Unravelling the Indian curry

Since childhood, being born in a North Indian Punjabi family, I have been fond of curries - spicy chicken curry or tangy vegetable tangy curry accompanied with rice or a crisp tandoori roti oozing with white butter. Then, there are a plethora of exotic curries such as Kerala's raw mango curry, green or red Thai curry, Indonesian curry or Burmese curry

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05/21/13
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Return of US dollar, end of gold run

Mark Twain once said that a gold miner is a liar standing next to a hole dug up in the ground. The time has come for financial market participants to stop looking at the world through the prism of a goldbug.

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05/16/13
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Film collection ‘Bombay Talkies’ befitting homage to 100 years of Indian cinema - Movie Review

Film: "Bombay Talkies"; Cast: Rani Mukerji, Randeep Hooda, Saqib Saleem, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Naman Jain, Khushi Dubey, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sudhir Pandey and Amitabh Bachchan; Directors: Karan Johar, Dibakar Bannerjee, Zoya Akhtar, and Anurag Kashyap; Rating: *****

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05/16/13
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‘Eega’ takes foreign film fests by storm

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05/16/13
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Indian brides go light, turn away from heavy outfits

New Delhi -- Wearing heavy shimmering lehengas or saris in typical maroon or red shades for a summer-monsoon wedding is passe. 

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05/08/13
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Bollywood divas’ beauty routine: Simple yet effective

Mumbai -- Do you wish for a glowing skin, soft shiny hair and a fit body? Take a peek into the beauty regimes of Bollywood divas like Deepika Padukone and Nargis Fakhri. They're not skin deep but keep them healthy and beautiful.

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05/02/13
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Indian origin woman in Britain short-listed for ‘best job in world’

London, April 30 -- An Indian origin woman in Britain has been shortlisted for the role of Western Australia taste master, advertised in the Australian state's tourism website as "one of the best jobs in the world".

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04/30/13
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Dance shows on TV: Are they talent spotters

"Dance India Dance - Super Moms", "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa" and "India's Dancing Superstar" - the Indian small screen seems to be bracing for a lot of dancing in the coming months.

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04/30/13
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Trinidad and Tobago to set up Vivekananda Foundation

Port of Spain, April 29 -- The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, where about 40 percent of its 1.3 million population is of Indian origin, will soon set up a Vivekananda Foundation in honour of the late Indian philosopher saint, whose 150th birth anniversary is being observed this year.

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04/29/13
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Indian-American filmmaker Meera Menon wins Nora Ephron Prize at Tribeca Film Festival

New York  -- Indian American filmmaker Meera Menon has been awarded the inaugural Nora Ephron Award at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival being held here.

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04/27/13
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