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    Tango’s First Steps
    Tango’s First Steps

    How the Great Depression, Juan Peron and the brothels of Argentina influenced the creation of one of the world’s most vibrant forms of music

    BY Shyamant Behal
    The Crumbling Ground

    Tridip Suhrud is a social scientist from Ahmedabad

    BY Tridip Suhrud
    Home Space

    Malls in India offer expats a disturbing comfort of familiarity

    BY Michael Edison Hayden
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    True Life
    Just Another Massacre
    Just Another Massacre

    Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost children in a massacre in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

    BY Chinki Sinha
    How I survived 42 hours in a lift

    The account of a Missing Persons Bureau inspector who went missing trapped in an elevator

    Birth of a Tycoon

    How Rama Prasad Goenka got baptised by fire in the acquisitions game to emerge as India’s ‘takeover specialist’

    BY Gita Piramal
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  • Voices
    Manu Joseph
    Infernal Lessons

    Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

    Hartosh Singh Bal
    The Unreliable Source

    The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

    Madhavankutty Pillai
    Soft Brains, Hard On

    What makes Mumbai’s municipal corporators demand a ban on scantily clad mannequins

    Sonali K
    My Lipstick and Other Discoveries

    Why sexual fatigue is the best thing that’s happened to me lately

    Jatin Gandhi
    Cartwheels within Wheels

    Contrasting SC judgments in the Bhullar and Das cases spell confusion

    Rajeev Masand
    Finding Shimit Amin

    Finding Shimit Amin • Boney, Will You Cast Your Son? • Presenting Mr Expensive

    More
  • International
    The Khan Who Couldn’t
    The Khan Who Couldn’t

    Nawaz Sharif’s party won a near majority in Pakistan’s National Assembly. But it was Imran Khan’s campaign that animated the polls

    BY Zubair A Dar
    Afghanistan after 2014
    BY Nazes Afroz
    ‘Early Treatment is the Key’
    BY Dhananjay Khadilkar
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    Nation
    Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy
    Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy

    Did it really happen? A lesson in how India handles scientific debate

    BY Priyanka Pulla
    The Victor and the Spoils
    BY Anil Budur Lulla
    Poison in Paradise
    BY Kajal Basu
    More
    Business
    Indian Gas Pricing: Still as Hazy as Ever
    Indian Gas Pricing: Still as Hazy as Ever

    Private producers want to price it high, users want it kept cheap, and policymakers  appear all confused

    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    Jet-Etihad Deal: When Pull Came to Tug
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    An Addiction and its Amazing Utility
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
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    Sports
    Turn the Spotlight
    Turn the Spotlight

    Cricket is dirty yet again and it’s time to go after those who might get away

    A Classic and its Afterlife
    BY Boria Majumdar
    The Devil in a God-fearing Home
    BY Akshay Sawai
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    Art & Culture
    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age
    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age

    The first act of Amar Chitra Katha’s rescue is over. The brand has survived. But Act Two will be tricky

    BY Anusha Subramanian
    Facebook to Bhaktbook
    BY Sumana Roy
    In Search of the Original Lovers
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
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    Living
    That Fizzling Sound
    That Fizzling Sound

    As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

    BY Akshay Sawai
    Inside Scoop
    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
    The Place to Fix Dog Cancer
    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
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  • Photo/Graphic
    Case No. 1
    Case No. 1

    Azad Khan, 12, was shot in Manipur, allegedly for being an insurgent. This was one of six extra judicial killings

    BY Chinki Sinha, Ruhani Kaur
    Another Love, Another Taj
    BY Raul Irani
    Blood, Oil & Water
    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
    Inside Out Artist
    Inside Out Artist

    Nikhil Chopra redraws history in performance

    BY Divya Saxena
    Of Raised Eyebrows
    BY Tulsi Badrinath
    In the Garden of Theatrical Delights
    BY Devika Bakshi
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    Books
    Nothing Lush, Soft or Verdant
    Nothing Lush, Soft or Verdant

    Taiye Selasi’s first novel runs circles around the ‘African story’ you’re used to

    BY Devika Bakshi
    I Was That Girl Who Was Supposed To Be Dead
    BY Eve Ensler
    Behind Every Great Book
    BY Devika Bakshi
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    Cinema
    Birth of the Indian Undead
    Birth of the Indian Undead

    What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

    BY Devika Bakshi
    Wearing Blinders
    BY Annie Zaidi
    The Poor Man’s Pop Star
    BY Shaikh Ayaz
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    Gadgets
    HP Officejet Pro 3620 Black & White
    HP Officejet Pro 3620 Black & White

    It’s great for a home office, but keep your kids off it

    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Sony BDV-E3100
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Fujifilm X100S
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
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    Science
    Of Mice, Men and Malleable Minds
    Of Mice, Men and Malleable Minds

    Researchers say they have located the neurobiological basis of rodent and human individuality

    The Seduction of Music
    Evolution of Species
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  • Real India
    Living on the Other Side
    Living on the Other Side

    Residents of a housing society in Mumbai have to pay a toll to enter its premises

    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
    How SHE Will Shock Rapists
    BY Ruchi Sawardekar
    A Roommate with a Difference
    BY Ruchi Sawardekar
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    Confessions
    Confessions of an Ambulance Driver
    Confessions of an Ambulance Driver

    “There have been deaths in my ambulance, but also births. At the set-up I work for, more than 13,000 babies were born in a vehicle”

    Confessions of a Playschool Teacher
    Confessions of a Ladies Tailor
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    Hurried Man's Guide
    Dan Brown’s Inferno
    Dan Brown’s Inferno

    The publisher Double Day is printing four million copies of the book to start

    BCCI Arm-twisting ICC
    White House Correspondents Dinner
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    The Bookies League
    The Bookies League
    Cricket is dirty yet again
    BY Shahina KK
    21-27 May, 2013
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    The Unreliable Source
    14-20 May, 2013
    table of contents
    Hero?
    07-13 May, 2013
    table of contents
    Orphans Before Birth
    30 Apr-06 May, 2013
    table of contents
    Rape at Home
    23-29 Apr, 2013
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    Modi’s Real Challenger
    16-22 Apr, 2013
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    Management Lessons from Star IPL Owners
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  • 21-27 May, 2013
    Small World
    Curtains for Your Political Career
    Curtains for Your Political Career

    The renovation jinx of Maharashtra politicians

    BY Haima Deshpande
    14-20 May, 2013
    Small World
    All Tongues (Except Tamil) Welcome
    All Tongues (Except Tamil) Welcome
    07-13 May, 2013
    Small World
    And Now, Another Version of KBC
    And Now, Another Version of KBC
    30 Apr-06 May, 2013
    Small World
    Being Inhuman?
    Being Inhuman?
    23-29 Apr, 2013
    Small World
    A Ballot for a Bullet
    A Ballot for a Bullet
    16-22 Apr, 2013
    Small World
    India’s Most Ambitious Bank Robber
    India’s Most Ambitious Bank Robber
    09-15 Apr, 2013
    Small World
    India’s Most Foul Mouthed Chief Whip
    India’s Most Foul Mouthed Chief Whip
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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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The hilarious case of Avatar Tulsi
The Ramayana essay that Delhi University banned
The man who survived 42 hours trapped in a lift
The hypocrisy of Indian fashion designers
The fraud of Vedic maths
The making of Baba Ramdev
The mystery of the leopard that was not

    International

    The Khan Who Couldn’t
    Afghanistan after 2014
    ‘Early Treatment is the Key’

    Nation

    Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy
    The Victor and the Spoils
    Poison in Paradise

    Business

    Indian Gas Pricing: Still as Hazy as Ever
    Jet-Etihad Deal: When Pull Came to Tug
    An Addiction and its Amazing Utility

    Sports

    Turn the Spotlight
    A Classic and its Afterlife
    The Devil in a God-fearing Home

    Art & Culture

    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age
    Facebook to Bhaktbook
    In Search of the Original Lovers

    Living

    That Fizzling Sound
    Inside Scoop
    The Place to Fix Dog Cancer

 
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My Lipstick and Other Discoveries

Why sexual fatigue is the best thing that’s happened to me lately

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25 May 13 | BY Sonali K
Finding Shimit Amin

Finding Shimit Amin • Boney, Will You Cast Your Son? • Presenting Mr Expensive

4

25 May 13 | BY Rajeev Masand
Infernal Lessons

Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

5

23 May 13 | BY Manu Joseph
Soft Brains, Hard On

What makes Mumbai’s municipal corporators demand a ban on scantily clad mannequins

2

23 May 13 | BY Madhavankutty Pillai
Those Dozing Porn Gods

It’s time they’re jolted awake by women who watch

4

18 May 13 | BY Sonali K
The Emperor’s New Values

On the absurdity of the nude dance of an NSUI president becoming such a big deal

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18 May 13 | BY Madhavankutty Pillai
Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age • Tears of Luck • To Act or Not To Act

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18 May 13 | BY Rajeev Masand
The All-Seeing Eye

What cases of police personnel getting caught on camera hitting women say about a welcome new world in the making

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16 May 13 | BY Madhavankutty Pillai
The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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16 May 13 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
The Games We Play

Our strategies for surviving singlehood may not save us

1

11 May 13 | BY Sonali K
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The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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Rape at Home

The trial of a French Consulate employee, accused of raping his minor daughter, has begun in Bangalore. His wife Suja Jones speaks to Open

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Waiting for Deliverance

What families in Haryana will do to have a son. A witness’ account

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The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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Collateral Clean-Up

It may not entirely be a sense of duty that is motivating CBI Director Ranjit Sinha

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Mihir Srivastava
Facebook to Bhaktbook

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  • Rogues
    Turn the Spotlight

    Cricket is dirty yet again and it’s time to go after those who might get away

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  • True Life
    Just Another Massacre

    Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost children in a massacre in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

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  • Gender Bias
    Wearing Blinders

    Why do women filmmakers in India not want to talk of sexual violence?

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  • Blight
    Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy

    Did it really happen? A lesson in how India handles scientific debate

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  • THROWAWAY
    The Bungle Jumble Party

    God’s gift to the Congress

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  • Public Opinion
    The Unreliable Source

    The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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  • CARROT AND STICK
    Citizens and Soldiers

    The CRPF’s missteps threaten its efforts to woo tribal youth in Chhattisgarh

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  • RELOAD
    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age

    The first act of Amar Chitra Katha’s rescue is over. The brand has survived. But Act Two will be tricky

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  • LEGACY
    A Classic and its Afterlife

    CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

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  • MODERN TIMES
    Infernal Lessons

    Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

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  • Media
    Facebook to Bhaktbook

    A Hindu devotional song calls out to Facebookers seen as sinners in need of redemption

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    Birth of the Indian Undead

    What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

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