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Thursday, 23 May 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

under Anuradha Nagaraj

Wrung and Hung Out to Dry

Victims of the Saradha scam may not have been educated and alert enough, but an entire system of governance has been caught napping

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2 May 2013 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

The Rapist Who Nearly Got Away

The story of a convict who jumped parole and assumed a new identity so cleverly that his lie is yet to be nailed conclusively in court

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11 Apr 2013 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

Wrath of the Saffron Fringe

The price that two journalists are paying for resisting Mangalore’s moral police

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3 Mar 2013 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

When a Son Goes Missing

The story of a man’s search for his son who went missing in Manchester

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10 Feb 2013 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

10 Years in a Prison at Home

The story of a 20-something man who was walled inside a room by his family that did not mean him harm

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5 Nov 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

The Exodus

As Northeasterners flee, aboard the Bangalore-Guwahati Special

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24 Aug 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

Field of Dreams

The story of an improbable cricket stadium off NH 48 near Bangalore

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22 Aug 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

When Rajasthan Police Called MIT for Help

This unlikely collaboration was aimed at identifying reforms to improve police effectiveness

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16 Apr 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

Going the Extra Smile

Indian infotech companies are making moves to ensure employee happiness, even though some of their initiatives sound like HR hot air

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1 Apr 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

Child’s Play Reinvented

Tired of the same old toys, Bangalore’s Toy Lab is changing the game with interesting innovations

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2 Mar 2012 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj

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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

Hartosh Singh Bal

Collateral Clean-Up

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

Mihir Srivastava

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age

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

Rajeev Masand

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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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Hartosh Singh Bal

Facebook to Bhaktbook

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

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Sumana Roy

Those Dozing Porn Gods

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

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Sonali K

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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

Aimee Ginsburg

Waiting for Deliverance

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

Ruhani Kaur

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

Hartosh Singh Bal

most commented this month

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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Aimee Ginsburg

The Man Who is Afraid of a Skullcap

Two books on Narendra Modi establish why it is silly to hope that the bigot will ever be any less bigoted

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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

25

Hartosh Singh Bal

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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On the Contrary
Soft Brains, Hard On

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

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LEGACY
A Classic and its Afterlife

CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

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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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ARM’S LENGTH
That Fizzling Sound

As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

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MODERN TIMES
Infernal Lessons

Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

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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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Media
Facebook to Bhaktbook

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

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THROWAWAY
The Bungle Jumble Party

God’s gift to the Congress

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Doosra
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

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HAZARD
Poison in Paradise

How burning garbage and indiscriminate quarrying on the coast could spell the death of the Andaman Islands

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