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EYES PAISE: blindness no longer comes cheap
For an upcoming film called Zamanat, Amitabh Bachchan, who plays the role of a blind lawyer in it, is reported to have bought a pair of Italian sunglasses worth Rs 2.7 …
There’s another Rahul around. It’s not a Gandhi.
Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan today attended the BJP national executive in New Delhi. Maybe it was a nice signal to the family that the party had not forgotten the deceased leader. …
Globalisation is protectionism by another name
In news just coming in, Vijay Mallya's United Breweries has pulled out of its bid for the French champagne maker Taittinger following objections from the French labour unions and a bigger …
CONTEST: The winner is Rohit K.G. of Dubai
The winner of the first Churumuri anagram contest is Rohit K.G. of Dubai, UAE. Congratulations to him. Shashi Tharoor's Bookless in Baghdad will soon be on its way to him. The …
CHURUMURI POLL: A licence fee for your TV?
In a last-ditch effort to save the fattened cows of socialism, Doordarshan and All India Radio, Prasar Bharati Corporation has proposed a return to the licence fee raj. The plan is …
East or West, may the best Indians win
Rahul Dravid & Co have been comprehensively thumped in the one-day series by Brian Lara & Co. Here are five brand-new excuses the Bhaiyyas in Blue might like to trot out …
The greatest philosopher of our times is on TV
To speak truthfully and insightfully today, you must have a sense of the absurdity of human life and endeavour. And by that yardstick, Homer Simpson, the cartoon character in The Simpsons, …
If God does exist, why did He allow the tsunami?
Pope Benedict XVI, on a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp yesterday, asked God a simple question: why did he remain silent during the "unprecedented mass crimes" of the Holocaust? "In a …