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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 cricket

The Other Half of Cricket

Meet India-born Lisa Carprini Sthalekar, one of the most feted women cricketers in the world.

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8 Apr 2010 | BY Laisram Indira

The ICC Rehabilitation Programme

As part of its ‘Cricket for Children’ initiative, the International Cricket Council trained 24 children, ‘including child soldiers, aged 16-18’ for a week. Of the group, 18 were child soldiers.

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7 Apr 2010 | BY Rahul Bhatia

The Trouble with Aussie Coaches

Tom Moody and Kings XI Punjab are new additions to the turbulent history between Indian teams and Australian coaches.

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7 Apr 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai

Warmth of the Iceman

Steve Waugh was perhaps the greatest captain ever to step onto a cricket field. Today, he is one of cricket’s greatest philanthropists.

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6 Apr 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai

The Heroism of Bodyline

Sport must make space for anger against injustice and the vagaries of fate.

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6 Apr 2010 | BY Sandipan Deb

Lessons from the Dugout

Many business leaders would give an arm and a leg to possess some of the skills demonstrated by skippers at the IPL.

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1 Apr 2010 | BY Sourav Majumdar

The Worst Sachin Arguments

Remembering the most foolish things ever said about Tendulkar.

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25 Mar 2010 | BY Manu Joseph

Even Sachin Can’t Match His Numbers

Since 1957, Sudhir Vaidya has been meticulously keeping a note of everything related to cricket.

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25 Mar 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai

IPL: Body Blow

Is playing in the IPL worth jeopardising a player’s fitness and prospects for international matches?

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25 Mar 2010 | BY Boria Majumdar

“My idea was to make a bat…like a golf club”

The man behind the Mongoose bat explains his confidence in this ferocious little whacker.

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24 Mar 2010 | BY TR Vivek

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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

Collateral Clean-Up

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

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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

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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

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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

Waiting for Deliverance

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

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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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