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Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Mary Kom and lessons in tolerance
Making films is a business in which both the creative and commercial parts must go hand in hand, and where actors are trained to perform beyond their ethnic or national identities
Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng: Great cities and ghost towns
China's ghost towns and local-government debts are not harbingers of doom
Jeff Bezos reminds Flipkart he is the boss
Pitches discount strategy against India rival's; festive sales war hots up as eBay jumps in, too
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Surinder Sud: The right chemistry
Intellectual property protection concerns and the rise of bio-pesticides mean the Indian agrochemicals sector needs to invest more in R&D
Daniel Gros: The government Europe deserves?
Europe's leaders will not let anyone take power in Brussels who might be able to push integration forward
At UNGA, Modi made strong pitch about environmental issues...
...and then faltered, embarrassingly
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Rohan Sandhu & Subir Gokarn: E-ducating India - Technology is just one piece of the puzzle
The data-generation ability of technology can not only provide real-time feedback on its return on investment but also evaluate education programmes
Kunal Kumar Kundu: The LPG roadblock
The overall oil subsidy could continue to hurt unless the govt finds a way to tackle the potential threat posed by the domestic LPG subsidy
Abheek Barua: Too big to de-allocate?
The coal cancellation brings back unpleasant memories to investors of earlier 'retrospective' actions
Beware of complacency
Improved rating outlook buys government time, that's all
An Ode to a Venetian wedding
It is not just his looks, but also his voice, charm and his celebration of bachelorhood that made George Clooney the ultimate King of Single Women
Ajay Chhibber: How to improve the welfare state
Make schemes mobile and portable, by focusing on people and not products
Made for each other: Kishore Kumar and Madhubala
Kishore Kumar and Madhubala's is one of the most unusual - yet also oddly poignant - romantic pairings in Hindi-movie history
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Aditi Phadnis: Jayalalithaa - On a verdict and a prayer
The chief minister has a winning formula but will today's court verdict prove a setback?