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| The
abc of the ABCBs |
| For
American-born Bengalis, their Bengaliness is often
the most baffling aspect of their background. Without
the first hand experiences of being a Bengali in
Bengal, the second generation’s image of their
heritage is a caricature, coloured by snap judgments
during brief visits, reports Turna Ray |
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28-year-old Raja Bagchi recently discovered, literal
translations from Bengali to English can be hilarious.
While packing up some leftovers at a Thai restaurant
with his parents, Bagchi realised that kukurer
baksho didn’t have quite th... |
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| Games
children play |
| Twelve-year-old
Rahul Mitra of Behala spends hours in front of the
computer screen creating families in a video game.
He is o ... | Read.. |
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| Once
is not enough |
| Move
over Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Men in Black,
Bridget Jones et al. Bollywood is rolling out
its own juggernaut of sequels ? films that promise
to deliver snazzier stories and bigger spectacles
than their originals. ... | Read.. |
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| Fight
for the Hindi belt |
| A newspaper with seven editions in Jharkhand,
West Bengal and Bihar, "Prabhat Khabhar" is
now launching from Siliguri, Daltonganj and later from
Sambalpur, Rourkela, Aurangabad and Gaya. "Hindustan,"
meanwhile, is gearing up to go... | Read.. |
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| Box
office |
| If
it’s Thursday, you lose |
| Although
school examinations in many parts of the country
are over, the holiday period did not prove too bountiful
for the box office. All the three releases of last
week ? Subhash Ghai’s Shaadi Se Pehle, Saawan
Kumar’s Saawan? The Love Sea... |
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