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Pele. Ronaldo. Dida. Ronaldinho. Kaka. Robinho.
It's a question that stares every football fan: why do 17 of the Brazilian side's 23 players have only one name. Slate tells us why: http://www.slate.com/id/2143404/nav/tap1/
Do Gujarati girls need parents’ OK to fall in love?
The social engineering in the great laboratory that is Gujarat continues unabated. This time, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) wants the Narendra Modi government to make a law that will …
When did a kiss on the lips become un-Indian?
L'affaire Rakhi Sawant (or l'affaires Rakhi Sawant, since there is one every week) with the impossibly named Mika Singh shows that even our most liberated kind are the most hypocritical when it comes to …
CHURUMURI POLL: Is UPA targetting the Big B?
First, there was the alleged IT notice to Amitabh Bachchan when he was lying in a hospital bed, shortly after Rahul Gandhi had launched into him. Then, there was the …
What not to tell Deve Gowda when you meet him
Unfortunately, it is difficult to link Vijaya Karnataka's pocket cartoon here, but S.V. Padmanabh has a cute one today. A friend warns another behind H.D. Deve Gowda's back: "Be careful. …
Is Chidambaram positioning himself for PM role?
Of all the political reactions to the quota grenade hurled into the UPA camp, the most curious and inexplicable has been that of Palaniappan Chidambaram. The Harvard-educated pro-reforms Union finance minister …
Once upon a time, in the agraharas and mohallas
GOURI SATYA writes: In about circa 1800, Mysore was a small place located within the fort walls of the Palace surrounded by one or two Mohallas or extensions. Most of …