Britney bares all to reveal imperfections!

Pop diva Britney Spears has unveiled her imperfections to highlight women's body image issues by releasing a set of untouched photographs from a recent fashion shoot.
The singer is seen posing in a pink bikini in a new spread for US fashion brand Candie's but there are notable differences in the two sets of images which have been released by the pop star's representatives, reports contactmusic.com.

A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

At least 100 killed in India-Bangladesh storm

At least 100 people have died in a powerful storm that hit areas on the border between India and Bangladesh.

Many more are injured or trapped in rubble as about 50,000 houses were hit by winds of up to 160 km/h (100mph).

Russia Against Napoleon

“War,” Thomas Hardy once wrote, “makes rattling good history.” If you would like an example of exactly what Hardy meant, I commend “Russia Against Napoleon” by Dominic Lieven. Never in history, perhaps, did a man of such extraordinary military genius suffer so extraordinary a military disaster. On June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte, the master of continental Europe, led nearly half a million men into the depths of Russia to enforce his will upon Czar Alexander I. With greatly inferior forces, Russia could not afford to confront Napoleon head on. Instead, the Russian commander, Mikhail Kutuzov, of necessity adopted Fabian tactics, harassing the invaders but avoiding pitched battle when possible.

On the same page

Written by Swaran Singh
The much-hyped two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, marked the culmination of President Barack Obama’s unprecedented nuclear disarmament diplomacy. The two-day barrage of interactions was aimed at downsizing the role of nuclear weapons and preventing nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terrorists. Even if belatedly, this upsurge in Obama’s disarmament agenda must bring some relief to the esteemed committee that conferred the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on him, based on little else, then, than a gut feeling.

Prince - Review

Hollywood has come up with so many movies on memory loss, while Bollywood too has had its share of films which depicted the protagonist losing his memory, Ghajini being the most recent example. But what if someone robs your memory? Quite an interesting thought, isn't it?

Who’s Not Sorry Now?

“I’m sorry that the financial crisis has had such a devastating impact on our country. I’m sorry for the millions of people, average Americans, who have lost their homes. And I’m sorry that our management team, starting with me, like so many others, could not see the unprecedented market collapse that lay before us.”