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Timing a strike to coincide with the all-important holiday season was a strategy that the Hollywood writers used as well,…

Time for fair play

True to its murky reputation, there is no copyright protection to be found in Afghanistan. Elsewhere though, from Argentina to…

Cheetah girls

Udaipur?s palaces have been gaining increasing traction in the Western media, whether it is via Madonna?s extended vacation there or…

Spiritual science

That the Mahatma saw the suppression of sexual cravings as one of his greatest spiritual challenges and sought to test…

Drop a line or two

You open your mailbox wearily, expecting bills to tumble out. But somewhere in the middle, a greeting card peers out.

Are we sci-fi ready?

Science fiction has a sadly short history in Bollywood, thinly stretching across Shekhar Kapoor?s Mr India, Rakesh Roshan?s Koi Mil…

Fragments of a nightmare

In the Indian popular imagination, Australia exists as a space full of adventurous delights whether it is via Hollywood celebrities…