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Munnabhai, MBBS, going to US for higher studies
The hot news on the wires today is that Mira Nair is going to direct the Hollywood remake of Munnabhai, MBBS, with Chris Tucker playing Sunjay Dutt's role. It's going to be …
MIDWEEK MASALA: The tiger and the elephant
The tiger woke up one morning and roared: "Who is the most powerful of all jungle animals?" The monkey whispered, "You are, without a doubt." Then the tiger confronted a …
CHURUMURI POLL: Should Sonia be disqualified?
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's decision last night to return the Office of Profit Bill to Parliament for reconsideration of the criteria and the retrospective clause poses a huge dilemma for …
TOP SECRET: Who was that great tenant?
Who was the chief minister—now in the thick of resolving the reservation imbroglio—who built a house on a plot allotted to him as an MLA by the legislators' housing society …
Can we really trust our government any longer?
Among the better debates on the reservation issue on television have been the ones that Karan Thapar has been having with pro- and anti-quota students. Last night, on 'India Tonight' (CNBC-TV18, …
MAST READ: Mauni Baba predicts defeat for Nero
There's a cute story in today's Telegraph, Calcutta, on Arjun Singh's godman, Mauni Baba. The 75-year-old guruji, a former trader, yesterday blessed the anti-quota activists, telling them "jeet aapki hogi" (victory will …
BREAKING NEWS: Kalam returns ‘Profit’ Bill
The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has returned the office of profit bill that the UPA government had hurriedly passed after an NDA walkout recently. Kalam has apparently raised two key objections. …
