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| Nursery nightmare |
| A recent report said pre-schoolers in Oxfordshire, UK, were being taught a different version of the nursery rhyme “Baa baa black sheep”. For the sake of political correctness, the new rhyme went: “Baa baa rainbow sheep, have you any wool?”, though the chances of spotting rainbow-hued sheep in England, or anywhere else, are far less than that of sighting black sheep. Black sheep are found in human families too. |
| The ending of Humpty Dumpty was changed too sensitive children were not to be subjected to the thought of the egg-shaped man lying cracked open.... |
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| IN THE ACT |
| Raring to go, at 84 |
| A show that couldn’t be arranged left Habib Tanvir with a lot of time to spend in his favourite city in end-Janua
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| BOLLYWOOD |
| ‘I want visibility’ |
| Her comeback film Dhokha has flopped badly but the offers haven’t stopped pouring in for Tulip Joshi. T
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| Are you smarter than SRK? |
| He may be the Bollywood Badshah right now, but on television, Brand SRK hasn’t met with as much success as Brand Bachcha
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| Of love and war |
“If KFC can have a chicken curry thali, why can’t there b... |
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| American desi |
In 2004, I went to the US to shoot for the film Piyalir Password, di... |
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| Santiniketan shades |
Shortly before coming to India, I had a conversation with my paternal grand... |
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| Having a Ball |
A budding career in cricket cut short by a debilitating disease didn’t... |
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Zoe Kazan, granddaughter of legendary Hollywood director Elia Kazan, at the preview of her Broadway debut Come Back, Little Sheba at Biltmore T ... |
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