Archive for April 30th, 2012

Rumours about Salman don’t bother me: Katrina

Rumours about Salman don’t bother me: Katrina

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Actress Katrina Kaif, who is teaming up with Salman Khan again in Ek Tha Tiger, says she is not bothered about the gossip that goes around regarding her and the actor. Katrina reportedly dated Salman when she started off her career in Bollywood but later separated. And their new movie has got the rumour mills spinning [...]

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Setbacks spur student suicides

Setbacks spur student suicides

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

The University of Hyderabad has been in the news for all the wrong reasons of late. An alarming number of students from the university have been committing suicides for various reasons. Recently, an integrated linguistics student Swathi Rani hung herself in her hostel room. Friends and classmates suspect that a sour relationship was the reason [...]

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Breaking the glass ceiling

Breaking the glass ceiling

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

They may not be able to see like most of us do. But they don’t let their blindness interfere with their lives. They do just about everything a normal person does, including mastering the computer If there is anything that we must learn from the disabled is that they always find a way to work [...]

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A maze called the Secretariat

A maze called the Secretariat

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Having found the futility of restricting visitors to Secretariat, authorities have now kept the gates wide open. The real reason, an insider dropped a line, is that not much is going on at the Secretariat anyway. Why restrict then? But what to do and who to meet is still a mystery for visitors. Ramana Reddy, [...]

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The evolution of Indian cinema

The evolution of Indian cinema

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It’s a miracle that Indian cinema has withstood the test of time despite the vast cultural differences in the past 100 years. Postnoon pays an ode to one of the biggest cultural impacts that India has witnessed in the 20th century — Cinema On April 21, 1913, the rich and famous of Bombay queued up [...]

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Agri-biotech holds the key

Agri-biotech holds the key

| April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

There is huge transformation of thinking in adopting biotechnology for the growth and research in the agriculture sector. The agri-biotech industry is turning out to be the backbone for the agriculture sector. The industry is still at a nascent stage but showing a growth rate of around 10 per cent, said KRK Reddy, chairman and [...]

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Sexual abuse and  homosexuality

Sexual abuse and homosexuality

| April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

Loud and proud Shweta Pai The Child sexual abuse has been linked to homosexuality for many years now and there is an ongoing debate of the influence of abuse on a person’s sexuality. There are many people worldwide who believe that most homosexual youth were sexually abused as kids and those that claim to have [...]

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The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

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In the beginning college seems like hell itself but as the end comes closer, it becomes quite a diffcult task to let go of the fun, memories and the experiences that one collects. Vaijayanthi Kari takes a look at college life The worst are those days when you are almost done with school and don’t want [...]

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Obsessed with inches?

Obsessed with inches?

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If your daughter has been dropping kilos rapidly, it’s time you sought help for her eating disorder Recently a 32-year-old medical practitioner passed away due to starvation. She weighed a mere 28 kilos and had been obsessed with shedding the kilos for according to her she was “fat.” Sounds far fetched? But for many youngsters [...]

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Yami Gautam wants content oriented films

Yami Gautam wants content oriented films

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She moved from television to regional movies to Bollywood. Actress Yami Gautam, who debuted in Hindi films with the unconventional yet successful movie Vicky Donor, says movies are not about language but about content. “You can’t tag me as a regional actress. Whatever I did was considering the content over the language,” Yami said. “I [...]

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