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... says that, in the past, there have been cases where the judiciary did have the opportunity to in... seen as the most oppressive) appeared in the Mary Roy (mother of writer Arundhati Roy) case, which s...
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Even as Arundhati Roy was raising a storm in Delhi questioning Kashmir's inclusion in the Union of India, away in her native town Kottayam, her mother Mary Roy, 77, won a protracted legal battle against her brother over a tiny share in their family property.
The final victory for Mary Roy came after a sub-court issued execution orders in her property suit on October 20, more than a quarter of a century after a Supreme Court verdict in her favour upholding Syrian Christian women's equal rights with men to family wealth. Now Mary Roy, her sister and her widowed sister-in-law can own nine cents of land each in their family property which was under the custody of her eldest brother George Isaac. The nine cents would fetch Mary Roy more than Rs 10 crore, thanks to its prime location.
...But my sister won the case only because the Supreme Court failed to look into...
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They are young and definietly restless. Fast and, sometimes furious. These young achievers from the city have raised the bar, proving that age is just a number. While some like Vicky Roy exemplifies the rags to riches story, 13 year-old Harsh Mayar bagged the national award with his first film.
For 17 year-old Arjun Vajpai, the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest climbing 160 virgin mountains of India is a big dream; Kanishka Sharma became the first Indian to be trained at Shaolin Temple in China. We present 15 young guns of Delhi who've made it big on their terms.
...: An alumnus of Delhi's Convent of Jesus and Mary, the turning point in her life came when she went ... in the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case. That was what made people sit up and take notice ...
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If he closed his eyes, could he see the sullen John McEnroe shouting, "You're the pits of the world", and Bjorn Borg slouching with barn-door shoulders and an unshaved philosopher's face? [...] this is Wimbledon's separation point, its selling point, its sense of itself as tennis' home-the first tournament was held in 1877-a place of pilgrimage for fan and player.
... by ritual, it continually-as in the case of cricket's IPL (Indian Premier League)-feels the... Budge, in 1935, waved his racket in Queen Mary's direction and said, "Hi, Queen.". As I covered W...
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If he closed his eyes, could he see the sullen John McEnroe shouting, "You're the pits of the world", and Bjorn Borg slouching with barn-door shoulders and an unshaved philosopher's face? [...] this is Wimbledon's separation point, its selling point, its sense of itself as tennis' home-the first tournament was held in 1877-a place of pilgrimage for fan and player.
... by ritual, it continually-as in the case of cricket's IPL (Indian Premier League)-feels the... Budge, in 1935, waved his racket in Queen Mary's direction and said, "Hi, Queen.". As I covered W...
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According to our correspondent, The Deepwater Horizon had burned violently for nearly two days until it sank Thursday morning.
...Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said Friday morning that no oil appeared to...At the worst-case figure of 336,000 gallons a day, it would take mor...
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LOVE'S RITE: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN INDIA AND THE WEST
By Ruth Vanita
... US, going on to write Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imaginatio... of her earlier works to present a persuasive case. Friendship, love, partnership and procreation all...
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Around town Discover the Leader in You 26 July This one-day workshop conducted by Performance Edge, an organization dedicated to management consultant and corporate training, will help you discover your leadership skills through interesting exercises and improvisations, interspersed with case studies, discussions and other interactive sessions. 9.30am-5.30pm. According to self-taught Delhi artist Simran Lamba, it is also one of the most interesting materials with which to create art.
...11am-6pm. Gallery Sumukha, 187, St Mary's Road, Alwarpet (42112545). Film. Distinto Amanec...
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MOMENTOUS YEARS
...It was a case of crawling when being asked to bend. There would... acclaimed American documentary photographer Mary Allen Mark's book on prostitutes in Mumbai's red l...