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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 Shahina KK

Devil’s Own Country for Women

Kerala’s men are turning moral policemen. Couples are interrogated by random strangers, even beaten up and arrested

26 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

God’s Will Not Be Done

Don’t open the temple vault, warned astrologers, you will suffer a snake bite. Ha!

18 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

Judge Not

With these words—“There is a smear campaign that the RSS was responsible for Gandhi’s assassination just because the assassin was once an RSS worker”— KT Thomas, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, has set off a controversy in Kerala.

11 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

The Congress’ Legal Liability

On Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for cases that go against his party’s position

11 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

The Politician You Just Cannot Put into Prison

Balakrishna Pillai, a Congress ally in Kerala, has legally escaped being jailed once again

11 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

The Agony of ‘Pakistani’ Indians

In a Kerala district, a hundred odd people have one eye on the Indo-Pak border.

10 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

VS versus Vijayan, the Nth Round

CPM polls approach, the Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan

6 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

The Final Sin

This is the story of how Jolly built a chapel, her own Taj Mahal, for her beloved husband Thampi

6 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

Kerala Bans Filmi Dance in Schools

The Kerala government seems to think that cinematic dance leads to sexual exploitation.

6 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

The Last Journey of Maria Schmidt

A German woman who lived and died alone in Kerala, with no one to claim her body, was finally granted her last wish

6 Aug 2011 | BY Shahina KK

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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 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

IN Regulars > Confessions

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”

IN Regulars > Hurried Man's Guide

IT’S HERE Dan Brown’s fourth Robert Langdon book

Dan Brown’s Inferno

The publisher Double Day is printing four million copies of the book to start

Rogues
Turn the Spotlight

Cricket is dirty yet again and it’s time to go after those who might get away

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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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Gender Bias
Wearing Blinders

Why do women filmmakers in India not want to talk of sexual violence?

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Blight
Kerala’s Endosulfan Tragedy

Did it really happen? A lesson in how India handles scientific debate

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THROWAWAY
The Bungle Jumble Party

God’s gift to the Congress

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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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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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LEGACY
A Classic and its Afterlife

CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

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MODERN TIMES
Infernal Lessons

Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

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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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B-horror
Birth of the Indian Undead

What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

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