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Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar Wedding Pictures
Finally the former Union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor tied the knot with his Dubai-based fiance Sunanda Pushkar on Sunday. It was a typical Malayali wedding ceremony. The marriage was held in the presence of Tharoor’s 94-year-old grandmother, Jayasankari Amma, Tharoor’s sons and other family members. The function was held at the…
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Nathuram Godse :: The Man who killed Gandhi
Nathuram Godse was a Brahmin from Pune. He played in the main role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse. In this consipracy he was supported by his brother, Gopal Godse and six other Hindu Mahasabha members. He was arrested immediately…
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Top 20 Hindi Patriotic Movies
To celebrate the 64th Independence Day, I have a compiled a list of Top 20 Hindi Patriotic Movies. Bollywood’s adoption of patriotic themes happened at its very inception, when India was engaged in its struggle for freedom from the British rule. Even now also, every year we see Bollywood coming with a few movies dedicated…
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Indian Cult Classic Movies
Let’s first understand the meaning of Cult Classic or Cult Movie. A cult film/movie or a cult classic is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Cult films are often known to be eccentric, often do not follow traditional standards of mainstream cinema and usually explore offbeat topics. Normally,…
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Shashi Tharoor to Marry Sunanda Pushkar
Former Indian minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor is once again hitting the headlines of all the newspapers, channels and gossip blogs as he is all set to marry her old companion Sunanda Pushkar. He has recently divorced his Canadian wife Christa Giles. According to a Malayalam newspaper, marriage is scheduled to take…
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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Wedding Pictures
This was the ‘wedding of the millennium’. Former United States Bill Gates’ first daughter Chelsea Clinton got married to her boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at the elegant 50-acre Astor Courts estate of Rhinebeck in New York on Saturday, July 31. A network of fully air-conditioned massive white tents were erected on the grounds of the Astor…
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Rahul Mahajan accused of beating up his wife
Dimpy Mahajan, the wife of Rahul Mahajan has moved out from his house after being physically abused. Meanwhile, she has told reporters that her husband has apologised to her. She was punched, kicked, dragged by hair on Thursday night. She has also claimed that he regularly beat her up. Dimpy is a Kolkata-based model. She…
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Old Doordarshan Music Tracks and Songs
In this fast moving world, let’s look back to our good old days and feel great moments of a care-free life, when there were neither mobile phones nor hundreds of TV channel. Rather there was only one channel called Doordarshan. Today very few people watch Doordarshan as a lot of private broadcasters like Star Plus,…
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Rupee Symbol added in KBC Logo
Sony Channel has created a new logo for KBC in which they have added the new Rupee Symbol. Actually Amitabh Bachchan, who is going to host next season, suggested Sony to do so. Amitabh tweeted “Insisted Sony to incorporate the new rupee symbol in the KBC logo. They did. Looking so cool,”. He also uploaded…
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How to Buy Books Online in India?
Christopher Morley, an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet, once said that “Lord! when you sell a man a book you don’t sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue – you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night – there’s all heaven…
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