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Despite the accolades Danny Boyle is getting for His Slumdog Millionaire, there are controversies and controversies.
Latest being the parents of the kids from the slums, Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina ali were paid less than what is being paid to...
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In multi-ethnic populations, issues keep rising over cultural rights, sometimes making interesting news and debate on popular media. One such issue arose recently in...
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Being counsellors in an NGO like SIFF, we come across so many different types of men facing harassment in the hands of either their wives, in-laws, police, judiciary or...
made popular Nov 2 2009
The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and...
made popular Oct 31 2009
Rahul Mahajan, son of the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan has a new fan following - women inmates of the Central Jail here - with nine of them wanting to participate in...
made popular Oct 29 2009
This Halloween, prepare to be scared in China.
The country’s first Halloween haunted house attraction is spooking the crowds in Shanghai, with its creators...
made popular Oct 28 2009
I am sorry for going back on my word to not write on sex for some time. But why not? Sex is not a 4 letter word, Sexy is. I am not a psychoanalyst or urologist – no...
made popular Oct 27 2009
The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant.
He criticized some...
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Recently while watching a beauty pageant, a colleague of mine in all seriousness remarked, “what a disgrace such contests are on women kind”. My curiosity to probe...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Serious debates are ongoing on the recent reunion of two Kenyan men in the UK over the weekend. Like any other Kenyan who came across the story as hot as it was when...
made popular Oct 20 2009
I am sure baba is going to buy mea one way ticket to the hell if not issuing a fatwa on my life. My good friend will do a mini tandav (dance of death) but as I am...
made popular Oct 19 2009
A baby’s wail echoed across the plaza. His mother’s face was etched with joy as she struggled to subdue her writhing infant. The children who had gathered around...
made popular Oct 15 2009
The bill presented in parliament seeks to prohibit sexual relations between people of same sex. It is also to prevent any competition with a the traditional...
made popular Oct 15 2009
A new controversy has risen in the fashion world after the popular German magazine, Brigitte, said that it’ll remove thin models from its pages in favor of...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Responding to news that a popular German magazine was banning thin models from its pages in favour of “real women”, Largerfeld said that those who...
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So do you know which generation you belong to, whether Gen X or Y or are you still in a fix?? This thought passed my mind while watching “Love Aaj Kal”.
I always...
made popular Oct 10 2009
There’s a lot of stuff trapped inside this head of mine, not to mention the subdued feelings in my heart.
And when both of these mingle, out comes a blog.
A...
made popular Oct 10 2009
The Moroccan southern city of Agadir will host the Concert for Tolerance during this month for the third consecutive year.
The Concert for Tolerance is a cultural...
made popular Oct 8 2009
Germany’s most popular women’s magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of “real women” in an...
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In the recent past there has been talk about enforcing a dress code for college girls. In fact, some colleges in Kanpur, Hyderabad and Lucknow have already done so. The...
made popular Oct 5 2009
In the above painting by Francisco De Zurbarán we find Saint Francis of Assisi in deep religious contemplation. I chose this image of Saint Francis because it is one...
made popular Oct 3 2009
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A million dollars may sound like a fortune to most people, and folks with that much cash can’t complain — they’re richer than 90 percent of U.S....
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Wipro started as a cupboard-manufacturing unit to then go on to become the software giant that it is today. However, the surprise element is that a large number of...
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Could you guess which city has the greatest number of millionaires in India? You, at first strike, will go for any Metro city. But it will go wrong if you go for any...
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Oscar and Lorene Stohler hold up a picture of an oil well on June 24, 2008 in Beulah, N.D. The oil well on their ranch in Dunn Center, N.D., has made them millionaires in less than a year.
