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Stan Lee (1922-2018): Such a Marvel

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

WHEN ONE NEEDS to appraise the work of a novelist, we often take a bifocal view of the author. One is the

The Rise and Fall of Binny Bansal

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

WHEN JEFF BEZOS came to India in 2014, he chose to announce his arrival with an unusually theatrical flair.

Prime Minister Modi with a crew member of INS Arihant on November 5

A Nuclear Journey’s Tipping Point

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By Siddharth Singh

WHEN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi met the crew of INS Arihant, India’s indigenously built ballistic missile

Freddie Mercury: The Queen of Rock and Roll

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

THE FREDDIE MERCURY biopic Bohemian Rhapsody releases next week in India. It has garnered negative reviews

Virat Kohli: 10,000 and Counting

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By Aditya Iyer

SPORTS WRITERS WHO had the privilege of covering Indian cricket in the 90s often reminisce about the only

The Rot in the Bureau

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By Ullekh NP

INSTITUTIONS OR THOSE at the helm of prestigious government agencies going rogue has time and again put the

Anna Burns: Novelist of No

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By Nandini Nair

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN BOOKS seldom make for interesting reading. The author thanks her near and dear, those who

Mystery of the Zika Virus

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By Kalpish Ratna

THIS OUTBREAK OF Zika fever in Rajasthan makes me wonder if the last three years were lived in a different

Nikki Haley: Less Trump

PORTRAIT
By Madhavankutty Pillai

THE INDIAN COMMUNITY in the US has traditionally been full of Republicans, while in India preferences often

Nobel for Biographers of Growth

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By Siddharth Singh

NOBEL PRIZES IN economics celebrate intellectual achievements. These awards are not statements about current

Gita Gopinath: Global Mind

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By Ullekh NP

FORMER FEDERAL RESERVE Chairman Ben Bernanke, known to be economical with praise, speaks of Gita Gopinath as

A Tale of Two Encounters

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

THOSE WHO LIVED in Mumbai through the late- 1990s will recall the popularity of encounter killings. Members

Ian Buruma: Only Echoes Allowed

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

IN 2010, WHEN THE US-BASED Foreign Policy magazine included writer Ian Buruma in its list of Top 100 Global

Nambi Narayanan: Justice for a Scientist

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By Ullekh NP

SPACE SCIENTIST Nambi Narayanan is waiting for the compensation that the Supreme Court recently ordered that

Tim Cook launches Apple Watch Series 4 in Cupertino, California on 12 September

iHealth

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

THE APPLE WATCH, for all its success, ever since its release and across its various iterations, has been a

The Shadow of the Great Recession

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

HAVING BEEN ASKED by the Parliamentary Estimates Committee to give his views on the never- ending problem of

Justice Gogoi: An Honorable Man

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By Madhavankutty Pillai

IN JANUARY THIS year, four of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court did an unprecedented press

People celebrate in Delhi after the Section 377 judgment

My Body. My Choice. My Freedom

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By Nandini Nair

WE HAVE A NEW date to celebrate, not of Independence, but of Freedom. September 6th, 2018. The Supreme Court

Take Off

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

A LITTLE OVER FOUR years ago, a pizzeria in Mumbai uploaded a video showing a drone dropping off a pizza.

The Arrest of Ultra Leftist Activists

NOTEBOOK
By Siddharth Singh

SOME DESCRIBED IT as close as one can get to a midnight knock. In a swoop across four states of the country,

Djoker to Enigma

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By Aditya Iyer

FOR THE LAST couple of years, the most captivating storyline in tennis – in a perverse, fascinated-by-

Trial By Fire for Smokers

NOTEBOOK
By Madhavankutty Pillai

ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, cigarette packets in India will have brand new horrific images of what tobacco can do to

Somnath Chatterjee (1929-2018): The Lone Communist

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By Lhendup G Bhutia

IN THE END, when Somnath Chatterjee’s body was taken around Kolkata—from the hospital where he died to his

Will Ikea Change Our Shopping Habit?

NOTEBOOK
By Madhavankutty Pillai

IN AN ONLINE video of the opening of Ikea’s first Indian store in Hyderabad on August 9th, you can see a

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