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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
    She Also Made History
    She Also Made History

    Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state

    BY Shahina KK
    Peta’s Sexiest Man Alive

    The story of how an arthritic village boy who was laughed at became a celebrity wrestler with a cause

    BY Mihir Srivastava
    How I found my daughters

    Adopting kids in India isn’t easy to begin with; adopting twin girls has legal complications. Anuradha Nagaraj recounts her struggle to bring her daughters home

    BY Anuradha Nagaraj
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  • Voices
    Manu Joseph
    Infernal Lessons

    Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

    Rajeev Masand
    A Bulging Wallet

    A Bulging Wallet • Friends and Lovers • Another Comeback: Via the Gym

    Madhavankutty Pillai
    The Outsiders

    If migrants are responsible for crimes in India’s cities, why are they always from the labour class?

    Sonali Khan
    Taking Up Space

    We learn early that we ought to be ashamed of our bodies

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  • International
    ‘Dead Bastards’
    ‘Dead Bastards’

    Reading poetry and listening to the radio as the trial of Bradley Manning begins

    BY Amitava Kumar
    Dilli Door Ast
    BY Dhirendra K Jha
    The Khan Who Couldn’t
    BY Zubair A Dar
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    Nation
    A World Without Men
    A World Without Men

    There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

    BY Shahina KK
    The Irony of a Name
    BY Suhit Kelkar
    Pawar Outage
    BY Haima Deshpande
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    Business
    Marijuana Myths and the Mass Market
    Marijuana Myths and the Mass Market

    With India’s General Election due in less than a year, this is a good time to push for the legalisation of this drug

    BY Aresh Shirali
    Time to Regulate Multi-level Marketers
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    A Quick Study of Withdrawal Symptoms
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    More
    Sports
    The Gavaskar Dichotomy
    The Gavaskar Dichotomy

    An otherwise strident critic turns a blind eye to the ills of the BCCI

    BY Akshay Sawai
    Zombies United
    BY Michael Edison Hayden
    Turn the Spotlight
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    Art & Culture
    When Literature Turns Hysterical
    When Literature Turns Hysterical

    A video project by American artist Clayton Cubitt explores the battle between mind and body, and the tension between art and sex

    BY Sonali Kokra
    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age
    BY Anusha Subramanian
    Facebook to Bhaktbook
    BY Sumana Roy
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    Living
    The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies in the Genes
    The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies in the Genes

    Genetic testing for health risks holds plenty of promise in India, so long as enough people take to it

    BY Aanchal Bansal
    Meet the Freegans
    BY Raksha Kumar
    Letters to My Unwitting Spouses
    BY Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
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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
    ‘A Celebration of Failures’
    ‘A Celebration of Failures’

    Photographer Samar Jodha talks about his inspiration, his influences, art as advocacy and displaying work at the Venice Biennale

    BY Gunjeet Sra
    Cut in Two
    BY Aanchal Bansal
    A Love Story With a Difference
    BY Madhavankutty Pillai
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    Books
    The Carburettor
    The Carburettor

    Rajesh Parameswaran talks about his reluctance to talk about his writing—and the lasting lessons of failing quickly with short stories

    BY Devika Bakshi
    The Hermit
    BY Gunjeet Sra
    The Case of the Missing Writer
    BY Gyan Prakash
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    Cinema
    The DIY Filmmakers
    The DIY Filmmakers

    Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, among the first filmmakers to get zombies into Bollywood, on making movies with an edge

    BY Nikhil Taneja
    Pass that Hat Around
    BY Hannah Green
    Yamla Pagla Deewana 2
    BY Ajit Duara
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    Gadgets
    Philips Cielo
    Philips Cielo

    A perfect blend of tradition and technology, the Cielo is beautiful and futuristic

    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Logitech UE Boombox
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Asus Fonepad
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
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    Science
    Flirty Proliferation
    Flirty Proliferation

    New brain cells that mammals develop during puberty help them woo sexual partners

    Can Clay Rebuild Your Bones?
    Survival of the Tiniest
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  • Real India
    These Trees are Her Children
    These Trees are Her Children

    Saalumarada Thimmakka, 101, has planted 1,000 trees along a 3 km stretch of road

    BY Anil Budur Lulla
    No Hair Splitting With This Politician
    BY Shahina KK
    And the Winner Is... Spaghetti!
    BY Drashti Thakkar
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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
    Rafael Nadal’s French Open Domination
    Rafael Nadal’s French Open Domination

    Nadal is only 27 and it is almost certain he will win the French Open at least two more times

    A deadly new virus
    Human Traffic on Mt Everest
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    An Ungainly Balance
    An Ungainly Balance
    Narendra Modi dithers over his Ayodhya trip as enemies take aim
    BY Dhirendra K Jha
    18-24 Jun, 2013
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    Modi’s BJP
    11-17 Jun, 2013
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    In Search of the Indian Hipster
    04-10 Jun, 2013
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    4 Great Green Ideas
    28 May-03 Jun, 2013
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    The Bookies League
    21-27 May, 2013
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    The Unreliable Source
    14-20 May, 2013
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    Hero?
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  • 18-24 Jun, 2013
    Small World
    The Deshmukh-Chavan Battle over Latur Express
    The Deshmukh-Chavan Battle over Latur Express

    Two political dynasties of Maharashtra are in a tug-of-war over the train’s destination

    BY Haima Deshpande
    11-17 Jun, 2013
    Small World
    Humourless in Hyderabad
    Humourless in Hyderabad
    04-10 Jun, 2013
    Small World
    What To Do During Primate Visiting Hours
    What To Do During Primate Visiting Hours
    28 May-03 Jun, 2013
    Small World
    Telephone Directory Terror
    Telephone Directory Terror
    21-27 May, 2013
    Small World
    Curtains for Your Political Career
    Curtains for Your Political Career
    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
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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
  • Open Spaces
    19 Jun 2013
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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

    ‘Dead Bastards’
    Dilli Door Ast
    The Khan Who Couldn’t

    Nation

    A World Without Men
    The Irony of a Name
    Pawar Outage

    Business

    Marijuana Myths and the Mass Market
    Time to Regulate Multi-level Marketers
    A Quick Study of Withdrawal Symptoms

    Sports

    The Gavaskar Dichotomy
    Zombies United
    Turn the Spotlight

    Art & Culture

    When Literature Turns Hysterical
    Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age
    Facebook to Bhaktbook

    Living

    The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies in the Genes
    Meet the Freegans
    Letters to My Unwitting Spouses

 
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Serial Endorsers

When choosing film roles, are Bollywood actors afraid to compromise their brands?

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16 October 10 | BY Anupama Chopra
The Right Badal

The ouster of Manpreet from the cabinet only shows his cousin Sukhbir is not fit to lead

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16 October 10 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Nagas’ Quest for Peace

The fragmented Naga polity is looking set for a possible power sharing scenario. India would do well to stay out of the way of the proceedings.

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9 October 10 | BY Sudeep Chakravarti
Who Says We Can Move On?

The talking heads who so insist have no idea what is at stake in Ayodhya

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9 October 10 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Warpath over Agneepath?

Warpath over Agneepath? •  Money Can Buy a Superstar • Mallika’s Sting Operation

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9 October 10 | BY Rajeev Masand
Aishwarya Red-Faced

Ash Red-Faced * Jab They Fought * Bollywood’s Uncle Scrooge

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The Return of Gordon Gekko

The fictional rogue trader makes his comeback in a second Wall Street film. But the world around him has changed.

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2 October 10 | BY Sourav Majumdar
The Digvijaya Story

Starting with the PM’s media advisor and the NAC, Delhi still doesn’t get India.

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Behind the Curve

Can this PM summon another ‘nuclear’ moment, or will the chaos in Kashmir continue to spiral out of control?

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18 September 10 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
The Third Wave

The RBI raises several issues ahead of the third round of licensing for new private banks. But there are no clear answers yet.

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18 September 10 | BY Sourav Majumdar
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IN Features > Nation
GRIM RITUAL  A funeral of a 57-year-old man in Palakayoor, another hamlet of widows. A few heavily drunk youngsters protested against photographing this ritual  (Photos: SUJITH PV)
A World Without Men

There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

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With India’s General Election due in less than a year, this is a good time to push for the legalisation of this drug

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A SERIES OF INTERRUPTIONS: A still from a video featuring Stormy. Cubitt offers the viewer nothing to distract from the reading and its erotic disruptions (Photo: CLAYTON CUBITT)
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  • POLITICS
    Dilli Door Ast

    Nitish’s exit from the NDA forces Modi to shy away from Ayodhya and exposes him to a dilemma that had once dogged Advani

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  • Diagnosis
    The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies in the Genes

    Genetic testing for health risks holds plenty of promise in India, so long as enough people take to it

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  • GAG
    The Irony of a Name

    Review website Mouthshut.com’s battle against being muzzled could strike a blow against online censorship

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    Modi’s BJP

    And how an injured Advani still has a game in play

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  • Secession
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    Some of them make abandoned buildings their home. A few scavenge for food. Most of them talk eloquently about freedom. What they have in common is an ideal: of living moneyless lives

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  • True Life
    She Also Made History

    Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state

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    If migrants are responsible for crimes in India’s cities, why are they always from the labour class?

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    There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

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