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Govt-appointed panel framing rules for implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand

Govt-appointed panel framing rules for implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand

14 March 2024 8:17 AM GMT
The implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand will take some more time as a state government-appointed panel, headed by former...
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UCC bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

UCC bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

6 Feb 2024 10:30 AM GMT
The Uniform Civil Code bill -- which proposes uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance laws for all citizens irrespective of...
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On that frightful day
"Jallianwala Bagh" | On that frightful day

Author: VN Datta

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Before Dyer’s arrival, eight speakers, including Abdul Aziz, Dr Gurbax Rai and Rai Ram Singh, had...

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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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An unvarnished account
"Life in American Politics & Diplomatic Years in India" | An unvarnished account

Author: Richard Celeste

Publisher: Har-Anand Publications

Price: 995

At five am on Wednesday, March 6th, 1985 my phone rang. I picked up immediately. “Governor,” Marvin...

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Wakeup call
"Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response" | Wakeup call

Author: J.V.R. Prasada Rao

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 600

The book ‘Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response’ traces the...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Of light and darkness
"The Long Shadows of Life" | Of light and darkness

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo

Publisher: HarAnand

Price: 495

The Long Shadows of Life is a collection of seventy-one poems of, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher,...

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Stories of steel and gunpowder
"The Maharaja of Jodhpur's Guns" | Stories of steel and gunpowder

Author: Robert Elgood

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 4500

The Mehrangarh Museum Trust at Jodhpur has preserved the historic monuments and artefacts of the...

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Painting a picture
"Broken Lines and Rainbows" | Painting a picture

Author: Raja Chakraborty

Publisher: Hawakal Publishers

Price: 350

Raja Chakraborty’s creative repertoire includes verse collections in both English and Bengali. While...

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Crisis on multiple fronts
"Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis" | Crisis on multiple fronts

Author: Arun Kumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 499

By mid-March, the government realized that a lockdown had become inevitable to control the spread of...

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Indira & Judiciary
"IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: An Autobiography" | Indira & Judiciary

Author: Justice Rajindar Sachar

Publisher: Rupa Publication

Price: 595

My father used to say that nothing should come in the way of performing one’s duty, and he had lived...

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Of universal appeal
"Suralakshmi Villa" | Of universal appeal

Author: Aruna Chakravarti

Publisher: Picador India

Price: 650

From the author of Jorasanko and Daughters of Jorasanko, comes another novel Suralakshmi Villa. This...

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The end of autonomy
"The Battle of Belonging" | The end of autonomy

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 799

As I have noted, Prime Minister Modi likes to practise what American generals call ‘shock and awe’....

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All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 3" | All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino

Star Cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak

It must be the law of averages, really, how Season Three pales in comparison to Season two, which in...

Faulty in parts

"Made In China" | Faulty in parts

Director: Mikhil Musale

Star Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Boman Irani, Mouni Roy

Made In China is symptomatic of what’s often happening in Bollywood right now. They have a concept...

Laugh while it lasts

"Dream Girl" | Laugh while it lasts

Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor, Nushrat Bharucha

Put a Bollywood leading man in a woman’s garb, and watch the box-office rock. Kamal Haasan did it in...

A tribute to the era of 80’s

"Pranaam" | A tribute to the era of 80’s

Director: Sanjiv Jaiswal

Star Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Sameksha Singh, Vikram Gokhle

The Eighties films in Bollywood were all about revenge and drama, when the hero-turned-villain was...

Super 30 anything but super

"Super 30" | Super 30 anything but super

Director: Vikas Bahl

Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Tripathi

The film is a biopic of Patna-based educationist Anand Kumar (played by Hrithik Roshan), a math wiz...

A splashy bore

"Student of the Year 2" | A splashy bore

Director: Punit Malhotra

Star Cast: Tiger Shroff, Aditya Seal, Ananya Panday, Tara Sutaria

In a film that runs on and on, almost as fast as its agile leading man, for nearly two and a half...

More personal than cricket

"22 Yards" | More personal than cricket

Director: Mitali Ghoshal

Star Cast: Barun Sobti, Amartya Ray, Chaiti Ghoshal, Rajit Kapoor, Panchi Bora, Geetika Tyagi, Rajeev Sharma

22 Yards is a cricket film that’s not actually about cricket. The actual game takes up less than 15...

Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

"The Wife" | Nuanced performances elevate this narrative

Director: Bjorn Runge

Star Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Alix Wilton Regan, Elizabeth McGovern

Swedish director Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, written by Jane Anderson from Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the...

A film based on witness protection

"Bombairiya" | A film based on witness protection

Director: Pia Sukanya

Star Cast: Radhika Apte, Akshay Oberoi, Adil Hussain, Siddhanth Kapoor, Ravi Kishen, Shilpa Shukla, Ajinkya Deo

Bombairiya is a complexly designed film with a plethora of characters and sub plots strewn all over,...

A slow, immersive character-driven film

"“First Man”" | A slow, immersive character-driven film

Director: Damien Chazelle

Star Cast: Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ethan Embry, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham and Pablo Schreiber

Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, this film directed by...

Go for Gold

"“Gold”" | Go for Gold

Director: Reema Kagti

Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mouni Roy, Vineet Kumar Singh

There is something to be said about motivational sports films. They make you stand and cheer even...

Performances make the heart beat

"“Dhadak”" | Performances make the heart beat

Director: Shashank Khaitan

Star Cast: Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi, Ashutosh Rana

Director Shashank Khaitan’s Dhadak suffers from a lack of intrigue, right at the outset, as owing to...

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