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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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The New Cricket Manual

One-day cricket brought in newer strokes, deliveries and fielding strategies. T20 has rewritten the game’s manual again. What would WG Grace have made of it?

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23 Jun 2009 | BY Aakash Chopra

...and a Bit of Cricket

The crowds were sober by Indian standards. Actresses in luxury boxes tried to look jubilant and batting technique made a triumphant return

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23 Jun 2009 | BY Akshay Sawai

Old Foe Returns

The relationship between Indians and the short-pitched delivery has not improved

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19 Jun 2009 | BY Akshay Sawai

Dhoni: Darling to Effigy

Dhoni is now in a place where an Indian cricket captain, inevitably, arrives—where his back will morph into a dartboard

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19 Jun 2009 | BY Dileep Premachandran

Cricket Overkill

IPL’s second innings seemed unending. But Lalit Modi went ahead and threatened to thrust two IPL events in a year.

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18 Jun 2009

Playing the other T20

At Taunton, England, women are playing competitive cricket. Their heroics are no less than men’s. But is anyone interested?

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18 Jun 2009 | BY TR Vivek

The Height of Cricket

A ringside view of what it takes to reach the venue for a match at the base of Mount Everest

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17 Jun 2009 | BY Venkata Vemuri

Sellbo, Korbo, Sellbo

Global sportswear companies have finally found a reason to pull out all stops in IPL cricket. Their plan: sell, sell, sell

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17 Jun 2009 | BY TR Vivek

The Fab Five

They brought class, skill and passion to the cricket field. Steve Waugh assesses the contribution to Indian cricket

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9 Jun 2009 | BY Steve Waugh

Who’s Afraid of Playing in India

IPL is high-profile. And terrorists look for profile. But an exported tournament is like tandoori chicken on a braai grill.

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8 Jun 2009 | BY Akshay Sawai

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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

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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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