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Monday, 20 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 Hartosh Singh Bal

Overconfidence Pays

It seems that a realistic assessment of one’s own abilities can be a disadvantage in situations where the returns are high

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25 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

What Happened to Rajdharma?

Modi’s best possible defence, much like the Congress’ in 1984, still leaves him complicit in mass murder

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17 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

How a Virus Mothballs

The infected caterpillar is forced upwards onto a tree, where it liquefies and drips down to infect other caterpillars

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17 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

Your Gut Health

What you eat may help determine what type of bacteria thrive in your intestines

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9 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

His Father’s Ghost

There is no doubt about Aatish Taseer’s skills as a writer, but there’s a limit to how much one can read about his troubled relationship with his father

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9 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

When Even Amar Singh Seems Like a Fall Guy

The Congress seems to believe that it can deflect public attention by using diversionary tactics, but the problem lies within the party

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8 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

A Radical View of Ageing

New results question the straightforward link between ageing and the damage done to cells by ‘free radicals’

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2 Sep 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

Anna Gana Mana

By misdirecting public anger against corruption, Anna’s aides are advocating contempt for the Constitution

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25 Aug 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

The Beginning of the End?

At every step, senior Congress leaders have been outmanoeuvred by Anna’s aides

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18 Aug 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

Wasps and the Golden Rule

Altruism among these insects has an evolutionary motive: gene perpetuation

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18 Aug 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal

most popular this week

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

most commented this week

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

24

Hartosh Singh Bal

Collateral Clean-Up

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

9

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

5

Rajeev Masand

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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

154

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

Waiting for Deliverance

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

28

Ruhani Kaur

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
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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ARM’S LENGTH
That Fizzling Sound

As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

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THROWAWAY
The Bungle Jumble Party

God’s gift to the Congress

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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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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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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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WHISTLE BLOW
Collateral Clean-Up

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

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COOL-OFF
Inside Scoop

The joys of artisanal ice-cream

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Outrage
Case No. 1

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

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Divine
The Devil in a God-fearing Home

The parents of S Sreesanth, a devout couple, might be thinking even god can't help their son now.

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