Making a case for film festivals The truism though is that, film festivals, like the recently concluded Bengalooru International Film Festival, have much, much more to offer, both as serious subject of study as also medium of art and entertainment, than that meets ordinary eye.
Meet the heir to Frances throne "I am born an Indian," De Bourbon says. "But the fact of life is that I belong to the royal family of France."
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Charity... A man feeds pigeons outside Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, on Sunday. AP
There is a proposal to set up a commission for reorganisation of states. Is it desirable to have smaller states? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to comment on the topic. While some of the readers believe that it is good to have smaller states as it would help the government machinery to function effectively, others opine that the division of states would affect the already diminishing national unity and could only add troubles to the country.
