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Seeking refuge from refuge-seekers
Leafing through a book edited by Ranabir Samaddar on Indian policy on refugees since 1947, ANJANA RAJAN finds how Delhi is treating its migrant population, whether all of them are refugees and whether definitions make a difference... .
Know Your City

As the old becomes new...
Cineplexes, multiplexes and the quality of films... In this perplexing potpourri of possibilities, the customer is King and theatre managers talk about more than the talkies. KANIKA DHAWAN finds what some Central Delhi cinemas plan f or the change of scene... .
Arts & Crafts

On the threshold of eternity
JEWELLERY MAKES the most beautiful creation of God more beautiful - the presence of ornaments has been primal, the whens and wheres are hard to trace out from the history we know. To meet the modern day needs of urban women, Dwarka's ...
Personality

Smiles and tears... and salute
AN EX-model, aged 40 and a mother of two children, was crying bitterly. She was diagnosed as having breast cancer. She was to undergo chemotherapy the next day. She was sitting before Anup Kumar, the 50-year-old author of bestseller "The Joy of ...


Take your pick!
READING IS a delightful hobby and books are your best friends. But reading a book becomes such a pleasurable exercise, if it is both well written and well received. This rings true of J.K.Rowling's "Harry Potter And The Order Of Phoenix", which ...
Fashion

All dressed up...
AS THE bigger labels are busy giving final stitches to their collections for Lakme India Fashion Week, the Fashion Design Council found it opportune to showcase the skills of its preliminary members by organising a fashion show during the Brand ...
Dhoti, kurti and khadi
Be Indian, wear Indian. That's the message of Kolkata designers Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Kiran Uttam Ghosh. Check out their designs at the upcoming Lakme India Fashion Week, says ANUJ KUMAR... .
Eating Out

Heart-warming moments on a Pakeezah night
MEETING HIM is like undertaking a nostalgia trip. All taxes paid, value for time assured. Former India hockey captain Zafar Iqbal speaks straight and from the heart. No flourishes, no guffaws, no concerted whispers. This Bachelor of Business ...
Happenings

Urdu classics for all...
YOU MIGHT call it a fashion or an inclination to read stories, ghazals and stories penned by famed and classical Urdu writers that many readers now resort to books that are transliteration of Urdu. Whatever the reason, but such books are drawing ...
Green Notes

Qayamat after Khallas...
HER AMOROUS eyes, mesmerising looks, affable smile and wayward ways hold you captive. And she manages to transform every sixty seconds of it into an infinitesimal minute. Yes, she wooed you with her `Khallas' number and left you yearning for more ...
Land & People

Capital destination... dreams and discovery
SYED ASIM ALI looks at Delhi through the eyes of a newcomer for whom every street corner holds an interesting story... .
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