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30 Jan 2010 - 5 Feb 2010 | Vol 01 | Issue 44
We’ve been had.
It is now clear that the Nobel Prize-winning global warming report is full of exaggerations, inaccuracies, illogical conclusions and outright lies. The real tragedy is that no one seems to care anymore about the actual state of our environment.
SEE SMALL WORLD

Sibling Rivalry and Other Troubles; Paved With Good Intent; One Singh for Another; Of Inflation and Deflated Egos; Care for a History Tutorial, Mr Tewari?

Searching for Credibility in the Snow; It’s Never Too Late for Bill Gates.

After a calamity, people say and do things that would be hard to explain.

There are gaping holes in the armour of Al Gore’s Nobel Prize-winning global warming advocacy.

Chunky black frames are back on the most distinguished of noses. It’s about non-conformism more than nerdism.

A new kind of junkie is seeking therapy: the internet addict is going into rehab.

Why is the famous port city that once opened itself to the world turning increasingly petty?

From the world’s richest football club to debts the size of a football field, Man U is in serious disarray.

How did Pakistan-born Mushaal Mullick fall in love with Kashmiri militant-turned-separatist leader Yasin Malik? The inside story.

Each time Yasin Malik makes a public appearance in Delhi, he finds himself shouted down by a group of angry protestors. Here’s who they are.

Indian foodies are waking up to the culinary charms of Karnataka’s two most prominent cuisines—Bunt and Coorgi.

Meet these heiresses of India Inc., who are pouring their youthful energy into the family-owned businesses they have inherited.   

Suddenly there is a huge demand for earthworms, and people who are producing them are getting rich.

Had private TV news channels been around while Jyotibabu ran Bengal, his misgovernance would have been exposed much earlier.

Elizabeth Taylor represented woman power—at complete ease with her sexuality.

Books

Amitava Kumar’s book deals with one of the most complex problems of our time: crimes committed by the State in the garb of fighting a war on terror.

Gadgets

Its processor is fast enough to extract the best performance from most games in the market.

Www

Here’s how you can remember those very long URLs, without creating mnemonics for them.

Science

Theoretical advances suggest that gravity may not be one of the fundamental forces of the universe.

Arts

An exhibition of contemporary art from Pakistan redefines the idea of national art, and of the political versus the private.

Cinema

Forget the historical inaccuracies, this film is nothing but sound and fury and terrible dialogues.

Headstart

Blaming mistakes on others is socially contagious, according to a new study.