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Saturday, 25 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 Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar Must Retire

...from the Rajya Sabha

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3 Jan 2013 | BY Madhavankutty Pillai

Life of Sachin

The cricketing Pi has reached ashore

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23 Dec 2012 | BY Akshay Sawai

A meal with Sachin... and then some

Breaking news, and bread, with Indian sports stars

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12 Nov 2012 | BY Boria Majumdar

Ferrari ki Sawaari

A cloyingly sweet story gets stumped trying to bridge a kiddie cricket fantasy with an adult automobile romance

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25 Jun 2012 | BY Ajit Duara

‘My Critics Didn’t Teach Me Cricket’

Open in conversation with Tendulkar after his hundredth 100

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29 Mar 2012 | BY Boria Majumdar

When Dravid Stole Sachin’s Thunder

He always played bridesmaid to Tendulkar, yet Dravid was also The One

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18 Mar 2012 | BY Akshay Sawai

The Other Tendulkar

How famously reclusive Ajit Tendulkar agreed to step into the spotlight

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23 Feb 2012 | BY Akshay Sawai

The 100 That Wasn’t

The could-have-beens are as big a part of cricket lore as its many records. The century Sachin did not get at Lord’s will perhaps make it more memorable. Like Bradman’s last innings duck

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28 Jul 2011 | BY Boria Majumdar

Where Sachin Will Surely Flop

As tourism ambassador of Maharashtra, he will have a flawed product to sell.

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24 Dec 2010 | BY Haima Deshpande

The Man Who Never Got 100

How does it feel to contemplate Sachin Tendulkar’s feat of 50 Test hundreds from the vantage of another gritty Indian opener who got none?

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24 Dec 2010 | BY Avirook Sen

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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

Infernal Lessons

Deciphering Dan Brown’s bestseller Inferno

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Manu Joseph

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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 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

25

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

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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