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  • Arts & Letters
    How My Conscience Was Abducted in Dantewada
    How My Conscience Was Abducted in Dantewada

    The stench of corporate propaganda at a storytelling festival in a Maoist-dense area

    BY Akshay Pathak
    Reading in Sin

    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

    BY Arpita Das
    The Guru Ambedkar

    BR Ambedkar chose a religion rather than a political ideology to empower  India’s Untouchables for a reason

    BY Ananya Vajpeyi
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    True Life
    The Man Who Aced CAT Six Times
    The Man Who Aced CAT Six Times

    The founder of Mumbai’s Quoin Academy has aced the Common Admission Test six times in as many years. But he neither prepares for these tests nor wants to join a B-school

    BY Patrick D’Souza
    The Man Who Wanted to Wed 500 Times

    Holder of world records for the most flags tattooed on his body, most straws stuffed in his mouth and longest non-stop scooter journey ever, Guinness Rishi explains his need to break and set new records

    BY Guinness Rishi
    Moby Dick’s Avenger

    Once, he sailed on ships that carted oil and timber around the world; today, Siddharth Chakravarty prowls the high seas in search of illegal whaling ships to thwart

    BY Siddharth Chakravarty
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  • Voices
    Aimee Ginsburg
    Same Old, Same Old

    How do you make a new story every time out of a problem that just won’t go away?

    Rajeev Masand
    Emraan, the No-No Guy

    Emraan, the No-No Guy • New Star on the Horizon? • The Unrepentant Baddie

    MG Vaidya
    The BJP Has Forgotten Its Very Basis

    It has neglected Hindutva and its connection with the uniqueness of this ancient nation

    Manu Joseph
    Shoaib Akhtar, Passing Through

    The world according to a muscular man

    Anupama Chopra
    The League of Extraordinary Critics

    These reviewers have become my favourite companions

    Hartosh Singh Bal
    Once Again, the Same Nonsense

    How can the abduction of a Collector and an MLA be an argument for talking peace with Maoists?

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  • International
    A Coup Made in India?
    A Coup Made in India?

    Senior figures in the ousted Maldives government raise questions about the role of the Indian High Commissioner

    BY Mihir Srivastava
    Resizing Osama bin Laden
    BY Abhijnan Rej
    The Mind of a Self-Immolator
    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
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    Nation
    The Revolutionaries Who Are Now Refugees
    The Revolutionaries Who Are Now Refugees

    The story of Burmese insurgents who India threw into prison as ‘terrorists’

    BY Shubhangi Swarup
    Will We Ever Know the Truth?
    BY Hartosh Singh Bal
    Nonsense and Sensibility
    BY Jatin Gandhi
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    Business
    Air-India’s Broken Wings
    Air-India’s Broken Wings

    As calls to privatise India’s ‘national carrier’ reach a crescendo, spare a moment to pay some attention to the not-so-obvious economic implications of such a move

    BY Aresh Shirali
    The Complicated Case of Choked Gas
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
    When Shareholders Revolt
    BY Shailendra Tyagi
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    Sports
    Ronaldo or Messi?
    Ronaldo or Messi?

    Two footballers, two worldviews, two ideas of success and beauty. Take your pick

    BY Sopan Joshi
    Speed Thrills
    BY Aanchal Bansal
    The Legend of Barça
    BY Sopan Joshi
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    Art & Culture
    Red Alert: College Street in Danger
    Red Alert: College Street in Danger

    An ‘evil’ mall is coming up on this iconic street in Kolkata that is considered the world’s largest second-hand book market

    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
    Miss Malini Dot Who?
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
    Not the Final Whistle Yet
    BY Shaikh Ayaz
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    Living
    The Puzzle of Gilbert Hill
    The Puzzle of Gilbert Hill

    Signs of the Continental Drift are still visible in this densely populated part of Mumbai

    BY Kalpish Ratna
    Seed Capital
    BY Lhendup G Bhutia
    Have a Heart
    BY Aanchal Bansal
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  • Photo/Graphic
    Travels through Song
    Travels through Song

    Listening was the real journey for the 200-odd people who travelled together from one village to another on the Kabir yatra

    BY Vipul Rikhi, Mansi Thapliyal
    Almost Famous
    BY Raul Irani
    Down in UP
    BY Ishan Tankha, Raul Irani, Ruhani Kaur
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    Video
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 3)
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 3)

    “Why am in jail? Where is the evidence against me?”

    BY VK Shashikumar
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 2)
    BY VK Shashikumar
    The Madhu Koda Interview (Part 1)
    BY VK Shashikumar
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    Documentaries
    Portraits of Belonging: Sagira Begum
    Portraits of Belonging: Sagira Begum

    An Old Delhi neighbourhood full of highly skilled craftspeople struggles to survive, to keep some fragment of its poetry in a city whose priorities are far more prosaic.

    BY Sameera Jain
    Sabad Nirantar
    BY Rajula Shah
    Rabba Hun Kee Kariye
    BY Ajay Bhardwaj
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  • Arts
    The Pixellated Word
    The Pixellated Word

    Rashid Rana explores contemporary experiences of living in a complex, coded world

    BY Janice Pariat
    Old New Delhi
    BY Shruti Ravindran
    Don’t Call Him a ‘Master’ Artist
    BY Madhavankutty Pillai
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    Books
    Reading the Reader
    Reading the Reader

    On Tagore is as much about reading Rabindranath as it is about Amit Chaudhuri reading himself as a reader

    BY Sumana Roy
    The Long and Short of a Story
    BY Sohini Chattopadhyay
    Mama Em’s Cope Book
    BY Kalpish Ratna
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    Cinema
    Ishaqzaade
    Ishaqzaade

    An anti-love story that collapses into a pamphlet on interfaith marriages

    BY Shaikh Ayaz
    Bollywood’s Nasa Guy
    BY Sohini Chattopadhyay
    The Artiste Who Will Never be a Star
    BY Shaikh Ayaz
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    Gadgets
    Epson WorkForce DS-30
    Epson WorkForce DS-30

    If you need a small scanner for the road, or to save space, try this

    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    Nikon Coolpix 510
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
    B&O Play Beolit 12
    BY Gagandeep Singh Sapra
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    Science
    There Is Such a Thing as Too Much of an Incentive
    There Is Such a Thing as Too Much of an Incentive

    People can become so afraid of losing their potentially lucrative reward that their performance suffers

    Assisted Reproduction: the Risks
    Why Are Most People Right-handed?
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  • Real India
    Jumbo Gift
    Jumbo Gift

    An Ambani joins the crowd of those who have donated elephants to temples

    BY Anil Budur Lulla
    The Akhilesh Mango
    BY Aanchal Bansal
    Cracking It
    BY Aastha Atray Banan
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    Confessions
    Confessions of a Municipal Schoolteacher
    Confessions of a Municipal Schoolteacher

    “What is the harm in corporal punishment? Children fear no one these days. They know we have to promote them”

    Confessions of a Children’s Dentist
    Confessions of a Gamer
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    Hurried Man's Guide
    Air-India Pilots’ Strike
    Air-India Pilots’ Strike

    Despite the merger of Air-India and Indian Airlines, there are still different policies for their pilots

    Hollywood’s Top Five
    Rafael Nadal’s Clay Reign
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  • current issue
    past issues
    29 May - 04 June
    table of contents
    The Great Escape from Monogamy
    The Great Escape from Monogamy
    How couples are redefining the partnership protocol (and they are not cheating)
    BY Mihir Srivastava
    22-28 May, 2012
    table of contents
    Will We Ever Know the Truth?
    15-21 May, 2012
    table of contents
    Seed Capital
    08-14 May, 2012
    table of contents
    A Coup Made in India?
    01-07 May, 2012
    table of contents
    Where to Go This Summer
    24-30 Apr, 2012
    table of contents
    Sorry, Kashmir Is Happy
    17-23 Apr, 2012
    table of contents
    Pakistan’s Hindi Film Spoofs
    see complete archives
  • small world
    After Zombies, Attack of the Vampires
    After Zombies, Attack of the Vampires

    In Bollywood, new evils are fast becoming the flavour of the season

    BY Aastha Atray Banan
    The Day of the Ganges Dolphin
    BY Shruti Ravindran
    Why Mahe matters to Elysée Palace
    BY Shahina KK
    headstart
    Doped out and Socially Dazed
    Doped out and Socially Dazed

    Drug abuse affects memory, reasoning and inhibition

    The How of ‘Positive Thinking’
    Rhythm and Reward
    people on our mind
    Messi in Kolkata
    Messi in Kolkata

    It’s official, Messi’s turning up in India.

    BY Akshay Sawai
    Bowled Monk
    BY Akshay Sawai
    Pele’s Communication Dysfuction
    BY Akshay Sawai
  •  
    Bubble Wrap  |  Shubhangi Swarup
    Culture Shock at Mumbai filmfest
    Let’s face it. The only relationship Mumbai has with cinema is Bollywood.
    Crossbat  |  Akshay Sawai
    The rust is not yet history
    When a match is dull, it is not just the spectators who get bored. You also see it in the body language of the fielders.
    Allegedly  |  Madhavankutty Pillai
    Lullaby
    ...of a new father in Parliament
  • Open Spaces
    22-28 May, 2012
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    08-14 May, 2012
    01-07 May, 2012
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The birth of a male contraceptive
And God Made Nihari
A hurried man's guide to trans fats in India
Confessions of a former railway board member
How the banana beats CSK’s official fruit
Indian experiments with fasting
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  • Accountability
    Will We Ever Know the Truth?

    …when the SIT report itself seems more preoccupied with finding excuses for Narendra Modi than investigating his role in the Gujarat carnage

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  • CENSORSHIP
    Nonsense and Sensibility

    A tale of two Sibals and their worldviews

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  • Assignment
    Same Old, Same Old

    How do you make a new story every time out of a problem that just won’t go away?

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  • Propaganda
    How My Conscience Was Abducted in Dantewada

    The stench of corporate propaganda at a storytelling festival in a Maoist-dense area

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  • Extract
    The Puzzle of Gilbert Hill

    Signs of the Continental Drift are still visible in this densely populated part of Mumbai

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  • Irrigation Politics
    The Rot Has Been Revealed

    Now that Maharashtra’s irrigation projects have raised a stink, does the CM have it in him to act?

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  • CYBERFAME
    Miss Malini Dot Who?

    She is India’s most popular celebrity blogger, has a full-time staff of 10, and reaches out to a quarter million followers every month

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  • Heritage
    Red Alert: College Street in Danger

    An ‘evil’ mall is coming up on this iconic street in Kolkata that is considered the world’s largest second-hand book market

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  • Revival
    The Red Heat Is On

    What explains the sudden upsurge in Maoist violence?

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  • THE GREATEST
    Ronaldo or Messi?

    Two footballers, two worldviews, two ideas of success and beauty. Take your pick

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  • CWG SCAM
    The Sheila Shield

    Delhi’s CM seems to be doing her utmost to protect state officials from the CBI probe

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  • STRUGGLE
    The Revolutionaries Who Are Now Refugees

    The story of Burmese insurgents who India threw into prison as ‘terrorists’

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