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“Throwing away money makes one useless, not a literary person. (If you throw money, you will get an unemployed person, not a writer)”, says Dharmendra to Pran in Pramod Chakravarty’s New times (1971). Pran plays a wealthy businessman who is woefully short of time and intellect and uses Dharmendra’s services to make smart speeches –…
I remember making an intervention in the Parliament in late 2018 on the issue of attack on federalism by the ruling party. After my speech, Dr Manmohan Singh walked up to me, held my hand and said: “You are a good addition to the house.” That moment and the words of encouragement from a person…
Last Updated:December 04, 2024, 1:02 PM IST The teacher took a leave and noted in the attendance register he was going to attend the funeral of class 3 student of the school. Student’s father made a complaint to the district collector as his son was alive and healthy. (Representative Image) Authorities have suspended a government…
“If it’s good for Ratan Tata, it’s good for us” was my saintly-strictly in the sense of being indifferent to extravaganza-husband’s winning line last weekend when I was trying to convince him to take our holiday to Taj Fort Aguada, the adjoining sister-resort of the Taj Holiday Village. The superlative hospitality team at THV had…
8 minutes ago copy link Haniyeh was the political chief of Hamas, he operated from Doha, the capital of Qatar. The last rites of Hamas chief Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Wednesday, will be performed in Tehran today. Haniyeh’s body will be kept for public viewing here. The Hamas chief will…