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Pain and Glory
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Olympic Games are not just about victory. They are about the tragedy,
the struggle and the humanity of ordinary people...
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The
Gift Of Gold
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Battle
For Bengal
As
political violence engulfs the state, Jyoti Basu finds Mamata Banerjee's
offensive and the threat of Central intervention serious enough to reconsider
his decision to bow out as chief minister after 23 years.
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Lodged
In A Mess
This
time Jayalalitha is charged with funding the purchase of two hotels in
England.
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Christie's
Prize Catch
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| A portrait
of Indian nawabs by Tilly Kettle |
The mood
is subcontinental at Christie's, London. Not surprising. On September
21, the premier auction house is having their seventh sale devoted exclusively
to images from the Raj. But this one is extra special because of the re-discovery
of a work by one of the most famous European artists working in India
in the 18th century-Thomas Daniel's The Red Fort at Ryacotta. The work
has an estimated guide price of £35,000 to £50,000, and a
drooling insider at Christie's says that they "might get much more
for this little charmer". Another prized item is the portrait of
Umdat-ul-Umara and Amir-ul-Umara by 18th century portrait painter Tilly
Kettle, also expected to fetch anything between £30,000 and £50,000.
According to insiders, the picture may be taken overseas ... but there's
slim chance of it reaching India.
-Anita
Anand
Bourbon
bounty: A splashy party for Jack Daniels' 150th birthday was held
at Indigo in Mumbai where the people behind the all-American whiskey thought
it befitting to call Star TV's Peter Mukerjea (above left, with Amrit
Kiran Singh of Brown and Foreman) the first Indian Tennessee Squire. What
does it mean? Mukerjea will now own a token piece of land in Tennessee
like other Daniel's-loving celebs from across the globe. Also rocking
to the band Harmony and Roses and digging into prawn paella that night
were ad-men Ranjeev Kapoor of Oligvy and Mather, Alyque Padamsee and Mike
Khanna of HTA (right).
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 The
Government should encash at least a part of its stake in LIC and GIC before
its too late, suggests INDIA TODAY associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar
in Au
Contraiyar.
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DESPATCHES |
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With the failure rate rising to a dismal 70 per cent, the Uttar Pradesh
High School and Intermediate Board has some accounting to do. INDIA TODAY
Special Correspondent Subhash Mishra reports on the gross irregularities
in Despatches.
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