Laloo asked for IT
Following the style of weddings in political families the one Laloo Prasad Yadav organised for his daughter was lavish and ostentatious to a fault, just the kind of tamasha to attract the attention of tax sleuths.



Celebration of freedom
The only incident in Kerala comparable to noted writer Madha-vikutty nee Kamala Das's conversion to Islam is that of Rama Va- rma, heir to the Kochi throne, who embraced Christianity in 1835.



Animal farm
Pity the poor Leo tigris. Not only has it been listed in the Red Data Book for being an endangered species naturalists say it may not be around in the next century the VHP wants to do its bit to push the animal over the edge.



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