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Everyone else is wrong. Do this:
No pre-soak. No rinse. Put kettle on. Rice in a dry pan. Measure it to the TOP of whatever measuring vessel you're using. Pan should be hot. Add some cloves and cardamom if you like. Also salt. Pretty soon you'll have hot dry rice, salt and spices in a hot pan and a boiled kettle. Now take your measuring vessel and put in 2x the amount of rice BUT ABOUT 1CM SHY OF THE RIM! The water will start bubbling immediately. Lid on and simmer - it should be bubbling nicely but not boiling over and not just farting along - somewhere inbetween. For a small mug of rice (serves 2) and 2 scant mugs of water, this takes me about 7 mins. You can tell when it's up because all the water will be boiled off and the bottom grains of rice will have started to stick to the pan.
At this stage you'll have undercooked rice with the bottom ones starting to stick to the pan. That's fine. Now turn the hob off and leave the rice for SEVEN MINUTES. Fluff up and serve.