A big liar in Cumbria
A contest to select the biggest liar! It would seem, well, a lie. But in Cumbria in England’s Lake District, this contest does happen every November. At the Santon Bridge Inn in the Wasdale Valley on the feast day of St Pinnochius.
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Kanyakumari: the sea within
It was complete darkness but for a weak moon that had very thinly illumined the night sky. Far away across the sea channel like
an apparition could be seen a giant frame of a statue on a rock.
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Clean bowled !
The country seems to be in permanent love with only one game, be it 50-over or 20 something- cricket. Under its pervading influence many indigenous games have left the arena. Rajesh Bhat gives an interesting glimpse into some traditional Kashmiri games now on the run
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Hitler's 'gift' kicks up row in Nepal
Kathmandu, A vintage Mercedes rusting with disuse in Nepal's former palace that hit the spotlight after reports that it was a gift from Adolf Hitler may go back to the scrap heap after a blue-blooded family's claim that the present was in fact a Daimler Benz - and it had been in India for decades.
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Hitler's 'gift' kicks up row in Nepal
Kathmandu, A vintage Mercedes rusting with disuse in Nepal's former palace that hit the spotlight after reports that it was a gift from Adolf Hitler may go back to the scrap heap after a blue-blooded family's claim that the present was in fact a Daimler Benz - and it had been in India for decades.
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A place for the lotus-eaters
Assam is lately waking up to the potential of plantation holidays making good use of the fabulous colonial bungalows that dot the emerald valley. On offer is an experience of old plantation days. Krishna Das reports.
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Dance as a voice
The news that Vijay Anand's Guide has been selected for screening in the classics section at the Cannes Film Festival this year makes Shoma A. Chatterji take a closer look at the dancing tradition in Hindi films of the Sixties as against to today’s gyratic movements that go in the name of dance
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Mirror of our times
The Arctic mirrors what ails the world today gripped by global warming. As the ice melts and nations vie for the rich mineral resources once hidden under the snow, the writing on the wall is often ignored, reports Fatima Chowdhury
Mirror of our times
Cast away
Vanity unfair
Island in the sun
In the fast lane
Unique, and damned
A thirsty world
The ghosts of the sea
A sea of sins
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When Arafat almost kissed Benazir Bhutto!
A book dedicated to Benazir Bhutto by a former aide says that the slain Pakistani former premier was paranoid about shaking hands with men, but Palestinian icon Yasser Arafat came close to kissing her one day!
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Navodayas, IIM team up to go beyond mere education
To take education beyond the classroom and blackboard, senior administrators of the Navodaya Vidyalayas, or elite state-run schools, have been trained at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, to pick up skills in career counselling, change management and team building among others. More..
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No historical movie for a long time: Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan intends to work more this year and combine business with fun. With his first costume drama, "Jodhaa Akbar" striking the right chord at the box office and his second child around the corner, life has never been rosier for Hrithik.
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