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The
troubled life and times of Rahul Mahajan
 New
Delhi: His life is the kind of spectacle that television
thrives on. One reason perhaps is that Rahul Mahajan
understands television very well.
Not so long ago, when he was still an unknown entity,
Rahul Mahajan was a television producer for Doordarshan
but the spotlight turned on him, in May 2006 when
he lost his father to an alleged fratricide and
even before that faded in public memory, came another
shocker.
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1984
Sikh carnage was wrong: Rahul
 Amritsar,
November 18 Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
condemned the anti-Sikh violence in the aftermath
of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, saying “whatever
happened was wrong”.
“The 1984 riots were wrong. I strongly condemn
the carnage,” Rahul said at a news conference
in response to a question on Operation Bluestar
and the riots. “There is no truth that there
is hatred among Sikhs against the Congress party.
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Indian
Navy sinks pirate vessel off Somali coast
 Gulf
of Aden, Nov 19: Within days of preventing the hijack
of an Indian merchant vessel, Indian Navy’s
warship INS Tabar, after exchange of fire, sank
a pirate vessel off the Somali coast.
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FM calls for
price cuts, CEOs divided
 NEW
DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday
called on sectors like housing, automobiles, hotels
and airlines to cut prices to boost demand
and beat the slowdown. The auto sector ruled
this out as unrealistic in the current situation,
while airlines — looking for
a lifeline from the government —
seemed more receptive to the suggestion. Real estate
companies, however, remained noncommittal.
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Season of
pinkslips? Here are the firms hiring in India
 NEW
DELHI: Citigroup on Tuesday decided to cut 53,000
more jobs, triggering fears of more layoffs across
industries. A lowdown on some sectors and companies
which are on a hiring spree (TOI) TOI, however,
has decided to be contrarian. Instead of only writing
about pink slips, it hunted out companies that are
actually hiring. Here are the sectors that are hiring:
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MIAAC and the IAAC celebrate the Eighth
Film Festival
Joseph Aranha
New York – Both the
Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council and the Indo-American
Arts Council recently celebrated a joint collaboration
of a week long film festival in New York. The films
were screened at various theatres across the city
including the prestigious Lincoln Center, Tribeca
Cinemas, Museum of Arts and Design and the ImaginAsian
theatre.
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A
FESTIVAL OF INDIAN DANCE
Joseph Aranha
At a kick off party cum
press conference at the Consulate General of India
in Manhattan last week, the Indo American Arts Council
introduced the “Festival of Indian Dance”
termed “Erasing Borders” for the first
time in New York.
Performances took place at various venues in Manhattan
and the city was treated to various facets of Indian
dance programs - both traditional and fusion.
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CHINESE YOUTH ORCHESTRA MAKES IT BIG
Joseph Aranha
New York – The Avery
Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York was
filled to capacity and the crowd had turned out to
pay tribute to the “Youth Orchestra of the Chinese
Youth Corps of New York”.
This group of youngsters with the youngest being 10
and the oldest 21, have vowed crowds not only in America
but also in other parts of the world. Founded in 1996
this group is dedicated to performing orchestral repertoire
from both the East and West.
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‘ENGENDERED’ – A FESTVAL
IN NEW YORK
Dr. Sandhya Malhotra
Nayikas, a dance theater company, in association with
the Indo-American Arts Council, Inc. recently hosted
a three day multi-disciplinary arts festival, titled
‘Engendered’ at the Lincoln Center in
New York. Directed by Myna Mukherjee, the program
explored the issues of gender, sexuality, ritual and
religion – their intersection especially in
the South Asian Diaspora. It sought to increase the
public’s awareness and to open a dialogue on
subjects that are often considered taboo in the community.
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AN INTERFAITH DISCUSSION
Joseph Aranha
New York - The Consulate General of the Republic of
Indonesia under the guidance and leadership of its
Consul General - the Hon Trie Edi Mulyani organized
an interfaith discussion which brought leaders of
various religions together on a common platform, in
order to bring to the audience the beliefs of their
individual religions.
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