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17-23 July, 2012 | Vol 04 | Issue 29

The Name that Spells Terror

The usual suspects of just about every terror attack in India have one thing in common: the name Bhatkal

What happens when the name of a small town in coastal Karnataka begins to flash on terror radars across the world?

BY Haima Deshpande

SEE SMALL WORLD

Let The Overrated Games Begin

The Olympic Games are largely a poor spectacle sustained by the great hoax of nationalism

BYManu Joseph

A Shot Too Long

Does Zabiuddin Ansari’s confession in the Chittisinghpura massacre really mean anything?

BYRahul Pandita

Beg Your Pardon, Hon’ble President

The President need not justify her decisions on mercy petitions to anybody

BYSatvik Varma

Appeasement of All, Justice for None

As the BJP succumbs to pressure from one state leader after another, how long can its centre hold?

BYJatin Gandhi

The Male Tiger Mom

The curious case of a tiger mothering a couple of cubs in India’s premier tiger reserve

BYAanchal Bansal

Steel Beneath the Silk

Grit won it for Federer, beauty came along for the ride

BYAkshay Sawai

Anything but ‘The God Particle’

In science, an idiot’s guide is just that

BYTushar Menon

‘No, I’m not free at 11 pm for sex’

…and other retorts a sex columnist must arm herself with

BYSonali K

What the Stars Are Foretold

If Anaita Shroff Adajania and Niharika Khan get to tell Hrithik Roshan or Vidya Balan what to wear (and what not), there’s a good reason. They are Bollywood stylists

BYAastha Atray Banan

Euro Lovers of the World, Unite!

Does the euro’s design have a fatal flaw? The currency itself looks marvellous. And if it’s a question of economic elegance, it wins on first principles

BYAresh Shirali

Living with Lalli

One afternoon on a bus in Mumbai, writer Kalpana Swaminathan discovered her detective, Lalli—a collector of curiosities that hint of murder

BYKalpana Swaminathan

An Elusive Leading Lady

An Elusive Leading Lady • The Return of Priyanka • Smitten, Again and Again

BYRajeev Masand

Love in the Time of Prison Sentences

...and life on the uncertain terms of parole marriages

BYChinki Sinha

Books

Poet of the Paddyfields

Hiren Bhattacharyya, the Assamese poet who recently passed away, was a rare writer whose works are taught from high school to university

BYJyotirmoy Talukdar

Arts

The People in Their Heads

A father tormented by visions of his dead son, a boy battling dreams of azaadi and football, soldiers fighting their inner demons... Djinns of Eidgah is a deeply disturbing play on Kashmir

BYSuhit Kelkar