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Joker Hit or flop: Hit?

Joker Hit or flop: Hit?

Aug. 30 | Will Joker be hit or flop; this extravagant show hits the screens tomorrow. Well the film is second by Shirish Kunder who is better known as far more successful director-choreographer and now actor, Farah Khan. Jaan-E-Mann was his first film. Joker is...

Thrice: How many times India has won the Under 19 World Cup

Thrice: How many times India has won the Under 19 World Cup

Aug. 26 | India has won Under 19 World Cup thrice. India first won the coveted trophy in 2000, 2008 and now 2012! The latest has been won today under captaincy of Unmukt Chand where Team of the juniors has snatched the victory from the Aussies. Let’s revisit...

Why Publishers’ case against Delhi University and Photocopiers is wrong

Why Publishers’ case against Delhi University and Photocopiers is wrong

Aug. 24 | Yes this case by foreign publishers against photocopiers in Delhi University premises is wrong, wrong for their own health. Those who don’t know, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis have filed a case in a Delhi...

Heavily guarded reopening of Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant

Heavily guarded reopening of Maruti Suzuki Manesar Plant

Aug. 21 | Maruti Suzuki Factory at Manesar saw a reopening today, a heavily guarded one. This factory was shut down after riots in which a manager was killed and several others injured. While this plant at Manesar has resumed operations again, it will still not...

Choice of Career: Journalism or Mass Communication

Choice of Career: Journalism or Mass Communication

Aug. 19 | The Choice between Journalism or Mass Communication and difference between Journalism and Mass Communication often confuses people. However similar these two fields may sound, truth is they are really different from each other as far as course material,...

What is the connection between Bangalore Exodus and Assam Riots

What is the connection between Bangalore Exodus and Assam Riots

Aug. 17 | What is the connection between Bangalore Exodus and Assam Riots? Why are people from North East fleeing Bangalore, Madurai, Coimbatore and now even Chennai? The reason for such exodus is rumour mills which are active through messages, social networking...

Ek Tha Tiger Hit or Flop: Hit

Ek Tha Tiger Hit or Flop: Hit

Aug. 14 | If market pundits are anything to go by question of Ek Tha Tiger Hit or Flop has a simple answer in HIT.Film has got a 60% advance booking for its shows on weekend.It is the biggest release of 2012 so far with around 3000 screens across the world showing...

Gangs of Wasseypur 2 Hit or Flop

Gangs of Wasseypur 2 Hit or Flop

Aug. 7 | Gangs of Wasseypur 2 hit or flop? Has the Part 2, GoW II hit as hard as Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 did? Well going by the level of excitement that has built around the film, it looks like a runaway hit in both multiplexes and single screens. Those who...

Jism 2 Hit or Flop: Hit is it

Jism 2 Hit or Flop: Hit is it

Aug. 2 | So much awaited Jism 2 is here and is Jism 2 Hit or flop?It can be called a hit as made at a budget of Rs. 6-7 Crores, film has raked in Rs. 29.1 Crores in its opening week. Jism 2 is sequel to 2003 Bipasha-John starrer Jism which was a runaway hit.It...

Anna Hazare Joining Politics: Good and Right

Anna Hazare Joining Politics: Good and Right

Aug. 2 | Anna Hazare joining politics is good and this is an absolutely right decision at a ripe moment.According to news reports, Anna Hazare has announced that he will call off his fast unto death (which his team members joined him in) or until his demands are...