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Friday, 24 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 football

A Yellow-Black Fairytale

The line-up for this year’s UEFA Champions League has three usual suspects and one gigantic wave of energy

24 Apr 2013 | BY Sopan Joshi

Goal in Sight

One football fan’s patient pursuit of a ticket for a Champion’s League Game

11 Apr 2013 | BY Dhananjay Khadilkar

A Passion for Football

Santhosh Kumar lives two lives and does not even wear a mask. As an auto-rickshaw driver in one and a no-nonsense, FIFA-accredited referee in the other

19 Oct 2012 | BY Shahina KK

The Legend of Barça

A great football club comes off a dizzy high, a star footballer-coach moves on, and football aesthetes the world over join hands in a silent prayer

7 May 2012 | BY Sopan Joshi

Why IPL Will Remain a Wannabe

As the IPL comes off its worst ever season, the answers lie in its journey since the glitzy debut in 2008

8 Jun 2011 | BY Vaibhav Vats

Champions League Final

Interestingly, sometimes the champions earn less than the losing team

13 May 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

The Story of a Kashmiri Footballer

Basharat Baba was selected to train in Brazil. It was only once his passport was rejected that he learnt his father was a former militant

10 Mar 2011 | BY Atiya Hussain

Football or Egg?

What are the Venky’s Chicken People up to by trying to take over the Blackburn Rovers? Is it a new-found fondness for football or a way to advance their poultry business?

3 Nov 2010 | BY Venkat Ananth

Football Romps

Wayne Rooney’s romp with a prostitute at home while his pregnant wife was away is the latest in an indeterminably long line of marital indiscretions by high-profile football players.

9 Sep 2010

Indian Spice for a Bland EPL Club

The club Ahsan Ali Syed wants to bid for is one of the least fashionable in the EPL.

26 Aug 2010

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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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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

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

Hartosh Singh Bal

IN Features > International

ONE-MAN SHOW: Feudalism and the US ‘War on Terror’ were Imran Khan’s two big campaign issues (Photo: GETTY)

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

BY Zubair A Dar

IN Features > Business

HAND ON THE WHEEL Just who gets to control India’s use of this vital energy resource?

Indian Gas Pricing: Still as Hazy as Ever

Private producers want to price it high, users want it kept cheap, and policymakers appear all confused

BY Shailendra Tyagi

IN Features > Sports

IN THE DOCK: Sreesanth leaves Saket Court in Delhi after a hearing on 21 May (Photo: ASHISH SHARMA)

Turn the Spotlight

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

IN Features > Art & Culture

The company misses Uncle Pai alright, but Biyani is on the lookout for the next ‘modern storyteller’ who can endear young Indians to their heritage through multiple avenues of engagement. (Illustration: VIVEK THAKKAR)

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

BY Anusha Subramanian

IN Features > Living

That Fizzling Sound

As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

BY Akshay Sawai

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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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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THROWAWAY
The Bungle Jumble Party

God’s gift to the Congress

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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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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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On the Contrary
Soft Brains, Hard On

What makes Mumbai’s municipal corporators demand a ban on scantily clad mannequins

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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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