adequately. But unlike Damon’s Jason Bourne, Renner’s Cross is not in...
Anything but a drag
11 Aug 2012 5:30 AM ISTJeet Thayil’s Narcopolis is a story that was lurking in him for long, waiting to be told.The devil, they say, is in the detail. Jeet Thayil packs his...
Livin’ La Vidal
2 Aug 2012 8:12 AM ISTUS novelist Gore Vidal, an iconoclastic commentator on American life and history in works like Lincoln and Myra Breckenridge, has died at age of 86....
Drifting into la-la-land
28 July 2012 5:30 AM ISTThe smaller details of Ice Age’s fourth edition — like the Bengal badger’s prehistoric version (who incidentally is called Gupta) hoisting itself up...
Lincoln the ripper
14 July 2012 5:30 AM ISTAbraham Lincoln is probably turning in his grave. But the director, Timur Bekmambetov, without a care, has turned Lincoln into a serial killer — of...
The utterly delicious story
7 July 2012 5:30 AM ISTAmul’s India traces the evolution of Amul girl in a flouncy frock, bouncing cheeky comments around for almost 50 years now.The girl in flouncy frock...
Bags packed, you’re ready to go
23 Jun 2012 5:30 AM ISTAll you need is that one book that captures the spirit of the city for you: look beyond Lonely Planets. When Benjamin Meinen decided to visit India,...
A wee too cute
23 Jun 2012 5:30 AM ISTThe good thing about Brave, a once-upon-a-time tale, is that it ends without an ‘and they lived happily married ever after’. For a change, the team...
Rock without roll
16 Jun 2012 5:30 AM ISTThree things you should remember to do, if you are planning to watch Rock of ages. Leave your brains behind. Buy loads of popcorn. And thank god for...
Scary it’s not
9 Jun 2012 5:30 AM ISTIf creepy crawlies are up your alley, then Prometheus is your film. The director, Ridley Scott, would only admit that film shares ‘strands of Alien’s...