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  • Arts & Letters
    Has Pankaj Mishra Ever Been to South Dakota?
    Has Pankaj Mishra Ever Been to South Dakota?

    For a writer whose first book was a travelogue around small-town India, Pankaj Mishra seems strangely unwilling to engage with the complexities, or provincialities, of the United States.

    BY Ethan Casey
    Non-fiction is Dead: Long Live Belles-lettres

    What’s so ‘non’ about literary work that is based on reportage and commentary? Let’s stop subordinating this genre with the term ‘non-fiction’

    BY Arpita Das
    One Night in Bollywood

    What it means to be a foreign extra in an Indian movie

    BY Marian Brehmer
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    True Life
    The Long and Winding Road
    The Long and Winding Road

    Ankur Rahman, along with his brother Rodin and their friend, Akhup Khom, decided to walk from Tezpur in Assam to Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh—a good 340 km away. Asked why, Ankur’s answer is “Why not?”

    BY Ankur Rahman
    Confronting My Assaulter

    One day in her teens, a man who she treated like her father tried to rape her. She escaped, but the next day, she looked him in the eye and made him apologise. This suddenly changed the power equation

    Internet Rehab

    When she realised she was checking Twitter before brushing her teeth in the morning, Atreyee Majumder figured she had to sober up. Especially if she wanted to finish her PhD thesis in this lifetime

    BY Atreyee Majumder
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  • Voices
    Aimee Ginsburg
    I Had a Dream

    And it had Oprah in it

    Rajeev Masand
    Game Over

    Game Over • The Missing Couple • Knife Play

    MG Vaidya
    Judicial Overreach?

    Vast numbers consider the Supreme Court’s black money order both timely and laudable

    Manu Joseph
    Shoaib Akhtar, Passing Through

    The world according to a muscular man

    Anupama Chopra
    Actors or Mannequins?

    Why is Bollywood so besotted with style?

    Hartosh Singh Bal
    Does Sonia’s Way Differ from Anna’s?

    The manner in which the Food Security Bill has been passed by the Cabinet is at least as problematic as the debate over the Lokpal Bill

    More
  • International
    Mitt Romney, a Man for All Seasons. Or Not
    Mitt Romney, a Man for All Seasons. Or Not

    Obama’s most likely Republican challenger is just a little too perfect and a little too rich

    BY Ranbir Sidhu
    What’s Brewing in Pakistan?
    BY Marvi Sirmed
    Too Smart for Europe
    BY Jatin Gandhi
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    Nation
    Sri Ram Sene Hoists Pakistan Flag
    Sri Ram Sene Hoists Pakistan Flag

    The odd use of a strange ruse to stir up communal trouble

    BY Anil Budur Lulla
    Hypocrisy Over Housing
    BY Haima Deshpande
    Gadkari is Not in the Race for the PM’s post, Just for the Record
    BY Jatin Gandhi
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    Business
    Cayman 1, Taxman 0
    Cayman 1, Taxman 0

    Vodafone has scored a legal victory over India’s tax authorities, but what’s worth  asking is this: why do ‘capital gains’ bear a lighter tax burden than your salary?

    BY Aresh Shirali
    Europe’s Quest for Harmony
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    America’s New Iran Strategy
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
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    Sports
    Friction Replay
    Friction Replay

    With the Indian team and the cricket media, the more things change, the more they remain the same

    BY Boria Majumdar
    Is Cricket Going the Hockey Way?
    BY Boria Majumdar
    Laxman’s Future, Dhoni’s Past
    BY Jay Mazoomdaar
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    Art & Culture
    Caught in the Act
    Caught in the Act

    A dispassionate history of sex and the powerful mythologies that have surrounded it down the ages

    BY Kalpish Ratna
    How They Do It in Venezuela
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
    Sax and the City
    BY Akshay Sawai
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    Living
    Stealth Revolution
    Stealth Revolution

    Muslim women of Mumbai’s Bohra community are secretly joining hands to slough off an age-old tradition of female genital mutilation

    BY Shubhangi Swarup
    I Think I Think, Am I Therefore I?
    BY Madhavankutty Pillai
    Wedding Knells
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
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  • Photo/Graphic
    When the Litfest Came to Town
    When the Litfest Came to Town

    The circus you missed, in nine easy snapshots

    BY Shruti Ravindran
    A Novel Short Story
    BY Janice Pariat, Dayanita Singh
    The Other Side of 40
    BY Raul Irani
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    Video
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 3)
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 3)

    “Why am in jail? Where is the evidence against me?”

    BY VK Shashikumar
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 2)
    BY VK Shashikumar
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 1)
    BY VK Shashikumar
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    Documentaries
    Portraits of Belonging: Sagira Begum
    Portraits of Belonging: Sagira Begum

    An Old Delhi neighbourhood full of highly skilled craftspeople struggles to survive, to keep some fragment of its poetry in a city whose priorities are far more prosaic.

    BY Sameera Jain
    Sabad Nirantar
    BY Rajula Shah
    Rabba Hun Kee Kariye
    BY Ajay Bhardwaj
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  • Arts
    Study of an Archive Photographer
    Study of an Archive Photographer

    Pablo Bartholomew seeks to recover a forgotten way of seeing by revisiting his work on Bombay done 25 years ago

    BY Janice Pariat
    In Search of Modern Art
    BY Shaikh Ayaz
    When Talking Is High Art
    BY Rahul Bhattacharya
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    Books
    Missing the Plot
    Missing the Plot

    Kunal Basu’s talent as a novelist lies well hidden in the complex maze he wanders through in this new book

    BY Arshia Sattar
    Don’t Say Goodbye Yet
    BY Tabish Khair
    Bombay in His Veins
    BY Suhit Kelkar
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    Cinema
    J Edgar
    J Edgar

    Clint Eastwood studies the twisted mind of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s first director

    BY Ajit Duara
    The Re-making of Agneepath
    BY Sohini Chattopadhyay
    Chaalis Chaurasi
    BY Ajit Duara
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    Gadgets
    Sony Ericsson Live Walkman
    Sony Ericsson Live Walkman

    The Walkman phone’s latest avatar. Not high on specs but as fast as the best

    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Fujifilm x10
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
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    Science
    How Fast Can a Drone Go?
    How Fast Can a Drone Go?

    The way birds negotiate obstacles suggests that aeronautical drones can fly much faster than they currently do, but there is a limit

    BY Hartosh Singh Bal
    Why Do Humans Have Such Plain Faces?
    Why Do We Need Chimeric Monkeys?
    BY Hartosh Singh Bal
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  • Real India
    Knockout with a Difference
    Knockout with a Difference

    Siddharth Varma of Mumbai Fighters is lighting up the ring with his antics

    BY Akshay Sawai
    A Soldier’s Wish
    BY Shahina KK
    The Manhole Cover Guide
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
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    Confessions
    Confessions of a Cruise Ship Employee
    Confessions of a Cruise Ship Employee

    “Everyone with darker skin is treated differently by passengers on cruise ships. And that hurts”

    Confessions of a DU Student
    Confessions of a Rickshaw Puller
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    Hurried Man's Guide
    Rajasthan’s Ranji Trophy win
    Rajasthan’s Ranji Trophy win

    The team was panned by all media for playing boring cricket

    Oprah Winfrey
    Mitt Romney
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    The World Wild Web
    The World Wild Web
    How the Indian government is trying to police the Internet
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    Our Literary Culture Does Not Deserve Freedom
    24-30 Jan, 2012
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    17-23 Jan, 2012
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  • small world
    The Oshonomic Times
    The Oshonomic Times

    A bitter property battle over the Pune ashram of Rajneesh—whose Earth ‘visit’ ended in 1990

    BY Haima Deshpande
    A Leftover Caste Problem
    BY Anil Budur Lulla
    Flaky Theories About Snowfall
    BY Alok Singh
    headstart
    Doped out and Socially Dazed
    Doped out and Socially Dazed

    Drug abuse affects memory, reasoning and inhibition

    The How of ‘Positive Thinking’
    Rhythm and Reward
    people on our mind
    Messi in Kolkata
    Messi in Kolkata

    It’s official, Messi’s turning up in India.

    BY Akshay Sawai
    Bowled Monk
    BY Akshay Sawai
    Pele’s Communication Dysfuction
    BY Akshay Sawai
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    Bubble Wrap  |  Shubhangi Swarup
    Culture Shock at Mumbai filmfest
    Let’s face it. The only relationship Mumbai has with cinema is Bollywood.
    Crossbat  |  Akshay Sawai
    The rust is not yet history
    When a match is dull, it is not just the spectators who get bored. You also see it in the body language of the fielders.
    Allegedly  |  Madhavankutty Pillai
    Lullaby
    ...of a new father in Parliament
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Game Over

Game Over • The Missing Couple • Knife Play

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28 January 12 | BY Rajeev Masand
I Had a Dream

And it had Oprah in it

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28 January 12 | BY Aimee Ginsburg
Going Solo

Going Solo • Good Boy Act • Costume Drama

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21 January 12 | BY Rajeev Masand
Actors or Mannequins?

Why is Bollywood so besotted with style?

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21 January 12 | BY Anupama Chopra
Kareena’s Sunny Leone Encounter

Kareena’s Sunny Leone Encounter • Shahid’s Self Love • The Lady Who Hijacks Lunches

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14 January 12 | BY Rajeev Masand
That Fairness Fixation

It’s getting to me

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7 January 12 | BY Aimee Ginsburg
Big Player No More

Big Player No More • That’s Kinda Shady, Kareena • Bitter Koffee Break

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7 January 12 | BY Rajeev Masand
Does Sonia’s Way Differ from Anna’s?

The manner in which the Food Security Bill has been passed by the Cabinet is at least as problematic as the debate over the Lokpal Bill

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24 December 11 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Why Don Can’t Fly to Dubai

Why Don Can’t Fly to Dubai • Feeling Sorry for PC

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24 December 11 | BY Rajeev Masand
Lookalike Heroines

It’s naive to believe that the success of The Dirty Picture will radically enhance female clout in the Hindi film industry

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17 December 11 | BY Anupama Chopra
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The Re-making of Agneepath

An argument with Hrithik Roshan, the monsoon cycle that set up the perfect backdrop for the climax, and other adventures on director Karan Malhotra’s sets

Sohini Chattopadhyay
A Lot Like Rajiv

In his aptitude for flying, his ease in reaching out to people, and his desire to be ‘the regular guy’, Rahul Gandhi is quite like his father.

The Sting Operator Who Gave Up Anonymity

The multiple exploits of a journalist who has held up a mirror to the media in several ways

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The Sting Operator Who Gave Up Anonymity

The multiple exploits of a journalist who has held up a mirror to the media in several ways

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Game Over

Game Over • The Missing Couple • Knife Play

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The Rushdie Affair and the Hand of the Congress

Cynical Congressmen and supine litfest organisers script a dangerous farce

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For a Moment of Statesmanship

With Rushdie, the government has again chosen the cowardice of practicality over the courage of morality

Manu Joseph
Conversations in the Nude

How to make friends and get them to pose nude for you

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The Cult of C-Grade Movies

This is cinema that can make a masochist wince. So how come it is acquiring fans who know—or ought to know—good cinema from bad?

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Kareena’s Sunny Leone Encounter

Kareena’s Sunny Leone Encounter • Shahid’s Self Love • The Lady Who Hijacks Lunches

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Aimee Ginsburg
Big Player No More

Big Player No More • That’s Kinda Shady, Kareena • Bitter Koffee Break

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  • Jaipur
    The Rushdie Affair and the Hand of the Congress

    Cynical Congressmen and supine litfest organisers script a dangerous farce

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  • Emancipation
    Stealth Revolution

    Muslim women of Mumbai’s Bohra community are secretly joining hands to slough off an age-old tradition of female genital mutilation

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  • Cricket
    Friction Replay

    With the Indian team and the cricket media, the more things change, the more they remain the same

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  • Sex
    Caught in the Act

    A dispassionate history of sex and the powerful mythologies that have surrounded it down the ages

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  • Beauty
    How They Do It in Venezuela

    As Miss India auditions begin, it is a good time to ask why this little South American country wins so many world titles

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  • Maharashtra
    Hypocrisy Over Housing

    Houses for former mill workers on mill land is a popular election issue. Why do politicians keep raising it even though the workers themselves have moved on?

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  • Gumption
    The Sting Operator Who Gave Up Anonymity

    The multiple exploits of a journalist who has held up a mirror to the media in several ways

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  • Consciousness
    I Think I Think, Am I Therefore I?

    And whether ‘you’ exist at all, according to Susan Blackmore, a researcher of consciousness and paranormal experiences

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  • KARNATAKA
    Sri Ram Sene Hoists Pakistan Flag

    The odd use of a strange ruse to stir up communal trouble

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  • Dirty Laundry
    General Deception

    The strange case of a senior Army officer who nearly got away charging the country for his lingerie purchases

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  • Taxation
    Cayman 1, Taxman 0

    Vodafone has scored a legal victory over India’s tax authorities, but what’s worth  asking is this: why do ‘capital gains’ bear a lighter tax burden than your salary?

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  • Jaipur
    When the Litfest Came to Town

    The circus you missed, in nine easy snapshots

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