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The Man Who Aced CAT Six Times

The founder of Mumbai’s Quoin Academy has aced the Common Admission Test six times in as many years. But he neither prepares for these tests nor wants to join a B-school

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12 May 12 | BY Patrick D’Souza
The Man Who Wanted to Wed 500 Times

Holder of world records for the most flags tattooed on his body, most straws stuffed in his mouth and longest non-stop scooter journey ever, Guinness Rishi explains his need to break and set new records

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21 April 12 | BY Guinness Rishi
Moby Dick’s Avenger

Once, he sailed on ships that carted oil and timber around the world; today, Siddharth Chakravarty prowls the high seas in search of illegal whaling ships to thwart

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14 April 12 | BY Siddharth Chakravarty
The Man Who Wore a Sanitary Napkin

Villagers saw him cleaning his undergarments stained with goat blood and thought he had a sexual disease. But Arunachalam Muruganantham was only trying to make a smart, cheap sanitary pad for his wife

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31 March 12 | BY Arunachalam Muruganantham
My Life with Crickets, Frogs and Bees

The sex life of crickets, the hearing of frogs, the visual capacity of bees. Vivek Nityananda reports on the sleepless nights and surprising pleasures of his arcane pursuits

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10 March 12 | BY Vivek Nityananda
Joseph, No Last Name

The author, who was adopted by American parents, returns to District Three Hospital in Kottayam where the mother he’s never met gave him birth

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3 March 12 | BY AJ Bryant
Tears of a Bang Bang Man

Greg Marinovich, one of only two still alive from the Bang Bang Club of photographers, bares what it was like in those brutal days

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18 February 12 | BY Greg Marinovich, Greg Marinovich
Flaunting the Write Look

In a world inundated with books, a female writer’s sexiness serves as a handy marketing tool. But, Annie Zaidi warns, this can prove counter-productive to a writer who wants to be taken seriously

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11 February 12 | BY Annie Zaidi
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?”

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28 January 12 | 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

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21 January 12