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Will Sharad Pawar eventually win the war to reclaim his party and reputation?
The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claims he is neither ‘tired nor retired’ at 82. Undeterred by the recent political crisis in his party, the Grand old man has begun to…
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Amrish Puri was Steven Spielberg’s favourite villain; his powerful voice and characterizations were superb
With the recent release of the film Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny in theatres across Hyderabad and elsewhere, the iconic action hero is back on the silver screen after many years.…
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Humayun’s Tomb: Dormitory of the Mughals
Article by M SomasekharPhotos by N Shiva Kumar The Mughal emperor, Humayun died in February 1556 in a freak accident. He reportedly slipped and fell from the staircase of his library, with…
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Have we found alien artifact?
The discovery of well rounded spherical metallic marbles of below one millimeter in size and weighing less than one milligram found in the Pacific Ocean at the site of the crash of…
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From Apes to Artificial Intelligence—Trials and travails of humans
Apes, considered the ancestors of humans, used stones to break nuts in the wild, ages ago. It is considered as the first signs of development of tools. Beginning with the stone tools…
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The charisma of M.L. Jaisimha is vividly brought out in a book about his life
M.L. Jaisimha was one of the most charismatic cricketers that Hyderabad has produced. Besides being an excellent player he had a style that was magnetic. Every sport needs a character like him to…
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India – From victim to leader in fight against terrorism
India has redefined terrorism and also its role in the fight against this menace which poses a major threat to regional and global peace. There is a definitive shift in its approach…
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Independent India cannot but salute Tiger Tipu, writes RSS Ideologue Malkani in his book India First
In the wake of the BJP’s constant vilification of Tipu Sultan, using him to stoke communal fire, it would do one good to read what one of the main ideologues of the…
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Cricket controversy triggers political grandstand; UK and Aussie PMs fume over Bairstow dismissal
The Ashes are one of the most high pressure competitions in international sports. After the institution of the Ashes trophy in 1882, many hard battles have been fought and many controversies have…
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Of pains of losing a homeland and celebrations of human bond
When the Hindu Sindhis lost Sindh, their ancestral homeland, in the holocaust of partition (1947), they lost more than a piece of land. The sufferers were not just men and women butchered…
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Part 4 of UCC 4: UCC is politically camouflaged unconstitutional attack on constitution
Click here to read Part 1 Click here to read Part 2 Click here to read Part 3 Such has been the importance of customary divorces in Hindu law that even after…
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PM Modi must convene all-party meeting to mobilise support for UCC
Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi trying to complete all the three core agenda of the Sangh Parivar? He had overseen the other two issues in the past nine years of his regime-…
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Part 3 of 4 UCC: Iqbal asks whether the law of Islam is capable of evolution
Click to read Part 1 Click to read Part 2 The Courts know that reformers play persuasive roles, bringing about a change in perception that leads in turn to change in conduct. …
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The great exodus: Why Indians heading for greener pastures?
Hyderabad: No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. Home is where the heart is. But we see people leaving their homeland for greener pastures abroad. For dignity,…