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Table of Contents

08-14 May, 2012 | Vol 04 | Issue 19
Senior figures in the ousted Maldives government raise questions about the role of the Indian High Commissioner
Despite reports of a sordid role played by India’s High Commissioner in the Maldives coup of 7 February, the Ministry of External Affairs retains ‘full confidence’ in its chargé d’affaires in Male
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Top managers of banks are finding their pay packets questioned by those for whom they are supposed to be working

A great football club comes off a dizzy high, a star footballer-coach moves on, and football aesthetes the world over join hands in a silent prayer

This photographer started taking black-and-white portraits of commuters on local Mumbai trains 18 months ago. An exhibition and a book later, he still can’t stop

Niranjan Hiranandani was leased land to build affordable housing. Instead, he made flats for the rich. Now the Bombay High Court has ordered him to keep his original word

If sexual explicitness caused the most outrage in the early phase of book bans in India, there was a point after which it became almost entirely about religion

If Rahul’s protégé was acting on her own, he should reconsider how his team operates

Fat Boy Slim • Succumbing to Sajid • The Horror of Common Names

Too few people in India donate their organs. But there is hope yet

Books

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

Science

An evolutionary balance between cooperation and competition decides the ratio of the right- to left-handed

Gadgets

It’s pure music. This boom box plays audio without CD trays or wires and can be controlled without any buttons

Cinema

It tests your credulity, but even so, this high-speed train thriller is worth a watch