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Can’t drive? Can’t swim? Can’t behave?
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Apologies for restoring “normal service” on churumuri so soon after the dawn of the new year, but I couldn’t help noticing the common strand in …
Visa Power? If Lord Balaji can’t give it, who can?
The Wall Street Journal has a story on the Chilkur Balaji Temple in Hyderabad. The temple has been around for over 100 years, but it’s only in the last few …
A false name + a fake accent = pride and dignity?
No story on the IT industry is complete without a statutory salute to the “pride and dignity” it has given thousands of youngsters in the country, besides the opportunity it …
One man’s worry is another woman’s worry too
E.P. UNNY in The Indian Express, New Delhi
Why shouldn’t old men be mad at Bangalore?
M.S. Prabhakara recounts his days in Bangalore in his farewell column in The Hindu today. Areas like Chikkapete, Balepete and Mamulpete, Banaswadi, Kadugodi and Adugodi, which were linked to this …
A desktop solution to light up somebody’s life
K.R. DINAKAR forwards a low-cost, high-impact New Year resolution.