Events 
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News
Edward Kennedy, friend of India, brother of President John Kennedy, and the third longest serving member of the US Senate, died this week following a brave struggle with brain cancer. He was universally mourned.
Senator Kennedy was responsible for many of the current-day laws that protect citizens and consumers. He was also responsible for the Immigration Act of 1965, and a staunch supporter of NAFTA, and more recently, of an amnesty for illegal aliens in the US. | The Wisdom of Graham Greene
If there is anyone who can talk about the current Wars we're in, Andrew Bacevich certainly qualifies. A Vietnam veteran-turned-academic, Prof. Bacevich, an early and trenchant critic of the Iraq War, nonetheless sent his own son there, convinced that one should not criticize from the sidelines. The son was killed. Here he speaks of the intense relevance of Graham Greene's Ugly American, even half a century later. More...
How do we cover WAR?
Ever since CNN showed yellow streaks from tracer beams lighting up the Baghdad sky in 1991, modern War coverage has acquired a glamor all its own. Aakar Patel raises the question, what exactly do modern War correspondents do in an age of secrecy and disinformation? More...
Indian Art - Exaggeration or Wisdom?
Artists in every culture use embellishment in different ways. In India, artists aim to transcend their individual consciousness and use exaggeration in their artwork to offer their interpretations of wisdom and philosophies passed down over thousands of years. Here, Ram S. Sriram shares his own interpretations of temple architecture and well known Indian artwork, and the culture it is created within and for. More...
Jinnah, Jawaharlal and Jaswant
The controversy over Jaswant Singh's book, far from dying down, now threatens to claim BJP's chiefs Rajnath Singh and LK Advani. Jawed Naqvi on the meaninglessness of the matter. More...
Cow-Towing in Udupi
Step aside, Patrick McManus. From the doings of a stray puppy to the birthing of a calf, Aishwarya Vardhana recalls all the details of a unique day she experienced in her grandmother's home in Udupi, India, where she was visiting this summer. And did we mention a visit to the Woodlands Restaurant along the way? More...
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Movies 
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Torture Investigation
Atty General Eric Holder has appointed Asst. US Attorney John Durham to lead a 'review' into whether laws were broken during CIA-led interrogations at external facilities. Meanwhile reports say that several detainees have actually died during 'enhanced' interrogation techniques.
In Quotes
"Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars."
--Warren Buffet
Puzzle
Look at this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211.
What comes next?
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