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Several feet under, a few tired feet up at mid-day
As the world zooms around them, seemingly unaware and unmindful of their sweat and toil, workers of the Namma Metro project catch a breath at their worksite at the Kempe Gowda …
Will an Ilayaraja song open London Olympics?
Naanthaan ungappanda (Tamil for I am your father), a song composed by Ilayaraja for the 1981 Kamal Haasan film Ram Laxman, and sung by S.P. Balasubramanyam, is reported to be …
This one—and four hundred and ninety nine more
Five-hundred doesn’t seem like much of a number in an age when the chors talk in crores. But when it is 500 fullgrown trees that will have to make way, …
The case against Aamir Khan’s view of doctors—II
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: After Aamir Khan stirred up a hornet’s nest with his show about the misdeeds of doctors, I seem to have done the same with my article, …
Is P.C. Sorcar building the Sky Wheel in Mysore?
VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: I read in the news that Mysore will be the third city in the world, yes in the world, to get a ‘Sky Wheel,’ a super-sized …
‘Paes-Bhupathi war resembles a ‘C’ grade film’
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Mahesh Bhupathi has openly refused to play ball with Leander Paes in the forthcoming Olympics. Mahesh and his chosen partner Rohan Bopanna have written to all India …
CHURUMURI POLL: Who will be next President?
After weeks and months of speculation, there is finally some official activity in the race for the next President of India. The Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee says the UPA …
