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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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DNA
Another world: The intellectual world of psychoanalysis and psychology in India has been dominated by two contrasting figures | Read
SLIDESHOW
Winners all
With dance performances by Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rakhi Sawant, the entertainment quotient was well taken care of.
ASTROLOGY
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 - Dec 22)
It won’t be easy  to conceal your feelings from others, since there’s a spontaneous, exuberant, boisterous mood in the air as far as you are concerned. So you’ll let it all hang out in a way, and step happily into the spotlight.  You’ll want to live better than before, and should be attracting money, security and the better things of life. Accumulating possessions is important to your sense of well-being.
How culpable are politicians for political violence?
This volume is a well documented study of the way governments in India have dealt with the challenge of ‘political violence’, such as the Naxalite problem, violence against SCs & STs.
Dharma bums in the land of cows and Krishna
To my generation, the presence of the Beats in India had long been confined to two references.
The saint as madman
The intellectual world of psychoanalysis and psychology in India has been dominated by two contrasting and complementary figures.
Wild things kids love
Picture books for children rarely attain cult status. One 20th century work that does achieve this phenomenal success is Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are (1963).
A brief history of India’s Olympic movement
There is perhaps no better time to read a book on the Olympics than when the Olympics are around.
Mumbai mélange
There is a clamouring din out there, many voices are shrilling, the blind groping the elephant are confusing it with its tail or trunk.
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