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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Man and His New Lawn

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On 23 January, 1931, the day the first occupant of the Viceroy’s House, Lord Irwin moved in, Lutyens slipped away from formal dinner w...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Race to Raisina

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Some quirky politics by Mamata Banerjee and Mulayam Singh Yadav and 24X7 news channels suddenly turned Presidential election into an exc...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Pharma Robinhood: The Story of Cipla

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Dr Y K Hamied, 75-year old Chairman of India’s second largest pharmaceuticals company, Cipla is trying to re-write the contemporary histo...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Calcutta: Requiem for a City

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Every time I come out of my flight at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and then on to the roads of the City of Joy, I get ...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Political Fashion in India

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In his Aligarh dress Hakim Ajmal Khan, rais of Old Delhi, was a great doctor, institution-builder and one of the most important public pe...
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Monday, December 26, 2011

Jana Gana Mana: 100 Years of Our National Anthem

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Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka jaya he ……from your morning school prayer to moments of India’s Olympic glory, there could be nothing more inspira...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Making of New Delhi: Imperial Vision to Real Capital

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The dome above the nation: Illuminated Rashtrapati Bhavan with Jaipur Column in front Capital was shifted in 1912 but the arrangements w...
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