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From Abbey Road to Kolkata traffic cops: How far have the Beatles fallen?
David Cameron should have come to Kolkata instead of playing cricket in Mumbai. He could have inaugurated the Calcutta Traffic Police’s latest brainwave – using the Beatles to teach unruly Kolkata pedestrians to use the zebra crossings ala the iconic cover of their album, Abbey Road. Those posters of the Fab #Abbey Road #Kolkata police #Mamata Banerjee #Road traffic safety #The Beatles #UrbanPostcard
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Why David Cameron apologising for Raj won’t mean much to India
Love means never having to say you are sorry. But is David Cameron going to try and say “sorry” in the hope of re-igniting the love affair with India? The Brits certainly hope so. Cameron landed in India today with the biggest delegation a British PM has made overseas – more than #AgustaWestland #British Raj #David Cameron #England #India #JustSaying
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1941- A Love Story or Why you don’t need Valentine’s Day
The year was 1941. The British were firmly in charge. The rumbles of war were spreading through Europe. Quit India was still a year away. In the sleepy mining town of Hazaribagh, a young woman was also plotting rebellion of a different kind. Debika Ghosh was planning to flee the family #Love&Marriage #Valentine's Day
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Tossing out wrestling: Why it’s a black day for the Olympics
The symbol of the Olympics is five interlocking rings of colours that represent every flag in the world. Wrestling actually lived up to that symbol. By dumping wrestling the Olympics has betrayed its own
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By tossing out wrestling, Olympics shames its own symbol
Wrestling does not deserve a place in the Olympics because without it India’s medal chances get bleaker. It deserves a place in the Olympics because it is truly an Olympic sport. That is why it has been part of the games from the very beginning. It did not have to get a #Modern Pentathlon #Olympics #Sushil Kumar #ThatsJustWrong #Wrestling #Yogeshwar Dutt
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Paralysed by reverence: Why we don’t dare make a Lincoln
Lincoln should be compulsory viewing for all those who want a miracle cure – whether it’s the Aam Aadmi party, Narendra Modi or a Jan Lokpal - for all the ills that beset our country. If there is one message in the movie it’s this – change is not easy. It #FilmCrit #Lincoln #Steven Spielberg #Swami Vivekananda #The Light
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What political leaders can learn from Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah has a political tightrope to walk after the execution of Afzal Guru. But his interview with CNN-IBN showed that you can do that without sounding completely defensive or
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Afzal Guru death: Other CMs must learn from Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah is right. When he told CNN-IBN, “If in this day and age we are relying on speed post to inform a family that their loved one is going to be executed then there is something seriously wrong with the way we do things” he put his finger on the issue. There #Afzal Guru #Jammu and Kashmir #Omar Abdullah #PoliticsDecoder
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Mamata’s whipping boys: Cops, cartoonists, commissions and ex-CMs
It’s not clear who will have the last laugh in Mamata versus the cartoonist. The chief justice of the Calcutta High Court just gave the government pleader a dressing down in court because it had ignored the state’s own human rights commission’s recommendations. That commission had said that the government should pay #Adhir Chowdhury #cartoonist arrest #Mamata Banerjee #MediaRoundUp
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The guilty pleasure of Jagjit Singh, India’s Ghazal king
Editors note: This article was originally published in October 2011 after the death of Indian ghazal king Jasjit Singh. We reproduce it on the occasion of his 72nd birth anniversary. Every Indian of a certain age probably has a Jagjit Singh album stashed away somewhere. Other singers gave us songs. But Jagjit Singh gave #Chitra Singh #Ghazal #InMemoriam #Jagjit Singh