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Vir sanghvi-(born 5 July 1956)[1] is an Indian print and television journalist, columnist, and talk
show host. Currently, he is Advisor, HT Media[2]. He was Editorial Director and Editor of the
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2010. He also used to write "Counter Point" and "Rude Food" columns for Hindustan Times.
At 23, he was the founder-editor of the
magazine, before moving on to edit , and
finally editing magazine, which he did for over 12 years.
is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group,
that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard
12.[4] His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment
Television and STAR Plus. Other interests include packaging, theme parks, lotteries and cinema
multiplexes. He started the failed Indian Cricket League, a domestic Twenty20 cricket league
intended as a challenge to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the nation's governing body
in the sport. In November 2009, he took over management responsibility of Daily News &
Analysis (DNA), which features among the top 8 English dailies in India and is one of fastest
growing English newspapers in the country.
Chandra is the President of the Global Vipassana Foundation in his capacity as a Vipassana
meditator. Having completed the Vipassana course in the 1990s, he was impelled to spread the
philosophy of mental purification through self-observation.
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is an Indian mathematician and a columnist for various national and international
mathematical journals and magazines. He is best known for his Super 30 programme, which he
started in Patna, Bihar in 2002, and which coaches economically backward students for IIT-JEE,
the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology. By 2010, 212 students had
made it to IITs and Discovery Channel showcased his work in a documentary.[1][2][3]
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(Punjabi: 6 [x'''Rnt s'ғŋ']; born 2 February 1915) is a prominent
Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All",
carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country.
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1968) is the founder and president of the right-wing Marathi ethnocentric regional political party,
the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ("Maharashtra Reformation Army") in the state of
Maharashtra, India. He is the nephew of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, and a cousin of the
current Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray.
ù% (Marathi: O ) (born 27 July 1960) is the executive president of the
Shiv Sena, a Right wing, Marathi ethnocentric regional political party based in the Indian state of
Maharashtra. He was given this role in 2004, taking over the mantle from his father and party
founder, hard-line Hindu nationalist politician Balasaheb Thackeray.
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) (born 23 January 1926 in Pune,
Maharashtra, India), popularly known as
Thackeray, is a controversial Indian
politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena (Hindu nationalist,[1] Marathi ethnocentric and
populist party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra).
Vinod Dua (born on March 11, 1954 ) is one of the best known names of the Indian media. He
has been the face of Indian television since 1974. He has seen and been associated with Indian
television¶s transition from a government controlled, black and white, single-channel entity to
the present-day multi-channel transnational satellite T.V.industry. A veteran of thousands of
hours of telecasting, Vinod Dua is an anchor, political commentator , election analyst, producer
and director.
% ÷ (born 1965) is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst.[1] He
is also a former producer and screenwriter.[2] He is the son of film director and producer, B.K.
Adarsh.
is the Managing Partner of Counselage India and founder of Equus. He has been in
the news in November-December 2010, for being quoted in conversations with Ms Niira Radia
[2]
. He is well known for his forthright views on his regular appearance on television shows.
Suhel has done over 135 plays in English, was voted as the Best Theatre Actor by Khushwant
Singh
- ( (pronounced /r'''hu'l ''''ndi/; Hindi: ; born 19 June 1970) is an
Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency.[1]
His political party is the Indian National Congress.[2] He is a member of the Nehru-Gandhi
family.
,
- is an Indian fashion stylist and costume designer. She is the winner of three
National Film Awards for Best Costume Design.[1]
2010 All England Super Series 2010 Semifinalist 2010 Badminton Asia Championships 2010
Bronze 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 Gold 2010 Singapore Open Super
Series 2010 Gold 2010 Indonesia Open Super Series 2010 Gold 2010 BWF World
Championships 2010 Quarter-finalist 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 Gold 2010
Hong Kong Super Series 2010 Gold
+ (Urdu: ίέϡ ' Ι ), born November 15, 1986),[1] is an Indian tennis player. She
began her tennis career in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian
Government. She is known for her powerful forehand ground strokes.
Medal record Women's Tennis Asian Games ( 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles 2006 Doha
Singles 2006 Doha Team 2010 Guangzhou Mixed Doubles ° 2010
Guangzhou Singles ° 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles Commonwealth Games 2010
Delhi Singles ° 2010 Delhi Women's Doubles
is an Indian commentator, compere and quizmaster[1]. He was the CEO of the
Royal Challengers Bangalore Twenty20 cricket team for the 2008 Indian Premier League.
She continued a high profile career in the next decade with hosting duties for Cricket World
Cups[1] and presentations alongside top TV personality Charu Sharma.[2] Mandira Bedi was the
coverl girl for the April edition of
.[4]
She presented coverage of the 2010 Indian Premier League cricket on ITV which started on
ITV4 on march 12, 2010.
* "*" -, OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] better known as *
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(pronounced /'ro'l'ŋ/, - O! ),[3] is a British author best known as the creator of the O
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fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to
London in 1990. The "
books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold
more than 400 million copies[4] and been the basis for a popular series of films, in which
Rowling had creative control serving as a producer in two of the seven instalments.[5][6]
+ , (born October 15, 1957 in Rourkela, Orissa, India) in a Punjabi Khatri Family, is an
Indian film director and producer based in New York.[1] Her production company is Mirabai
Films. She has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various
international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes,
BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards. She was also awarded the India Abroad Person of the
Year-2007, which was presented by Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc, and India
Abroad Person of the Year-2006.[3]
- - (Telugu: ''' '''''''') (born 15 April 1975) is the senior
supervising producer at MTV India and the executive producer of the reality television series
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-(born March 16, 1983), born at New Delhi, was the winner of the first season
of MTV Roadies (2003), which he currently hosts and directs. He was the most famous roadie of
the season. He is also a VJ for MTV India [.He has also hosted the &%"
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show and the first season of MTV Splitsvilla. He also hosted another MTV show, &'%
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(2010).[
÷- born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He
achieved notability with his second novel, #$
(1981), which won the Booker
Prize in 1981. His fourth novel,
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(1988), was the centre of a major
controversy, drawing protests from Muslims in several countries.
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+, (Hindi: l $ $; born November 29, 1963, Delhi, India) is the
founder and architect of the Indian Premier League.[4]
Best known for his stint as the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League and
the Chairman of the Champions League, between 2008 and 2010, he has also occupied the roles
of Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), between 2005 and
September 2010, and Vice President of the Punjab Cricket Association.[5]
Lalit Modi is also the President and Managing Director of Modi Enterprises and the Executive
Director of Godfrey Phillips India.[6]
(born May 1, 1944) is an Indian politician and senior sports
administrator. He is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He is the president
of the Indian Olympic Association, Asian Athletics Association, and Athletics Federation of
India[2]. The conduct of 2010 Commonwealth Games has come under public scanner and legal
scrutiny as well with the Chief Vigilance Commission (an apex anti-corruption body of India)
asking CBI to probe certain aspects of the games' organization.
( is the President and CEO of Infosys Technologies a global consulting and
IT services company based in India. He is also one of its seven founders.
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(born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician.[2] She is the current Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh, Political party Bahujan Samaj Party
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(born on 20 September 1948), is a prominent Indian film director, producer and
screenwriter[
+23 , (born September 17, 1915, Pandharpur, Bombay Presidency, British
India) popularly known as +3, is an artist of Indian origin. According to Forbes magazine, he
has been called the "Picasso of India"
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° (Hindi: ) ) is a New Delhi based International fashion designer. She is the first
Asian designer to head the French fashion brand, Scherrer.
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(born in
Bangalore, India on 6 June 1973) is an Indian radio jockey, video jockey and disc jockey and is a
popular presenter on MTV India for more than a decade. He is now the Festival Director of
Asia's premier music festival -
in Goa.[
÷ (Hindi: O$ , Urdu: ϩ ϝϝΩ Ώωέϡ ω), born 10 March 1970 in United
Kingdom, is an Indian Kashmiri politician and the scion of Kashmir's 'first family', the Abdullah
family [1][2][3] who became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after
forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on January 5, 2009.[3][4].
) * (Hindi: Ê ) (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer-director-
screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films, £ (1984),
(1997), (+ (2003), (2005) and multistarrer hit movie -+
(2010). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, '%
(1984) and (2002).
£, a senior journalist and debate show host with the news channel NDTV India, is rated
amongst the best Hindi anchors in the industry today.[1] He was the Managing Editor of NDTV
India, a 24 hour Hindi news channel. Dibang has won many awards for his anchoring and
documentaries. He also acted in an Italian film directed by Italo Spinelli. He has worked for
several foreign television network and among them are: [SBS] and [ABC] of Australia, [NHK]
of Japan and [RAI] of Italy.
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(born 1981) is an Indian chef turned social worker. He started supplying
meals to the homeless in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1]
° -- founded Satyam Computers in 1987 and was its Chairman until
January 7, 2009 when he resigned from the Satyam board after admitting to cheating six million
shareholders, some of whom have lost their entire life savings.[1][2]. After being held in
Hyderabad's Chanchalguda jail on charges including cheating, embezzlement and insider trading,
Raju was granted bail on 18 August 2010.[3]
÷ ) is an Indian businessman who is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of India Today
and the Chief Executive of the India Today Group. He is also the Managing Director of
Thomson Press (India) Limited and the Chairman and Managing Director of TV Today. He is
also the Editor-in-Chief of Reader's Digest India
÷+ (Born on 1 May 1955) is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of one of
India¶s largest companies, Mahindra & Mahindra. His grandfather K.C. Mahindra started the
company from his home town Ludhiana, Punjab.[2] He now resides in his home town Mumbai.
£+, is an Indian stock market analyst, who is famous for coining the term 'Sensex'
to name the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) bench mark stock index.
( ) (Marathi: l ) (born December 12, 1940),
popularly known as ) or 'Saheb' is an Indian politician, considered to be the richest
politician in India, from the state of Maharashtra. He is the president of the Nationalist Congress
Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. Pawar also
served as the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2005 to 2008. In 2010,
Sharad Pawar became the International Cricket Council president after England's David Morgan.
+( (.
Anand; born 26 August 1956, Delhi, India) is an Indian politician, animal
rights activist, environmentalist, former model and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay
Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the
areas of etymology, law and animal welfare. Maneka Gandhi is member of the Nehru-Gandhi
Political Clan.
) )
(born February 17, 1957, Kolkata) is a member of the Lok Sabha of India. He
currently holds the title of Minister of State for Civil Aviation. He belongs to Gondia, a district
in Maharashtra.
£ ÷ - had been the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of the
Government of India from May, 2004 till he resigned his post in April 2009 and is a member of
Parliament from the Rajya Sabha he belongs to the Pattali Makkal Katchi.Dr. Ramadoss started
his public service as a medical practitioner in the rural areas near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu. This
experience led him to believe that the rural healthcare system needed to be improved
substantially. As the Health Minister, he established the ,
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2005 to provide primary care to rural poor with an emphasis on the needs of women and
children.
, (pronounced [nik'la sa'k'zi] ( listen), born ,)
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Republic and
% Co-Prince of Andorra. On July 30, 2010, Nicolas Sarkozy suggested a
new policy of security, and he proposed "stripping foreign-born French citizens who opted to
acquire their nationality at their majority of their citizenship if they are convicted of threatening
the life of a police officer or other serious crimes".
° ( ` /bR'r''k hu''se'n o''b''mR/; born August 4, 1961) is the
44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the
office. A 2010 Siena College poll of 238 Presidential scholars found that Obama was ranked
15th out of 43, with high ratings for imagination, communication ability and intelligence and a
low rating for background (family, education and experience).
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"% " 7 (born December 30, 1975)[4][5] is an American professional golfer
whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly
the World No. 1, he is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, having earned an
estimated $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010.[6][7] On March 21, 2010, he
was interviewed by Tom Rinaldi, his first interview after the incident.[262] On April 29, 2010, the
National Enquirer reported that Woods had confessed to his wife that he has had 120 affairs.[263]
He also admitted having a one night stand with his neighbours' 21 year old daughter Raychel
Coudriet whom he has known since she was 14.[264] The couple officially divorced on August 23,
2010.
* (Hindi: ; born 25 May 1972) is an Indian film director, producer, and TV
celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar.[1][2] He is one of the most
successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.[ Johar is the host of a television chat show called
- commissioned by Star World. He also did a TV show in 2010 called
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,÷ (born 18 January 1957) is an actor and social activist from India. She was the national
swimming champion from 1972-1974. She won the Miss India title in 1976 and was runner-up at
the Miss International contest in 1977. Ali was also a jockey at the Calcutta Gymkhana in 1979.
)( (KPS Gill) served twice as Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab,
where he is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control,[4][5] and while the
BBC reports that many see Gill as a hero. He is an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-
terrorism, president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey
Federation (IHF)
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worked in a number of critically and commercially successful films, and has established himself
as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema.
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photographer specializing in media, film and fashion photography. He was born in a
Maharashtrian family in Mumbai.
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