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To sirji, with love

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Dear Aamir Sirji,
Aapko shat-shat pranam.

Got time, burst a word bubble

After reading my recent piece on Orchard (Think Tank Games), Deepa tried her hand at the brain numbing puzzle, and mailed me some pictures of her horticulture-in-progress.

Why is Aman missing in action?

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The sudden disappearance of Aman Verma has everyone wondering what he’s been up to. From what our sources tell us, he’s not exactly in the best of health.

Rosid-Roli: The hottest jodi

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Manish Raisinghani and Avika Gaur, best remembered as Anandi of Balika Vadhu, star as Siddhanth aka Rosid and Roli in Sasural Simar Ka (SSK) and have sent the TRPs soaring because of their chemistry of late.

Fat chance at criticism

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Aaj-kal real aur engaging entertainment ke liye either I sing in the bathroom or switch on a news channel. Ab last week ko hi le lo. News channels, busy playing Kaun Banega President, suddenly got distracted by a news item that can only be summed up thus: Yeh neeli-neeli ankhen, yeh mote-mote gaal...

A DIY kit to a ghostly night

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Vikram Bhatt, the silver-haired Bollywood director, recently made his television debut. Bhatt, as you know, is a purana premi of the horror genre and that’s what he has brought to late-night TV viewing: Haunted Nights, on Sahara One.

As a self-confessed hardliner, I must admit that being a part of the team engaged in Indo-Pak Track 2 dialogue has been very interesting.

In June 2012, world leaders along with thousands of participants from governments, NGOs and environmental groups as well as the private sector will come together in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for Rio+20