Table of Contents

24 Oct 2009 - 30 Oct 2009 | Vol 01 | Issue 30
Yaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwn!
The unthinkable has happened. The game that was a religion now draws a big yawn even from its most ardent fans.
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Hunting down Naxals; BJP's invisibility cloak; Tweet Like Tharoor; MA in Karunanidhi-giri; and Losing the race on caste

Kishore Biyani, CEO of Future Group, shares what he learnt from the slowdown; and Wall Street still mired in crisis

As two scientists claim that the future has infiltrated the present to sabotage our search for the God Particle, theoretical physics has peaked as a form of entertainment.

How the glory of wearing the India cap is being eclipsed by the greed for big bucks in slam bang leagues.

It’s been an agri annus horribilis. The crops spared by drought were hit by floods. And now food prices are headed skywards.

It’s getting hot in here. If India changes its tune on global warming, there could be a lot more heat.

Murders and bomb blasts, it seems, can do little to jolt this sunny state out of its complacency. Such is life here.

What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow. If this old saying retains some relevance today, it’s as a way to place the tragedy of the state’s slide in perspective.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s latest challenge, as he gears up his party for an electoral showdown, is more physical than political: his impaired eyesight.

Eve Ensler intends to make it clear that the future is female

It used to be white, then it was red wine for health. Now India’s wine drinkers wake up to the pink scent and bouquet of rosés.

Cosy little cottages and heritage homestays run by enterprising couples are attracting the avid Indian traveller far more than jazzy resorts with spas.

If top TV programming in the US has the smarts to survive the tyranny of the remote control, it must be sharp.

Arts

The Spanish government proposes to make Jodhpur the flamenco capital of India. Take a wild guess why. Or read on.

Science

A meteorite 40 km in diameter that struck off the west coast of India may have doomed the dinosaurs.

Gadgets

If you love books and are tired of waiting for them to land in your bookshop, Kindle is your friend

Cinema

An honest review of Diwali extravaganza Blue.

People on Our Mind

London theatre owners have been studying the phenomenal success of a play that marks the stage debut of Keira Knightley.

Headstart

A philosophy expert says that there is far less real lying in society than we might think.