'This is the most honest generation'
The towering presence of writer, poet, lyricist and director Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, made the 'Bangalore Literature Festival' all the more special. Well over 80, Gulzar still...
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When santoor or the Indian hammered dulcimer was just a Kashmiri folk instrument, Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma reconstructed it. His son Pandit Shivkumar Sharma gave it a unique voice and made it an integral...
View Article'It was like an 80s' jukebox playing'
It's not everyday that a band you grew up listening to comes to your City and plays a three-hour long set. Expectedly, the concert by the legendary American rock band, 'Guns N' Roses', was the best...
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Virus on your mobile *Anti-virus firms have renewed their alert call on Android, the popular mobile operating system from Google. Kaspersky has listed Android malware among its top security risks of...
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Free fonts *Dafont is an archive of freely downloadable fonts, which are categorised by topic and can also be sorted by name, date and popularity. This site, available in English, French and Spanish,...
View ArticleSour throat! There's an app for that
I wasn't my usual self earlier this week. Some nasty flu bug had beaten me, reducing your usual quirky, chipper columnist to a feverish, bedridden shadow. It's never fun being ill, and I've never been...
View ArticleHackers holding your PC to ransom
Cyber criminals are using malware to freeze computers and then demanding money to unlock them, reports Nicole PerlrothKidnappers used to make ransom notes with letters cut out of magazines. Now, notes...
View ArticleBitTorrent plans to go legit in 2013
BitTorrent, the start-up behind the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing system of the same name, has an unusual resolution for 2013: to align itself with the entertainment industry and legally distribute...
View ArticlePower shortage could lead to higher inflation
The lives of over 620 million people residing across 22 states in northern, eastern and north eastern part of India came to a standstill on a Monday as they did not have access to electricity. The...
View ArticleIn search of the difference engine
Staring at prospects of declining automobile sales, bleak outlook and the possibility of 25 per cent "green tax" on diesel cars, notwithstanding the Centre denying any such levy for the moment, Society...
View ArticleOil firms focus on production in fight for foreign assets
Faced with soaring demand, stagnant output at home and a need to diversify from Iranian crude imports lost to Western sanctions, Indian oil companies are hungry for deals like ONGC's Kashagan buy that...
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Expressive stagingThe 'Pondicherry' photographs by Sebastian Cortes at Tasveer (November 10 to 30) offered a charmingly classic and sensitive insight into the unique character and atmosphere of the...
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Colourful ragamalikaRagamalika, as the title implies, is a garland of ragas. Choice of the ragas are based on aesthetic considerations. Decorative patterns in their highly artistic forms are seen both...
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Time for a vacationMr Bean's Holiday' stars Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe, Jean Rochefort and Max Baldry. After getting tired of London's weather, Bean packs up his suitcase and heads...
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Farhan's look is a hit!Actor Farhan Akhtar's hard work seems to be paying off — he has been getting a lot of compliments for his athletic body in the upcoming movie, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The...
View ArticleA splendid display of talent
Christ University recently welcomed the season of hope and goodwill in a grand manner. The seventh season of 'Magnificat: A Song of Hope', a two-day festival of music that hosts choirs from all over...
View ArticleA shout out to the freshers
RV Institute of Management celebrated Prathibhimba, its freshers' day, at the college recently. The day was full of activities organised by the senior students to welcome the fresh batch of the...
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'Cul-Ah'The Mount Carmel College is all set to host its all India annual inter-collegiate fest, 'Cul-Ah', in the college from December 13 to 15. The theme, this year, is 'Cultura- A confluence of world...
View ArticleFar away from civilisation
A group of second-year students from Acharya School of Management recently got a great opportunity — the college organised a trip for them to Uttarkashi, which would include many adventure...
View ArticleIt's a tough process
No self-respecting engineering college fails to boast of its placement record — and most degree institutes have come up with their own models of a placement season as well. But in the City's...
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