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Back to College

Thursday 25 December '08

His Rang De Basanti revolved around Delhi college students who were yanked out of their carefree lives into leading a Bhagat Singh-style political revolution.
Back to College

Saturday 20 December '08

His Rang De Basanti revolved around Delhi college students who were yanked out of their carefree lives into leading a Bhagat Singh-style political revolution.
Back to College

Saturday 20 December '08

His Rang De Basanti revolved around Delhi college students who were yanked out of their carefree lives into leading a Bhagat Singh-style political revolution.
An instinctive shot

Sunday 14 December '08

Prashant Panjiar feels Kishore Parekhs’s picture of a Dhaka street during the ’71 war is a timeless piece in photojournalism
Beauty and the feast

Sunday 7 December '08

Set up a fortnight before Bakr-Eid, the Muslim festival in which goats are sacrificed, the sellers at the chaotic bakra mandi off Jama Masjid are mostly shepherds from Western UP and Haryana.
‘WELL, I THINK I AM A GENTLEMAN’

Sunday 9 November '08

Harbhajan Singh promises good behaviour on field, says he practised 10 hours to win a dance show and wants to marry a girl who won’t fight with him
Inimitable image

Sunday 2 November '08

Subi Samuel is ‘mysteriously pulled’ towards Herb Ritt’s Fred with Tyres
‘I don’t have rice and roti in one meal’

Sunday 2 November '08

I generally wake up to coconut water or fresh lime water. For breakfast, I have either poha or oat meal or a multigrain bread sandwich.
Chomp and chill

Sunday 2 November '08

Here’s what you should be eating this winter
Past-Present

Sunday 26 October '08

Sudhir Mishra watches 81/2 to rekindle faith in life
‘I jog 7 km thrice a week’

Sunday 26 October '08

I kick-start the day with three egg whites and a slice of bread.
The dark ink

Sunday 19 October '08

Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee has ‘internalised’ the mysterious story-telling of Edgar Allan Poe
‘I eat seven small meals a day’

Sunday 19 October '08

I eat six to seven meals a day—all in small portions. For instance, a bowl of six egg whites with a glass of juice would make one meal.
Classroom experiment

Sunday 5 October '08

If Ram Nikumbh, the committed teacher played by Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par, awed you with the innovative ways he educated a dyslexic child, meet Rajni Rawal...
Spirits down as Eid shoppers stay off Batla House

Tuesday 30 September '08

The last week of Ramzan is usually the most awaited time of the year for shopowners in Batla House.
At Kumharon ka Mohalla, a pocket of Hindu families in Jamia Nagar, residents recount the area’s changing profile

Monday 29 September '08

Jamia Nagar has had no history of communal violence—not even during the Babri and Gujarat riots.
Watch your Orkut profile, future boss may be snooping

Sunday 28 September '08

An active profile on online social networking sites is a double-edged sword.
Attendance hit in Jamia depts

Friday 26 September '08

Following the arrest of two Jamia Millia Islamia students — Mohammad Shakeel and Zia-ur-Rehman — for their alleged involvement in the recent serial blasts, the university has seen a steep fall in the attendance of students in its Urdu, Arabic and Islamic Studies departments.
‘EVERY ROLE IS LIKE A LIFE. YOU PLAY IT ONCE’

Sunday 28 September '08

Sarika’s second Bollywood stint has been about wowing critics. In an e-mail interview, she talks about the silence of Kashmiri women, child ‘co-stars’ and romancing Big B
AT WORK, A VIRTUAL PLOT

Sunday 7 September '08

When your life—personal and professional—is uploaded on the Net, can you keep office nastiness out of your scrapbook?
FRIENDS IN A FRAME

Sunday 7 September '08

Raghu Rai found in a photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson a moment that goes beyond news value
‘YOU SHOULDN’T CONFUSE ME WITH SANIA ANYMORE’

Sunday 31 August '08

Saina Nehwal, shuttler, champ and the girl next door
KEBAB CONNECTION

Sunday 10 August '08

Irena Akbar learns that in old Delhi, it takes a lot of practice, skill, patience and some tehzeeb to make a perfect kebab
‘MUSICIANS NOW ARE SMARTER’

Sunday 3 August '08

They rocked campuses long before indie music made any noise. And Indian Ocean is still going strong. In a chat with eye, they slam music companies, fret about becoming Bollywood musicians and tell us why they want to sell their own music
Jewel glam

Sunday 20 July '08

Do you want to look like a million dollars sans accessories and make-up?
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