Sandipan Deb is an IIT-IIM graduate who wandered into journalism after reading a quote from filmmaker George Lucas — “Everyone cage door is open” — and has stayed there (in journalism, not a cage) for the past 19 years. He has written a book on the IITs.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay led with his pen, giving us a revulsion we sorely needed.
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18 May 2010His golden rule is ‘Never lose money’. He also said it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. Has he finally ruined his own?
13 May 2010Unfinished last works by famous authors have always intrigued readers. Just as fascinating is Herge’s last Tintin, where Haddock loses his taste for whisky and the pages turn blank even as Tintin faces inevitable death.
12 May 2010If you’re feeling low, nothing works better than Monty Python skits on YouTube.
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