Sonia to be re-elected Congress President, unopposed
Pak cricketers Asif, Amir, Butt dropped from England series
Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin peace talks in Washington
President Obama declares end to US combat operations in Iraq
100 Indian fishermen released from Pakistan jail
Congress
BY Jatin Gandhi
Grand Young Party

Rahul Gandhi wants to radically transform a party that had grown much too distant from ordinary citizens. He expects to have 20 million new recruits, but wants more.

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Mathematics
BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Masters of the Universe

The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but then what is?

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Faith
BY Jaideep Mazumdar
In Mizoram, the Omen

Seven thousand fanatical Christians have boycotted the census because they believe the unique identification project is Satan’s plan to rule the world.

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soap queen
BY Haima Deshpande
Not the Typical Saas-Bahu Serial Writer

Maharashtra Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan has the most unusual of hobbies.

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Music
BY Pramila N. Phatarphekar
Return of the LP

Decades after we banished LPs, collectors and newbies confess that vinyl is spinning its way back into their lives as audio-grade discs re-mastered to sound better.

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Skin
What Lies Beneath?

Skin, the largest organ in our body, is the subject of an artful yet macabre exhibition at London’s Wellcome Collection museum.

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patch-up
Deewar Breaks Down Between Salim, Big B

Amitabh Bachchan makes up with Salim Khan and credits the stalwart with shaping his career as a ‘Angry Young Man.’

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Rolls Royce
Chiru’s Phantom Gift

When politicians get Rs 4 crore gifts, normally they keep it under wraps. But not if you are a superstar and not if it is your son doing the gifting.

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Cinema
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Lafangey Parindey

A moving tale, supported by fine performances, about a friendship that comes with a price.
BY Ajit Duara
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Science
God’s Number

Google helps prove the maximum number of moves that a perfect puzzle solver would require to solve any Rubik’s Cube position is 20.
BY Hartosh Singh Bal
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Gadgets
Sanyo Dual Camera

A convenient 10 megapixel camera with full HD capability and long battery life.
BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
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In Defence of the MPs’ Pay Hike

It is utterly graceless to grudge parliamentarians their pay hike—for a variety of reasons that matter to the future of Indian democracy.

BY Dhirendra K. Jha
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India Inc’s Biggest Headhunt

Ratan Tata retires in 2012 as Tata Group Chairman and a five-member panel is searching for his successor. A look at how they might choose and who it could be.

BY Ninad D. Sheth
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Messing up Liability

Both the BJP and Left parties are hypocritical in their thrusts as they attack the Government on the Nuclear Bill.

BY Hartosh Singh Bal
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Whose Development Is It, Anyway?

Senior Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, presently under arrest inside Tihar jail, writes about how mining giants are making obscene amounts of money at the cost of the poor.

BY Kobad Ghandy
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When to Visit the Shrink

Seeking therapy can work. Sadly, however, too many of us are completely unsure of whether it’s time yet, or not.

BY Pallavi Polanki
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Armoured Core Competence

This entrepreneur began bullet proofing vehicles in the 1980s’ Punjab, but now finds that demand is getting stronger and stronger.

BY Ninad D. Sheth
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Saving Afghan Treasures

In the midst of the Afghan war, Indians have been conserving pre-Islamic art, Buddhist monuments and Mughal gardens, even tracing links back to the Bronze Age.

BY Pramila N. Phatarphekar
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from the open archives

remembrance
Kargil Now

Ten years ago, when armed intruders tried to run over Kargil, nobody knew about this area. But the war has changed this place forever

BYNavreet Milton
language
Kapil’s Kaplish

Kapil Dev, without any struggle, has got complete independence from the rules of the English language

BYMadhavankutty Pillai
identity
Half Way Indians

On the Caribbean islands, the immigrant Indian story is laced with shame and bitterness. They are neither Indian enough nor Caribbean enough

BYKamla Bhatt
bungle
Its Exalted Dryness

Pushkar’s holy lake is dry. As the religious and secular alike are beset by a rising sense of panic, we get to the bottom of the crisis.

BYKabeer Sharma
Tone deaf
A Muse I Have No Use for

He suffers from amusia and can’t tell the difference between the national anthem and Beethoven’s Fifth

BYHartosh Singh Bal
Fashion
Tees That Wink

Streetwear has become quite a rage among urban youngsters with an attitude. Do we spy another revolution in the making?

BYKabeer Sharma,Sarang Sena
audience
Rhyme and Treason

Today, poetry is a marginal mode of communication. Perhaps what the poet should look for is the intensity of his readership, not its size

BYVivek Narayanan
qed
Oh, for a Book to Ban!

‘Satanic Verses’ was banned 20 years ago. In all the navel-gazing contemporary Indian fiction, where’s the book that has the power to offend?

BYHartosh Singh Bal
QED
Why the BJP Loves Jinnah

What’s with the BJP and its obsession with Jinnah? First LK Advani and now Jaswant Singh have gone out on a limb to say something charitable about the man.

BYHartosh Singh Bal
It Happens
The Turtle People

Olive Ridleys used to be food for this fishing village in north Kerala, until one man read a newspaper article.

BYKA Shaji