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Table of Contents

19-25 June, 2012 | Vol 04 | Issue 25
It is not just about bleaching. Well-heeled Indian women are taking ‘vaginal beautification’ to absurd lengths despite the health risks
Mints, deodorants, diamonds, bleach—words we never thought would be preceded by the word ‘vagina’. How the vagina is going glam and why
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Her Kannauj bypoll victory is historic. That is shamefully so

The DMK patriarch welcomes Spectrum Raja back to the fold

The party may yet revive a project it had given up just recently—the Third Front

Corporate India, despite its disgust with the Government, is not just complicit in the state of the economy but also largely responsible for it

Avtar Singh’s death may mean that some of Kashmir’s gory secrets go unexposed

Amid pauses longer than his answers, the superstar with a conscience responds to criticisms of his new TV show

Mumbai-based activist Arun Ferreira kept a prison diary during his incarceration in Nagpur Central Jail. We reproduce here a shortened version of his experiences.

The gloom of a country that faces yet another election without much hope for respite from its crisis

The story of Sonu Punjaban

She is India’s only known patient of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and has undergone eight surgeries so far.

Contrary to political belief, equity investments need not be gambles if the objective is to obtain dividends from companies rather than make quick bucks on market trades

Dumping Yash Raj for the Bhatts • Imran the Reliable • Best Bod, No Work

Books

An independent publishing house based in Chennai has brought the joy back to reading with pure, unadulterated pulp fiction

Arts

The apartment of this nameless, absent girl offers the delicious thrill of browsing through another person’s life furtively

Science

It is never too late to quit smoking. Not even when you’re past 80

Gadgets

A TV transmitter that frees you of that jumble of wires at home

Cinema

The plot is implausible but the superb acting and understated tone make it eminently watchable