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Why Preity Zinta stands for all that is wrong with the IPL
Generosity runs in the bloodline of our country. For example, a grieving Vijay Mallya shut down his airline, but vowed not to mess with the aspirations of either wannabe cricketing stars or swimsuit calendar girls. So thanks to the magnanimous Mallya, the average Indian man shall be suitably engaged in the #Bollywood #ConnectTheDots #India Premier League #IPL 6 #Preity Zinta #Punjab Kings XI #Sports #Spot-fixing scandal
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Share My Dabba: How Mumbai dabbawallahs will help feed street kids
One of the most disturbing dichotomies of a fast growing metropolitan city like Mumbai is the unequal distribution of wealth, privileges and even civic amenities. As the Share My Dabba video indicates, to 1.6 million people who have lunch everyday in Mumbai from the dabbawallahs, there are close to 200,000 #dabbawallahs #HowThisWorks #India #Malnutrition #Mumbai #Poverty #Share My Dabba #The Dabbawallah Foundation
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Go Goa Gone review: Saif’s not the only star in the laughathon
Let’s get this straight right at the beginning. A film about zombies attacking Goa sounds more like an idea befitting a video game from the nineties, than a masterpiece of a movie. The template of horror and supernatural films that we are familiar with in India is mostly populated by #Bollywood #DK #Film Review #Go Goa Gone #MovieReview #Raj Nidimoru #Saif Ali Khan
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‘Saif wanted to look like a Russian mafia boss in Go Goa Gone’
Nurtured by Ram Gopal Verma for the past decade and half and the Ramsay brothers before him, the Indian supernatural universe is a woman's world for sure. Snarling angry women in taikhanas, tragically upset ones in designer bedrooms, sad ghosts like Urmila, hot ghosts like Bipasha - Indian moviegoers are #Go Goa Gone #Q&A #Saif Ali Khan
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Violence across Iraq killed 700 in April: UN
United Nations: A total of 712 people were killed in violence across Iraq in April, bringing the country's death toll from violence to its highest level since June 2008, said a UN statement. According to latest figures released by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), another 1,633 others were wounded #Iraq #NewsTracker #World
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Rape threat to Kavita Krishnan: Does the Internet belong to the cyber bully?
“Tell me where I should come and rape you using condom”, wrote someone to activist Kavita Krishnan during a public chat organised by Rediff.com. This person had chosen for himself the handle “RAPIST” and initially, his ill-begotten suggestions were directed at women in general. However, when his gracious offer to #Cyber-bullying #Internet #Kavita Krishnan #Rape threats on Rediff #TheLongView
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Delhi, MP horror stories: When it’s rape, does it matter why?
This is a news item with which our country, unfortunately, is becoming far too familiar. Depending on the magnitude of the crime - how many men, how grievous, which city and how many body parts of the victim need to be sewn up and bandaged - rape grabs headlines along with scams, #Minor raped in Delhi #Rape #ThatsJustWrong
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Movie review: Ek Thi Daayan is more tiresome than frightening
Bollywood's affair with the ghostly other is long, time-tested and obviously rewarding. It gave Ram Gopal Verma a sense of being employed after Satya. Thanks to it, Urmila Matondkar won a second lease of life after Manish Malhotra. And, come rain or the absence of Emraan Hashmi, it kept the Bhatts' #Ek Thi Dayaan #MovieReview
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Live: Modi’s women – window shoppers and Mother India
1:30 pm: Sitaram Yechury says a leopard cannot change its spots, says Modi should look within his own state The first reaction to Modi's speech curiously enough comes from the Left Front which says that a leopard cannot change its spots and says the 2002 communal riots of Gujarat will forever #CII #Narendra Modi #PoliticalPlay #Rahul Gandhi
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Why Rahul Gandhi’s the real Big Boss
Okay people, you can breathe now. Rahul Gandhi won't be back with his post- modern spin on the Panchatantra anytime soon. We're guessing he'll be busy hiring a new speech writer. Or hanging out with Montek. Boys got to do what he's got to do, boss! That leaves us with ample #CII speech #JustSaying #Rahul Gandhi