The Dark Knight weaves magical web

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight has smashed box office records for more than its commercial reason. It has been praised for its superb storyline, special effects and the actors have given brilliant performances in weaving the magical web.. more on The Dark Knight weaves magical web

Review: Kismet Konnection

Kismet Konnection was keenly anticipated because the producers' Tips, gave the biggest hit of 2008 Race. But it turns out that Kismet Konnection is an average fare that will appeal to audiences with a taste for escapist fare.. more on Review: Kismet Konnection

Is India poor, who says? Ask Swiss banks

With personal account deposit bank of $1500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?.
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BJP: perfecting the art of engineering defections

Deve Gowda may have found a formidable rival in the Reddy brothers. He gets voluble and tries to hog the limelight whenever he indulges in engineering defections. The Reddy brothers on the other hand are smooth operators and ruthlessly efficient. .

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A fresh take on America's role in the world

Zakaria's book is serious and insightful. There is a slight tendency among America's critics, at home and abroad, to toy with or even savor the idea that America in 2008 is Rome in 476, China in 1430, the Ottomans in 1683 or Great Britain in 1899..
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'Fragrance Beyond Borders' by Amarendra Narayan

This is a noble effort by an Indian author from Bangkok for the betterment of Indo-Pak relations, in which the principal character forms a friendship society called, 'Fragrance Beyond Borders' and dwell upon new means to bring the two nations closer..
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Xenphobia and the Kingdom of Night

Looking at my own apathy and the apathy of most people around me, I wonder if the principal problem for most of us is that we have not been victims – yet and so we know nothing of the psyche of the wounded: The writer's reflection....

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