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03-09 July, 2012 | Vol 04 | Issue 27

Advantage Nobody

What is at the heart of the acrimony between Paes and Bhupathi

The long stormy marriage of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi

BY Akshay Sawai

SEE SMALL WORLD

Rejoice, he has gone

A review of Pranab Mukherjee as finance minister

BYDevangshu Datta

Bengal 1, Kerala 0

The outcome of Prakash Karat’s casting vote in favour of Pranab Mukherjee

BYDhirendra K Jha

Salvage Operation

After its Andhra bypoll setback, the Congress prepares to sing a new Telangana tune

BYAnil Budur Lulla

A Sick Mind

Zabiuddin Ansari, believed to have been a key planner of the 26/11 attacks, has much to reveal

BYMihir Srivastava

A Dancer’s Search for Her Face

Eight years after an acid attack, a woman finds a reason to live

The Woman Accused of Being a Man... and of Rape

An Asian Games gold medallist and the conundrum of gender indeterminacy

BYAnirban Bandopadhyay

Why We Hate The Indian Dandy

…and what he could do to earn our affection

BYAastha Atray Banan

Chic Comfort

What makes The Table in Colaba Mumbai’s latest ‘it’ restaurant

BYAastha Atray Banan

Crackdown on a Cement Cartel

It comes as a relief that India’s mechanisms of business supervision are not as weak as feared

BYShailendra Tyagi

An Outsider in Bollywood

Journalist Neelesh Misra speaks of his first ten years in Bollywood

BYNeelesh Misra

The Year of John Abraham

The Year of John Abraham • All Work and No Play • A Sticky Date

BYRajeev Masand

Books

The Anonymity Effect

If you look past its author’s name and ‘Nobel prize winner’ appellation, Home is a taut read with a jazzy rhythm—till you reach a revelation that makes you squirm

BYAimee Ginsburg

Science

Why Women Need Reading Glasses Before Men

Endowed with shorter arm lengths, females tend to hold reading material closer to their eyes

Gadgets

Samsung Smart TV ES8000

Is this the ‘future of television’? Well, it’s certainly quite an experience

BYGagandeep Singh Sapra

Arts

The Artist Who Found His Voice in Prints

Krishna Reddy on the lessons of Nandalal Bose, memories of Santiniketan and Paris, and disappointment of not selling in India

Cinema

A Kiwi in Bollywood

Mike McCleary’s scores for Shanghai and Shaitaan spotlight the work of a man who barely understands Hindi and usually works blind, without a script

BYLhendup G Bhutia

Gangs of Wasseypur

A startingly original film with entertaining conversations and settings

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The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

Hartosh Singh Bal

Collateral Clean-Up

It may not entirely be a sense of duty that is motivating CBI Director Ranjit Sinha

Mihir Srivastava

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age • Tears of Luck • To Act or Not To Act

Rajeev Masand

most commented this week

The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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Hartosh Singh Bal

Collateral Clean-Up

It may not entirely be a sense of duty that is motivating CBI Director Ranjit Sinha

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Mihir Srivastava

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age

Let’s Not Ask Her Screen Age • Tears of Luck • To Act or Not To Act

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Rajeev Masand

most popular this month

Rape at Home

The trial of a French Consulate employee, accused of raping his minor daughter, has begun in Bangalore. His wife Suja Jones speaks to Open

Aimee Ginsburg

Waiting for Deliverance

What families in Haryana will do to have a son. A witness’ account

Ruhani Kaur

The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

Hartosh Singh Bal

most commented this month

Rape at Home

The trial of a French Consulate employee, accused of raping his minor daughter, has begun in Bangalore. His wife Suja Jones speaks to Open

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Aimee Ginsburg

The Man Who is Afraid of a Skullcap

Two books on Narendra Modi establish why it is silly to hope that the bigot will ever be any less bigoted

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Hartosh Singh Bal

Waiting for Deliverance

What families in Haryana will do to have a son. A witness’ account

28

Ruhani Kaur

Public Opinion
The Unreliable Source

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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On the Contrary
The All-Seeing Eye

What cases of police personnel getting caught on camera hitting women say about a welcome new world in the making

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LEGACY
A Classic and its Afterlife

CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary on its 50th anniversary

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THROWAWAY
The Bungle Jumble Party

God’s gift to the Congress

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RELOAD
Eternal Tales in The Electronic Age

The first act of Amar Chitra Katha’s rescue is over. The brand has survived. But Act Two will be tricky

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ARM’S LENGTH
That Fizzling Sound

As cola drinks are shunned by health junkies

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HAZARD
Poison in Paradise

How burning garbage and indiscriminate quarrying on the coast could spell the death of the Andaman Islands

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True Life
Just Another Massacre

Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost children in a massacre in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

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Media
Facebook to Bhaktbook

A Hindu devotional song calls out to Facebookers seen as sinners in need of redemption

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COOL-OFF
Inside Scoop

The joys of artisanal ice-cream

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Doosra
The Khan Who Couldn’t

Nawaz Sharif’s party won a near majority in Pakistan’s National Assembly. But it was Imran Khan’s campaign that animated the polls

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Divine
The Devil in a God-fearing Home

The parents of S Sreesanth, a devout couple, might be thinking even god can't help their son now.

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