Vulgarity is in the eye of the beholder

I like Mallika Sherawat, not for how she looks but for what she does. She has a beautiful body and she does not feel it necessary to hide it behind layers of cl...read more

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Just another spy thriller!

I read 'The Broker' because I liked some of his earlier books: The Brief, The Firm, The Brethren, The Chamber, etc. But I am disappointed by 'The Broker' becaus...read more

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I watched my mother waste away!

Only one thing is worse than having to deal with severe illness. And that is a sense of failure - of having let down someone who is very close to you. In my cas...read more

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Unfit for Trust by Indians

The Unit Trust of India is not worthy of our trust any longer. Hence it should be disbanded immediately. Today the hue and cry is about US-64, and every one inc...read more

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Nightmare at Land's End

If someone ever made a movie on Regent Hotel, Bandra, Mumbai, it would probably have to be called ''Nightmare at Land's End.'' I have been there only once and I...read more

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Nobody (un)covers Mumbai like they do!

For thousands of office-goers who have to spend an hour or so while standing in a local train compartment, getting pushed and jostled all the time, Mid-Day make...read more

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It's hot, and it's happening!

Hotmail is probably the best thing to happen to the entire internet world since it began as a mass movement some five years ago. I have been using it for more t...read more

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It changes the country's Outlook

In the day of television and instant news on internet, one might wonder if there is any place for a magazine that is published only once every seven days. But I...read more

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Don't let this be your first...

This was the fourth or fifth book by John Grisham which I read. And I was sorely disappointed. None of the thrill of the Pelican Brief, none of the legal tangle...read more

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Big B is Big Bore

This is going to run against the current, but I can't help saying this. When KBC started, it had a certain novelty value, a certain excitement. The programme is...read more

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An aging mastiff

That's the way I can best describe INDIA TODAY. It was a new idea when it began in 1975, because the Illustrated Weekly was dying, and a good news magazine was ...read more

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Won't trade it for any other place!

Mumbai is the place with the worst pollution in the world. It is also where you can travel back from a late night movie by train and not be afraid to getting mu...read more

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No doctor can ever be God!

God Player by Robin Cook is about a heart surgeon who gets a thrill out of performing extremely delicate operations. Because of his skills he becomes rich and f...read more

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Love 'em, hate em, can't do without them

It's almost 20 years since I came to Bombay (that's what it was called in those halcyon days), and lived almost all of it in the suburbs -- both western and cen...read more

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Interesting to read

I think ''The Sky is Falling'' is better than Sidney Sheldon's other books. For one, it is more contemporary. Many of the situations described could easily have...read more

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Great player, kindly soul

Anil Kumble is undoubtedly a great player. A brilliant spinner, a good batsman at times. His record of 10 wickets in a single innings (that too against Pakistan...read more

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Here's a nice place

When you are around Churchgate at meal times, a good place to try out is Stadium Restaurant. It is hardly two minutes walk from the station and open throughout ...read more

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Excellent

I have got an A/c with ICICI Bank Mira Rd branch since the past two years. And my experience has been excellent. The staff is responsive, courteous and helpful....read more

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What's gone wrong

Leelavati Hospital in Bandra is a place we should all avoid. Firstly it has too many doctors, more than 40 in cardiology alone. But too many reports coming out ...read more

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Telling story, poorly told

As a story about terrorism it is perhaps the most effective. Just for the story, I would place it in the same category as Gulazr's ''maachis'' I can understand ...read more

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