The BBC's Rahul Tandon, in Calcutta, says only time will tell whether the ICL will last.

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Also, as development expert Rajesh Tandon reminds us, civil society is not intrinsically virtuous.

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Her sister, the singer Chandrika Tandon, was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award in the Contemporary World Music category.

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"Some of India's richest men are desperate to be part of India's first ever successful domestic sports league, " said Tandon.

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This year women like 34-year-old Nidhi Tandon of East Brunswick, New Jersey will help RC2 make as many as 250 decisions about toys and retail programs.

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Reporting from the auction, BBC journalist Rahul Tandon spoke of the financial benefit to Pietersen and Flintoff of entering the IPL this year as opposed to last year.

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" Mayank Tandon, a financial technology analyst at Signal Hill Capital, an investment banking firm in Baltimore, says that "the real growth opportunity in the cards business is truly in emerging markets.

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The BBC's Rahul Tandon in Calcutta says that the case has been closely followed across India, which needs to free up land for industry if it wants to continue its economic growth.

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The BBC's Rahul Tandon was also at the auction and said there were so many fans and media at the Hilton Towers hotel in Marine Drive that police had to be called to quell the crowds.

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Tandon thought the colors weren't bright enough.

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