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Tuesday, 21 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 music

The Seduction of Music

Listening to what you like activates a part of your brain linked with good food and sex

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8 May 2013

Darkness or Light

Silence on fatwas is no longer an option for Kashmiris

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6 Feb 2013 | BY Rahul Pandita

Indie in India

Touring India isn’t easy for independent bands, but UK-based Fink is determined to make it here. Lead singer Fin Greenall tells us why, and what makes it worth it

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25 Jan 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi

Confessions of a Music Artiste Manager

“Record labels really don’t care two hoots about artistes or independent music. They act more like a distribution unit”

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5 Oct 2012

Unequal Music

Like the next hedonist, I too dream of Brazil

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29 Apr 2012 | BY Achal Prabhala

Ghungroo Feet

A cocktail of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Vedic chants and Norwegian black metal was recently served in Mumbai. It was odd, yet fun

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8 Apr 2012 | BY Lhendup Bhutia

Welcome to eDen

The future of technology

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15 Feb 2012

Confessions of an electronic music DJ

“Jalebee Cartel is monotonous, but they play to a rich, drugged crowd, so they don’t have to try that hard”

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28 Nov 2011

Music to Their Ears

How some traditional musicians, ignored by the mainstream, are learning the ropes of self-publishing and online distribution

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28 Oct 2011 | BY Shubha Mudgal

The Making of an Audience

Can playing great music on the radio or the internet tempt people into buying songs they’ve never heard before?

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20 Jul 2011 | BY Vijay Parthasarathy

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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

9

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

5

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

28

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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