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Irom And The Iron In India’s Soul
IROM SHARMILA’S story should be part of universal folklore. In the tenth year of her epic fast, SHOMA CHAUDHURY tells you why READ »

 

The Sacred And Profane
We need to urgently rethink what we call a dharmasthan, or an ashram READ>>


Seeing Behind The Wall
The best of superstructures will be rendered ineffective if the intelligence inputs are below par and the response mechanism flawed READ>>


Subverting Democratic Ethos

RSS believes only Hindus are Indians! READ »


‘At Six-Feet-Seven-Inches, I Tend To Stand Out A Bit In Public And Private Spaces’
Is 25. He is a senior sub-editor with TEHELKA and lives in Delhi READ »



The Cervical Cancer Bazaar

Young girls are being given anti-cancer jabs, with dubious results, find SHANTANU GUHA RAY and KUNAL MAJUMDER READ »



Have A Budget For Beggars

As Commonwealth Games approach, Delhi government’s move to relocate the beggers can work only if there’s a central fund for the purpose, says SHANTANU GUHA RAY READ »

  COUNTERTERRORISM

NCTC: Defence Of The Realm
Home Minister P Chidambaram backs unified security ops. But too many spooks at cross-purposes are spoiling the plot, says SEEMA MUSTAFA READ»

  J&K


Bringing The LoC Home
As a proposal to rehabilitate militants from PoK gathers steam, PARVAIZ BUKHARI tracks the experience of those who have already made the journey home without permission READ»

  RESERVATION CONTROVERSY


Womes’s Quota: A Primer

A historic moment, or another story of shifting goalposts? Tehelka answers all the pressing queries READ »





Opinion
Eyes Wide Shut
By AJIT SAHI, Executive Editor
Gender justice aside, why the Congress, the BJP and even the Left are united in blocking the sub-quota for backward caste women READ»


Cold Blood
‘It Is A Congress Conspiracy Against The Minorities’
Akhilesh Yadav, chief of the SP’s Uttar Pradesh unit, tells NEHA DIXIT how the UPA is misleading the nation on the Women’s Reservation Bill READ »


Engaged Circle
Reunited Yet Divided
SUPRIYA SHARMA reports on Hindu and Muslim slumdwellers in Ahmedabad who joined hands to win a battle against eviction, but then decided to live separately READ »

Gujarat Massacre
Shoddy, Inept... Tainted?
The SIT was supposed to probe Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 massacre of Muslims in Gujarat. Instead, it hasn’t even questioned him, says SHOBHITA NAITHANI READ »


Crime
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Hidden Hand Of The Law

By RANA AYYUB
 
Profile
» ‘Amar Singh Was An Inner Contradiction’
By SEEMA MUSTAFA

Bank
A Big Credit Push
Rs 35,000 crore is on offer for PSU banks to boost their capital base, reports ANJUM A ZAIDI READ »

 
Review
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Where All The Money Is

By AMRITA MADHUKALYA
Budget
» Didi Vs Dada
By SHANTANU GUHA RAY
 

Film
‘Stars Are Afraid I Will Steal Their Scenes’
By RISHI MAJUMDER
Taking over from veterans Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan has proved yet again that a character actor can be widely known as a mainstream star. READ»

 

Health

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Where The Heart Goes On

By NISHA SUSAN

Opinion

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The Frog’s Lilypad

By TUSHA MITTAL
 
 

In The Doc
The Silent Songs Of The Desert
PRAGYA TIWARI writes this week's column on KP Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro's documentary Two Day Fair READ»

 

Education

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Too Tired To Teach

By SHAILENDRA PANDEY

Woman Empowerment

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No Mad Women In The Attic

By NEHA DIXIT


Supreme Court's warning to the Chhattisgarh Government, by Neha Dixit

 





Follow-up
A murder riddled with holes
The irony is that slain lawyer Shahid Azmi came to fame exposing police lapses, says RANA AYYUB Read »

 
Opinion
Ride — Up in Flames
By SHAHINA KK
Chithra Lekha is a subaltern who dared to speak — and faced erasure Read »
 

image Women's Reservation ‘We may even have to do without the Act later’
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tells SHOBHITA NAITHANI that women’s empowerment is impossible without the women's reservation bill Read »

image Ship-breaking
Troubled tales from the sea
An international fact-finding team visited Alang and took note of how toxic-laden vessels were beaching in Gujarat, reports GOPAL KRISHNA Read »

 
 
 
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