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Kanika Datta: Our lives and their lives on TV serials
Popular TV serials do tend to reflect society in an unconsciously accurate way, and even though India's image in western shows highlights its colourful multi-dimensional character, the depiction is not always comfortable
Nivedita Mookerji: Swift govt moves on IKEA surprise
The rapid pace at which the government has tweaked the single brand retail policy to enable IKEA¿s entry brings hope to multi-brand retail FDI investors
Lunch with BS: Shaida Abdali
The Afghan in India
Shyamal Majumdar: Troublesome sons-in-law
Sanskrit poems tell us that mango buds lend sweetness to the cuckoo's voice. Why is Robert Vadra striking a discordant note?
E-governance initiatives in B'lore
With 118 additions to its initiative, K'taka officials now more accountable
Land Bill to slow down projects further
There is fear that the cost of acquiring land for the corporate sector will go up
Bhupesh Bhandari: Positive changes after all the scams
The public outcry over scams has helped bring in transparency and should help reduce corruption
Snow job on jobs
A study indicated the effects of the Romney tax plan would lead to a rise in the number of Americans who wanted to work
Newsmaker: Nitin Gadkari
Another one bites the dust
PDS gets smart
In Chhattisgarh's capital, Raipur, smart cards are helping plug pilferage and weed out corruption from the Public Distribution System
Telecom auction: Flop show or success?
GSM operators say auctions will be a dud
Till July, fiscal deficit half of FY13 Budget estimates
During the April-June period, the fiscal deficit already touched 8.1% GDP
Comment: Sajjid Chinoy
It's not what you think!
Q1 GDP estimates ahead of consensus
But it?s nothing to cheer about as slowdown is secular and next two quarters may be worse
For whom the bell tolls: Salman Khurshid
View Point of Union Law Minister