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Actor-comedian Kiku Sharda's Rahul Bose-moment tweet about his coffee bill is nothing like the actual Rahul Bose-moment. Kiku Sharda, who is known for his sense of humour, was in Bali recently, where he ordered room service for some tea and coffee. As per his tweet, ...
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Google honoured renowned Bollywood actor Amrish Puri on his birth anniversary today, on June 22, 2019, with a doodle.
The doodle which was unveiled by Google on the actor’s 87th birthday, was made by a Pune-based guest artist Debangshu Moulik, and celebrates his life and legacy.
Amrish ...
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IN PRAISE OF GIRISH KARNAD
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09.06.19 - *RAMACHANDRA GUHA
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Like most other Indians of my generation, I first saw Girish Karnad on the screen in one of Shyam Benegal's films. I first saw him in the flesh in New Delhi's India International Centre, circa 1990, dining alone. Many eyes went to him - apart ...
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Google Maps is arguably one of the most useful mobile applications ever launched by a technology company. It serves as the default map provider not only for consumers but also for major ride-sharing services. Some of the key features of Google Maps include calculating the ...
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13.10.18 - Amandeep Sandhu
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There is no doubt that the TV serials Ramayan and Mahabharat in the late 1980s altered the nation's consciousness quite radically. For thousands of years these were oral texts but in electronic form on TV, unlike perhaps how their creators imagined, the Ramayan at least ...
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The controversy surrounding Netflix's new show 'Sacred Games' over a line critical of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi refuses to die. The show got embroiled in a controversy as complaints were filed against Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Netflix and the makers of the show, by two Congress men, ...
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CHANDIGARH, JUNE 25: The Punjab Kala Parishad would honour eminent Punjabi literatteur Jaswant Singh Kanwal with 'Punjab Gaurav Puraskar' on the eve of his birth centenary. The Cultural Affairs Minister, Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Chairman of the Punjab Kala Parishad Dr. Surjit Patar and the Secretary ...
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PEOPLE, CULTURES AND BELIEFS
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"WHY DON'T YOU paint the 10 masters?” I asked the young Sikh artist. A master at Punjabi landscape and Sikh portrait painting, he was saying no to commissioned work that required painting the Gurus. Two fresh immigrants nostalgic about mango trees and people we left ...
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CHANDIGARH, April 10: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday clarified that, contrary to what was being stated in a section of the media, no orders banning the movie 'Nanak Shah Fakir' in Punjab had been issued by his government. He said that it ...
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26.03.18 - AMANDEEP SANDHU
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THIS IS NOT A REVIEW. It is some thoughts when I watched the movie Sajjan Singh Rangroot.
Among the hullabaloo when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited India last month, one story missed attention. Finally when Panjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh met Canadian PM Trudeau and ...
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26.02.18 - Ram Gopal Varma
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I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cell phone and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more ..I thought that either it’s a nightmare or a hoax ...
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Naturally Wild. Kyunki yeh Assam hai.
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WHEN THE NATION is busy seeking the answer to the mystery of NiMo’s bank transactions, in a North-Eastern state, former Miss World Priyanka Chopra has become a part of another controversy.
Priyanka, who is the brand ambassador for Assam Tourism, has upset some Congress leaders in ...
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NATION WANTS TO KNOW that who is NIRAV CHOKSI?
Actually Nirav Choksi is the name of the protagonist in a thriller ‘In the name of God’ authored by former banker Ravi Subramanian. While the book was released in July 2017, now after the Punjab National Bank ...
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Shah Rukh Khan’s sea-facing farmhouse in Alibaug, that was the venue of his last birthday bash, has invited fresh trouble for the actor. Back in 2017, he was heckled by MLC Jayant Patil for causing a commotion at the mainland and soon after reports surfaced ...
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PADMAVATI - KARNI KYA & KATHNI KYA!
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"THERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIONABLE in the film." And there cannot be a worse defence of the right of a film maker to make a film, or the right of the people to watch that film.
"Believe me I have watched the movie. It only glorifies Rajput culture."
That's ...
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Pahlaj Nihalani was on Friday sacked as chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification in India. His successor is famous lyricist Prasoon Joshi. Talking to media, CBFC member and filmmaker Ashok Pandit said, "Yes, it is correct. Pahlaj Nihalani had to resign from his chairmanship. Recently ...
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A film about Hindu-Muslim unity won the Audience Award at the annual London Indian Film Festival.
A Billion Colour Story, which depicts harmony between Hindus and Muslims, is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Satish Kaushak and directed by Padmajumar Narasimhamurthy.
"It’s incredibly special for us that A Billion ...
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To say that Shoojit Sircar’s Pink is one of the most ground-breaking films of the year 2016 would be an understatement. Not only did it win the hearts of the audience but it also managed to stir some very important debates around feminism and women ...
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We are used to faces and number plates being obscured by Google to protect privacy for images on Street View, but animals don’t often suffer the same fate – except for this Cambridge cow. The animal was photographed by the Google street view camera on a ...
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You may have noticed many users copy pasting a post on their Wall alleging Facebook may be compromising your private data. Now, Facebook has clarified that it is a hoax. In fact, that post is believed to have surfaced back in 2012. Facebook issued a statement ...
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