Techgirl,a fan of Shashi Tharoor, is feeling combative and very miffed, after she foundher Twitter account, a satire on the former UN Under-Secretary General, nowminister of state for external affairs, shut down without a word ofwarning.A Mumbai-based journalist, she says the accountclearly stated it was a satire. The first tweet on her erstwhile pageproclaimed, “System is suffocating me. Have begged,...
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spin-off from the BBC TV series The Thick of It won three awards for best actor, best director and best writing.Peter Capaldi, the foul-mouthed spin doctor in the satire, was named best actor and Daniela Nardini won Best TV actress for her role in New Town.In the Loop's Glasgow-born writer and director Armando Iannucci, who picked up the best director award, said it was a good night for Scots Italians.Robert...
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democracy hangs by a thread. One way to claw back some respect is to insist on open primariesWe have a long tradition of satire in Britain: for most of us, political parties and politicians have always been a bit of a joke. But until recently the gags have been gentle – along the lines of "they're not much use and they're incapable of answering the question". The idea that politicians are not honest...
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Dayanidhi Azhagiri, the son of Union Minister M K Azhagiri turns producer through the movie titled as Tamil Padam with a tag line of Sathyama Ithu Vithiyasamana Tamil Padam Alla. Sources revealed that Tamizh Padam is a Hollywood type satire movie where the prominent actors of Tamil cinema will be imitated.Sources say that the film is like Lollu Sabha type comedy which imitate all the leading actors...
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A Bangladesh court today sentenced acartoonist to two months of rigorous imprisonment for "hurtingthe religious feelings of the Muslim community".Judge Kaisarul Islam of the Judicial Magistrate's Courtof Jessore also slapped a fine of USD 7.40 on Arifur Rahman ofnow-defunct satire magazine 'Alpin', a weekly of Bengalinewspaper Prothom Alo.Rahman, 25, was tried in absence over the publication of'sacrilegious'...
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'Alarm Bell' creator has been threatened and beaten but jokes about Karzai go on'Alarm Bell', with its extravagantly-dressed presenters, has no shortage of material as it pokes fun at politiciansToday, President Hamid Karzai will be inaugurated in front of an audience of foreign dignitaries. But appearing on Afghan television, he is a little less statesmanlike. The incessant bickering, it seems, has...
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Director Dibakar Bannerjee is coming up with his next film, a political thriller.Director Dibakar Bannerjee who created a niche with his Delhi-based satires likeis finally cutting the umbilical cord with his next film, a political thriller based in an imaginary city.The filmmaker who credits his experiences while growing up in the city for the 'realism' in his films, said that he has tried to push...
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Doubleday, £18.99 Order for £17.09 (free p&p) from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030While Iris Murdoch's last novel is studied for what it reveals about the effects of Alzheimer's, no such diagnosis could ever be drawn from this latest rollicking fantasy by Sir Terry Pratchett, who bravely outed himself last year as suffering from the early stages of this dread illness. His writing remains as...
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been 50 golden years since France’s shrewd small-sized Gaul warrior Asterix was born. The Alliance Française of Madras celebrates the 50th anniversary with a selection of four of his adventures, as part of ‘Children movies festival: Asterix’ from November 2 to 5 at its auditorium at 6.30 p.m.On November 2, watch “Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopatre)”. It is practically a musical, featuring...
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"adventure" in What the Dog Saw, a selection of Malcolm Gladwell's articles and essays from his 13 years as a staff writer on The New Yorker, is that of Ron Popeil. Popeil is a renowned TV salesman, or "pitchman": the creator and vendor of a series of hugely popular cookery appliances, chief among them the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ. His television infomercials are familiar to viewers across the US...
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