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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

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God’s Own Country Spirit

They have names like Jesus Christ, Elephant Tamer and Newly-Wed Woman.

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1 Jul 2010 | BY KA Shaji

The Caste Buster Card

Tamil Nadu is holding out a carrot to entice residents of the state to ignore caste, community and religious considerations.

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20 May 2010 | BY KA Shaji

Mollywood Austerity Drive

In Kerala, film actors are finally behaving heroic in real life.

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20 May 2010 | BY KA Shaji

How to Arrest Husband Beating

We have all heard of wife beating, but have you heard of husband beating? Ask Selvam, he knows all about it.

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6 May 2010 | BY KA Shaji

Blood (bank) Hounds

Blood banks are really not news but this one is. On World Veterinary Day, the country got its first blood bank for dogs.

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6 May 2010 | BY KA Shaji

Out of Thin Air

Why does Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja seem so secure?

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6 May 2010 | BY KA Shaji

Doctors on Call

How an idealistic couple is changing the lives of a tribal population in a rural outback of Tamil Nadu.

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15 Apr 2010 | BY KA Shaji

College Policing

University vice chancellors in Tamil Nadu love moral policing. Not so long ago, there was the VC who banned mobile phones to protect students from ‘unhealthy relationships’.

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15 Apr 2010 | BY KA Shaji

The Armenian Representative

With no Armenians left in Chennai, an Anglo-Indian takes care of this community’s historic 298-year-old church.

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17 Mar 2010 | BY KA Shaji

Propaganda on a Screen Near You

Entertainment in Tamil Nadu is motivated by politics, and the DMK is not loosening its grip on audiences.

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17 Mar 2010

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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

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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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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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