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He was 45, she was 36., in 1989
Referring to her blood-stained family history, Bhutto wrote in the introduction to her memoir “Daughter of the East” that “I didn’t choose this life, it chose me.” 
“I know I am a symbol of what the so-called ‘Jihadists,’ Taliban and al-Qaida, most fear,” Bhutto once wrote in her autobiography […]

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The gypsy that I am, while rambling around comes across this snippet, its about the people of Phillipines who “are heard talking about their beautiful country where beaches are spectacular and people are heartwarming”, here it is..
No group of people, perhaps, could assimilate with other cultures better than the Filipinos do. No other group, perhaps, […]

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I was closely following this election, and nearly missed the other one. As you know we have close to 30 chief ministers in India, but only two Adivasi rajas. The one in Kerala, Thevan Rajamannan died last week and it was a week long search for a successor.
Ariyaan Raja Mannan will succeed Thevan Rajamannan as […]

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Finally some good out of defense spending, like last year, NORAD sets you up to track Santa! And this time around it seems more fun. So whats the wait…”TRACK SANTA” and as soon as he drops the bag, close the flue Happy Christmas!

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Katha Parayumbol is a nice movie. It is vintage Sreenivasan, with a script providing a bunch of poignant moments interlaced with breezy humour. It is not as loud as “Arabikatha” and the movie as such is enjoyable.
Story: The story is a little “Malgudy”-esque and has universal appeal. A simple story set in a village […]

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