Humayun ‘I’m not a casanova’
Pinning down Humayun Saeed for an interview these days is no mean task, not because he likes to fuss or play hard to get, but because he is genuinely tied down...
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Women and the media
Women and the media share a paradoxical relationship. While there is no dearth of evidence regarding minimal projection of women’s issues and perspectives in the media, the portrayal of women’s bodies...
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Arnie’s first year as governor
The candidate roars into the rally in a giant articulated truck, all gleaming chrome and tinted windows. The face plastered along the side of the lorry, muscles bulging beneath a taut...
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STARBUZZ: Bono gets ‘October’ back
It took 23 years, but U2 frontman Bono has finally found what he was looking for, a briefcase full of lyrics and notes stolen from the band during a concert in...
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Chaurasia’s lilting tunes
I joined Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and his fellow artistes for a vegetarian dinner after he gave a rousing performance at Cornell University’s Statler Hall. A few dozen autographs later, Pandit...
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REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Suspect Zero
Suspect Zero’s plot revolves around Dallas FBI agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) and mysterious Benjamin O’Ryan (Ben Kingsley). The agent is given a baffling murder case to work on: a travelling...
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The truth about shehla
‘Shehla who?’ was the first reaction back home when the Indian press announced the participation of Nilofer Shahid, Faiza Samee and Shehla as designers from Pakistan. It was troubling for some...
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Static
One of punk’s old school soldiers has fallen. John Cummings, better known as Johnny Ramone, one fourth of the Ramones, passed away last month. Johnny, lead guitarist of one rock’s most influential outfits, was 55. He died of....
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