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Red hot chilli peppers
24 Aug 2015 3:13 AM ISTI never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody,” Sir Matt Busby. On 22 April 2014, Manchester United announced that they had sacked David...
Formula death
27 July 2015 3:20 AM ISTImagine going at 110 kilometers an hour. It’s a <g data-gr-id="85">nerve wracking</g> and adrenaline boosting experience, isn’t it?...
No country for La Roja
6 July 2015 2:45 AM ISTLionel Messi, the name evokes a sense of awe and admiration from everyone who follows football. So much so that even hardened footballing opponents...
Big cats and their canine friends
5 July 2015 2:11 AM ISTTiger, tiger burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry? It was William Blake who penned...
Gangs of ‘Miningpur’
27 Jun 2015 6:38 AM ISTSpeaking truth to power was likely a phrase coined by the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. In modern times speaking truth to power has become a...
Old wine in a vintage bottle
8 Jun 2015 3:20 AM ISTThe search for the hero’s roots is a fascinating literary journey to say the least. It’s a theme repeated time and time again in literature and motion...
Battle in Berlin
1 Jun 2015 5:06 AM ISTIt’s perhaps no surprise that both of them are known to be states with profound Marxist sympathies. After <g data-gr-id="88">all</g>...
Dark side of the portrait
18 May 2015 4:15 AM ISTSeppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Part of the samurai bushido honour code, Seppuku was used either voluntarily by...
Just not cricket
4 May 2015 4:30 AM ISTWith the advent of the Indian Premier league (IPL) on India’s television screens, its boom time for cricketing commentators and ‘enthusiasts’ of every...
Don’t mock MNREGA, encourage it
2 April 2015 3:56 AM ISTSchadenfreude is a word taken from German, which roughly translates into the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This word is important...
Times they are A-changin
29 March 2015 7:38 AM ISTNews that online dating has caught on in India is passé. As more and more youngsters sign on to sites and apps like Okcupid and Tinder; online dating...