• Her Majesty the Queen of India Sonia Gandhi

• Malarthamil
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• The people of India have not yet liberated themselves from the Dynastic regime. They wish to be ruled by a King or Queen and later by the Prince or Princess. The continuity from Maurya Dynasty to Nehru Gandhi Dynasty has no signs of break. The post independence history started with Jawaharlal Nehru. His family continues [...]

• Freedom of Information, State Accountability and Wikileaks

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• Reproduced with permission from Ruchi Gupta There is natural tension between the State and the public on the question of transparency. Authoritarian states by definition limit access to information. In democratic states, democracy manifests itself as elections, which reduces incentive for routine oversight (to delay judgment) and in case of ruling government’s culpability, creates a [...]

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Entertainment

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• Cheenai, Sep 3 (ANI): Film star Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya wed Ashwin, a Stanford graduate, here on Friday. The typical Brahmin ceremony was organised at the Rani Meyammai Hall in Chennai. Invitees belonging to the film industry, business world and politics attended the high profile ceremony, a television report said. Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and [...]

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Business/Economy

• US’ economic woes would have been same under McCain as President, think 54 per cent of Americans

• Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Despite having a perception that President Barack Obama has not done much to improve the economy, 54 percent of Americans think that economy would have been the same today if McCain was in his position, according to a new Fox News poll. With the mid-term elections just two months away, the [...]

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