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When glass meets class
Paintings emerge as lovely works of creation from the mind, heart and fingers of an artist, who is no less an entity in the city, writes SOMA BASU

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From war hero to film hero
The much decorated warrior fades into celluloid

Popular film stars entering politics has been a prevailing custom from the olden days. Like the characters they play in films and create an impact on people, film stars of yesteryears found it easy to succeed in politics. Illiterate people ...

Gandhiji, Kamaraj and Rajaji moved with the people and were selfless, sacrificing their personal life for public cause. They were true mass leaders. Film actors with a few hits gain popularity and become idols for hero-worshipping and find ...

India is a democratic country ruled by politicians. Nowadays, an increasing number of film stars are joining politics. Main motive of every politician is to garner votes. Film stars too aspire to become Chief Ministers and think it is easy for ...

Film stars exercise tremendous influence over the public. They show interest in politics with the intention of capturing power overnight. If film stars want to become great politicians, then they should tirelessly work for people. Success in ...

Film stars are not aliens. They are also citizens of the country and have the right to contest. But as members of public we too have the right to question their role as a leader. Unfortunately, most actors have no answer. But surely they have ...

Cinema field is an industry and film stars are workers. On what basis can one prevent their entry into politics? Have we not had successful actors like M.G.R., N.T.R. and Jayalalithaa as Chief Ministers? An actor is capable of attracting ...

It is not a sin for film stars to enter politics. They too are citizens of India and have every right to serve people of their country. We should welcome film stars. However, it is for the actors to realise that in cinema they act for ...

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Rock-a-bye baby
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The one woman army!
From winning the sobriquet of ‘Crane Bedi’ to life after retirement, supercop Kiran Bedi tells us all

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Keeping pace with automobile technology
A sneak preview of some Bosch components on its way to India

The show is a 12-part original investigative series that takes on the ...

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