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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 Importance of Being Earnest

Writers cannot live in a vacuum, isolated from political currents anymore, says Pankaj Mishra

31 Aug 2012 | BY Elizabeth Kuruvilla

“I love solitude but I don’t need it to write”

The poet, lyricist and adman says advertising has helped his poetry

17 Jul 2012 | BY Sohini Chattopadhyay

The Constant Writer

Ramachandra Guha on the thrills of research, the insecurity of academics and their love of jargon, and why he doesn’t take holidays

6 May 2012 | BY Vaibhav Vats

The Writer’s Riyaaz

Amit Chaudhuri on the death of the author-editor relationship, the boredom of being a novelist, and writing on his feet, literally

19 Apr 2012 | BY Sohini Chattopadhyay

The Reader’s Writer

Tabish Khair on why he doesn’t write for critics, his dislike of the term ‘postcolonial’, and how journalism helped him overcome his dread of deadlines

16 Apr 2012 | BY Jyotirmoy Talukdar

Bombay in His Veins

Kiran Nagarkar was watching movies to put off writing, but ended up writing a novel set in Bollywood

25 Jan 2012 | BY Suhit Kelkar

“The longer you live somewhere, the less you see”

William Dalrymple on why he will never be able to write City of Djinns again, and on isolating himself

11 Nov 2011 | BY Aastha Atray Banan

Writer Unblocked

Writing a Mills & Boon novel rekindled a romance in Aastha Atray Banan’s life—the one with words.

28 Oct 2011 | BY Aastha Atray Banan

‘The Discipline of the Short Story is Terrifying’

Alan Hollinghurst on fighting laziness, living in the world of his novels and the pressures of being a gay writer

25 Sep 2011 | BY Parvati Sharma

How I Write

Mohammed Hanif on being drawn to the morbid, his early love for reproductive health magazines, and his fantasy writing place

17 Sep 2011 | BY Shruti Ravindran

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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

Waiting for Deliverance

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

Ruhani Kaur

IN Features > Nation

Fear of a resurgent Janata Dal-Secular has led the Congress High Command to nominate Siddaramaiah as Karnataka Chief Minister.

The Victor and the Spoils

The JDS shadow over the Congress’ Karnataka win made the party High Command partial to Siddaramaiah, but sources say the new CM was imposed, not elected

BY Anil Budur Lulla

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

CHRONICLER: CLR James, patron saint of Caribbean cricket

A Classic and its Afterlife

CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

BY Boria Majumdar

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

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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LEGACY
A Classic and its Afterlife

CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

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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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ARM’S LENGTH
That Fizzling Sound

As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

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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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Media
Facebook to Bhaktbook

A Hindu devotional song calls out to Facebookers seen as sinners in need of redemption

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COOL-OFF
Inside Scoop

The joys of artisanal ice-cream

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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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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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