2014年12月1日 星期一

2014-12-02 India Spotlight


The Hindu
   
The traveller's dilemma: sexism in India or racism in the West?   
The Hindu
India grows heavy and claustrophobic after a few years of being the independent, vocal woman. The strong mask I need to don to keep safe, it grows into fetters. Images build up of those free women in Europe. Enough money has built up in the savings ...


   


Times of India
   
Akshay Kumar: After 32 years of working out, I still don't have more than 6 packs   
Times of India
Akshay Kumar, 47, is by far the fittest man in the film industry. He leads an extremely disciplined life and is a fitness freak. Yet, after working out for the past 32 years, he admits that he still does not have more than 4-6 abs. And that is because he has never ...


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ESPNcricinfo.com
   
Injured Maqsood out of NZ ODIs, T20s   
ESPNcricinfo.com
Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood has been ruled out of contention for the limited-overs series against New Zealand due to a wrist fracture he suffered while playing for Pakistan A last month. The PCB said Maqsood had suffered a wrist bone fracture and a ...


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The Hindu
   
Currency and some questions   
The Hindu
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing man he didn't exist.” Satoshi Nakamoto wrote the code and created Bitcoins, the digital currency that works without any bank. But who or what is Nakamoto? We still don't know whether it is a pseudonym, ...


   


Deccan Chronicle
   
Sunday Interview: Prasar Bharti chairperson A Surya Prakash   
Deccan Chronicle
Journalist, author and a distinguished fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, A. Surya Prakash, who recently took charge as Prasar Bharati chairperson, may be the remedy to fix the ailing state broadcaster of the nation. He speaks to Nitin ...


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Quartz
   
Facebook is simply crushing it in mobile   
Quartz
Facebook's future depends on its ability to figure out—and dominate—the mobile internet the way it quickly grew on the desktop web. While not everything Facebook launches is a hit, the company has executed impressibly in mobile and is one of the world's ...


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An economic blueprint for Mr. Modi   
The Hindu
This year has altered the political picture in striking ways. The most conspicuous change is in prime ministers: reclusive, modest, uncommunicative Manmohan Singh has given way to vocal, expressive, dramatic Narendra Modi. A less-noticed change is in the ...


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Deccan Chronicle
   
The strange death of cricket   
Deccan Chronicle
Childhood is eventually a composite of dreams, values, fables, norms that one fashions for oneself. It is full of stories of heroism, of exemplars who create a normative world because it is as a child that one learns the difference between good and bad, right and ...


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Hindustan Times
   
Many nonsensical films make Rs. 100 crores: Nana Patekar   
Hindustan Times
Actor Nana Patekar is as hard-hitting and intense in real life as he is in the characters he portrays on the screen. Some say he's calmed down over the years, but there's no mistaking the restlessness inside him whenever you see him face-to-face.

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Search Engine Land
   
Report: Google-Apple Safari Search Deal Expiring, Yahoo & Bing Want In   
Search Engine Land
According to The Information Google's default Safari search deal with Apple is up in 2015. Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly separately competing for the Safari business across devices. The Information says that both companies are pitching to Apple's ...


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