Vivvo CMS 4.0 Wednesday, November 05, 2008, 6:37:30 PM India's weekly Independent News Magazine - www.Tehelka.com http://www.tehelka.com Tehelka.com is a part of Agni Media Pvt. Ltd. © 2000 - 2008 All rights reserved rnsahoo@tehelka.com en http://www.tehelka.com/images/permanentimages/Tehelka_logo.gif http://www.tehelka.com Tehelka News Magazine - India's Independent weekly News magazine IT’S IN KEEPING with the commitment we made last December. All year we would chase hard facts and interpret them, but at the very end, in the last issue of the year, we would turn to fiction, to remind our readers that a supple imagination is no less crucial to the concrete world.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110letter.aspTARUN J TEJPAL, EditorCurrent AffairsARUN K walked up the steps of the Metro station in Connaught Place and decided that, on balance, it had been a good day.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110a_good.aspSUJIT SARAFCurrent AffairsIN CHINA They Do It with Chillies’ is a racist song, but it’s ok for you to sing it in India because there are hardly any Chinese people here.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110anarch.aspKUZHALI MANICKAVELCurrent AffairsI will not be reconciled to the circuit of my veins; Blood is not blood until it drips from the eye. Ghalibhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110desanguination.aspASEEM KAULCurrent AffairsTHE MAN who spreads like an extravagant tickmark across this mattress does not do so because he wishes to say something to you but because he has no other choice.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110in_dubash.aspARUL MANICurrent AffairsI DON’T WANT to give the wrong impression, but I don’t see the point of daytime too much. In the afternoon Kakodkar calls me into his office and Mr HOD — Head of Depression — says my extension is confirmed. So, retirement postponed by two years.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110in_exchange.aspPAROMITA VOHRACurrent AffairsON OUR way back from our chat at the Brahmaputra banks, I and my cousin Mridul went to visit the house of his friend Brikodar in Hatimuria village.. I remembered I had smirked when I heard that name for the first time, which had left Mridul annoyed.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110the_day.aspARUNI KASHYAPCurrent AffairsI’M SEVEN years old. Ma has told me to fetch milk from the pujaris. Perhaps we call them that because they live in the temple. Shippi tells me that the pujaris are not gods. She’s become even more convinced of this ever since she saw an old man of that house smoking a beedi. She gets confused and starts thinking whenever I ask her who gods are. Shippi is older than me, or even if not older she just seems that way to me. And she becomes even older when she cups her half-cheek to think.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110beyond_fear.aspGAURAV SOLANKICurrent AffairsAll characters in this story are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, either living or dead, is entirely coincidental.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110morgue_keeper.aspCHARU NIVEDITACurrent AffairsIT WAS dusk on a large campus in Delhi that pretended Delhi didn’t exist: for acres on either side wild greenery had overwhelmed the landscape and tall trees shot up into the darkening sky.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110the_fourth.aspKARAN MAHAJANCurrent AffairsFAIZ RAI remembers sitting cross-legged on the faded carpet in his father’s study, sipping on his evening glass of milk and reading Target, while at his desk his father unlocked his briefcase and bent over his files, the only sounds between them the scratching of a heavy fountain pen and the rustle of a magazine’s pages, punctuated by soft slurps and footsteps scurrying in the kitchen.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110the_more.aspPARVATI SHARMACurrent AffairsTHE CHIRPING wakes Meera Kapoor from her short afternoon nap. She rises to get the mobile from the dressing table, wincing as she catches the old muscle in her back. It’s her Bombay sister. The non-stop clanging from outside makes it hard to talk. On every side of the colony they are building, building, building.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110the_billboard.aspMOHAN SIKKACurrent AffairsWE GOT our maths test back in the first period. Out of spite, Mrs Kalra read out the marks one by one before handing back the papers. I got nine out of 20 and some cat calls. I didn’t care. I was used to them.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne090110best_friend.aspDAMAN SINGHCurrent AffairsCONFESSIONS UNDER DURESS AND RANDOM ACCUSATIONS COULD GET YOU JAILED FOR YEARS WITHOUT BAIL. AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB TRACKED THE MISUSE OF THE DRACONIAN MCOCA IN MAHARASHTRA FOR TWO MONTHShttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne160110coverstory.aspAJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUBCurrent AffairsDespite the courts throwing out case after case under the draconian law, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan defends MCOCA, saying it has succeeded in curbing organised crime.http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne160110mcoca_has.aspTEHELKACurrent AffairsNo godfather, no pocket borough, Sushma Swaraj has worked a canny mix to emerge as a top BJP leader. How will this play out for the party in 2014?http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne160110the_big.aspASHOK MALIK, Senior JournalistCurrent AffairsThe hounding of activist Himanshu Kumar is a parable about the war and panic in Chhattisgarh and the complete blackout of information, reports TUSHA MITTALhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne160110life_behind.aspTUSHA MITTALCurrent AffairsTrading hour extension will spell ruin for the common manhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op160110killing_timing.aspHEMEN KAPADIA, CEO, Chart PunditOpinionWhat the dragon now needs from the Asian tiger are finished products — not raw materials, SHANTANU GUHA RAY found in Beijing’s boardroomshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu160110no_more.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAY Business and EconomyFOR 30 YEARS THOTA VAIKUNTAM HAS PAINTED THE TELANGANA WOMAN. GAURAV JAIN TRACKS DOWN THE MASTER AT A MOMENT WHEN BOTH HE AND HIS STATE ARE COMING TO A BOILhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub160110the_graduate.aspGAURAV JAIN Culture and SocietyMake no soppy mistake. Chetan Bhagat is no creative underdog,http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub160110no_point.aspRISHI MAJUMDERCulture and SocietyNo longer a footnote, the Jaipur literary festival grows, tries different voices and spawns othershttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub160110the_word_caravan.aspTRISHA GUPTACulture and SocietyOur survey finds that Indians read books not for pleasure but for self-advancement. Given our writers, can we blame them, asks GAURAV JAINhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110essay1_the_bread.aspGAURAV JAINCurrent AffairsA TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION BY AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB FOUND THAT MCOCA HAS ONLY PINNED THE SMALL FRY WHILE FAILING TO NAIL GANGSTERS’ KINhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110CS13.aspAJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB Current AffairsIndia’s attempt to crush the Maoist insurgency is proving a failurehttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op300110why_is.aspPREM SHANKAR JHAOpinionYOU KNOW AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WHO’VE READ SOME OF THESE BOOKS. AT LEAST HALF OF THEM HAVE TRIED TO CONVINCE YOU TO READ ONE OF THEM. SHOULD YOU ? DON’T BOTHER, SAYS SAMRAT CHAKRABARTIhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110abominable_books.aspSAMRAT CHAKRABARTICurrent AffairsLike his teacher Harold J Laski, departed Comrade Jyoti Basu was a liberal by temperament,http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110appraisal.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAYCurrent AffairsThe head of a state-owned bank could lose her job for identifying defaultershttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110missing_cash.aspKUNAL MAJUMDERCurrent AffairsIS THE WOMAN READER A MYTH? IS THE INDIAN READER IN SEARCH OF SOME FUN? SHOULD ONE WORRY ABOUT THE CHOICES HE IS MAKING? THREE PUBLISHERS READ THE WRITING ON THE WALLhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110Publish_Perish.aspTehelkaCurrent AffairsTHE ICONIC OWNER OF A BOOKSHOP THAT DATES TO PRE-INDEPENDENCE DAYS. A MANAGEMENT WHIZKID WHO FOUNDED A NATIONAL BOOKSTORE CHAIN. EACH TALKS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE READERhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110Window_Display.aspTehelkaCurrent AffairsWhen did we stop reading Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse?http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne300110essay4_the_curious.aspARUL MANICurrent AffairsIt’s what the liberal-minded must navigate on DYFI turfhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op300110the_razor.aspPAUL ZACHARIAOpinionEVERYONE IS CALLING NITISH KUMAR THE DECADE’S BIGGEST TRANSFORMER. VIJAY SIMHA AND PHOTOGRAPHER VIJAY PANDEY MOTOR ACROSS THE RUGGED STATE TO SNIFF AT THE WINDS OF CHANGEhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne060210coverstory.aspVIJAY SIMHA Current AffairsSANJANA AND PHOTOGRAPHER TARUN SEHRAWAT BIKE DEEP INTO CHHATTISGARH’S INACCESSIBLE FORESTS, RETURNING WITH NIGHTMARE STORIES THE NATION HAS NO INKLING ABOUThttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne060210we_the.aspSANJANACurrent AffairsMaharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was the state’s home minister when the anti-terror law, the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was legislated in 1999 to end the growing underworld menace. Alleged to have links with Abdul Karim Telgi, the mastermind behind the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, and for influencing investigations in the case, Bhujbal was also in the line of fire for having supported former Mumbai police commissioner RS Sharma who was booked under MCOCA but later discharged. Following TEHELKA’s exhaustive investigation on the abuse of MCOCA, published over the last three weeks, Bhujbal admits that the law has indeed been misused. Excerpts from an interview with RANA AYYUB:http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne060210mcoca_needs.aspRANA AYYUBCurrent AffairsAn Australian perspective on the recent attacks on Indian studentshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op060210down_under.aspJANE RANKIN-REIDOpinionCorporate entry threatens the very idea on which microfinance institutions were set up. How will the dispossessed be affected, asks MANAV CHOPRAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu060210microfin_in.aspMANAV CHOPRABusiness and EconomyAcross Uttarakhand, traditional systems do the disappearing act, reports AMITANGSHU ACHARYAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=cr060210vanishing_wisdom.aspAMITANGSHU ACHARYAEngaged CircleFive days, hundreds of authors, thousands of visitors. The Jaipur Litfest’s latest edition had its share of well-meaning highlights and wild sidelightshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub060210reports_from.aspTehelkaCulture and SocietyAyaan Hirsi Ali, 40, might still be living in hiding but she remains as radical a critic of Islam as ever, finds GAURAV JAINhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub060210i_see.aspGAURAV JAINCulture and SocietyIf the government won’t, we will. Shillong has gifted itself a unique film festival,http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub060210the_little.aspJANICE PARIATCulture and SocietyTHEY DARED TO DO THEIR DUTY: THEY HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HARASSED FOR IT. TUSHA MITTAL SHOWS WHY A WHISTLEBLOWERS ACT IS LONG OVERDUE IN INDIAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne130210CS01.aspTUSHA MITTALCurrent AffairsIn shocking testimonies, tribals from Chhattisgarh tell SANJANA how the Salwa Judum has driven them into Andhra Pradesh. Photographs by TARUN SEHRAWAThttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne130210a_struggle.aspSANJANA Current AffairsEVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE ILLEGAL LOTTERY BUSINESS. FEW KNOW WHO RUNS IT. SHANTANU GUHA RAY UNCOVERS SANTIAGO MARTINhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne130210the_trader.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAY Current AffairsA camera and an extraordinary friendship catapulted two boys off the street and into the limelight, says RISHI MAJUMDER Photos by VICKY ROY and HARANhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub130210the_shooting.aspRISHI MAJUMDER Culture and SocietyThe Indian media needs to show greater maturity in dealing with the armyhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op130210opinion.aspGOPAL KARUNAKARAN, Retd Colonel, Indian ArmyOpinionLavasa Corporation’s Rs 1,40,000-crore mega city project near Pune is in a mess following protests from farmers,http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu130210city_without.aspTARSH THEKAEKARABusiness and EconomyA new lighting technology is rapidly empowering the powerless in India’s rural interiorshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu130210by_led.aspKUNAL MAJUMDERBusiness and EconomyThe Bombay Elektrik Project rescues you from predictable eveningshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub130210Moonlight.aspISHA MANCHANDACulture and SocietyALL VOICES FROM PAKISTAN INDICATE THAT THE MUJAHIDEEN ARE BENT ON REIGNITING THE SEPARATIST FIRE IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY. SEEMA MUSTAFA REPORTShttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne200210coverstory.aspSEEMA MUSTAFACurrent AffairsWater, self-respect, opportunity – SAMRAT CHAKRABARTI tracks all the reasons why the Telangana movement has become a passionate roar on the groundhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne200210stir_my.aspSAMRAT CHAKRABARTI Current AffairsThe arrest of Shahzad, the alleged plotter of an Indian 9/11, was touted as a breakthrough. BRIJESH PANDEY tracks the case in Azamgarh and Lucknow to find a story full of holeshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne200210flights_of.aspBRIJESH PANDEY Current AffairsOf all the voices that opposed the introduction of Bt brinjal, one was most significant — that of 84-yearold TV Jagadisan, the former MD of Monsanto India. Talking to SHOMA CHAUDHURY at his Bengaluru flat, Jagadisan, who was with the company for 18 years and served as managing director for South Asia for eight years, spoke of all the reasons to fear Bt brinjal. He may have retired 20 years ago but here’s an industry insider talking about the disturbing way in which corporates and governments function. Excerpts:http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne200210go_aheads.aspSHOMA CHAUDHURYCurrent AffairsIndia needs to take Pakistan into confidence before it can reap the benefits of its civilian assistance programme in Afghanistanhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op200210the_gamble.aspPRAFUL BIDWAI OpinionRK Pachauri has defended himself poorly. No reason we can’t do betterhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op200210opinion.aspPREM SHANKAR JHAOpinionWhen Matti Vanhanen took over as Finland’s Prime Minister in 2003, there was just the Nokia mobile handset that had a presence in India. For the rest, Finnish investment was concentrated elsewhere. This was one of Vanhanen’s major challenges, and he soon set in motion a process that would correct the imbalance. Today, though the total bilateral trade stands at just around $1 billion, R&D collaborations are mushrooming across sectors, including telecom, transport and cleantech. Vanhanen tells KUNAL MAJUMDER he expects the Indo- Finnish trade to grow by 15-17 percent annually. Excerpts:http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu200210we_can.aspKUNAL MAJUMDERBusiness and EconomyTHIS GADGET MAKES LATE NIGHT NET SURFING AFFORDABLE FOR ALL, SAYS DIKSHA GROVERhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu200210night_time.aspDIKSHA GROVERBusiness and EconomyAn all-woman panchayat in Haryana is breaking stereotypes to carve its way into the system, showing men their place. NEHA DIXIT reportshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=cr200210no_mad.aspNEHA DIXITEngaged Circle270 NOVELS. 2.5 CRORE COPIES SOLD. NOW ENGLISH READERS CAN FINALLY MEET Surinder Mohan Pathak, INDIA’S PULP FICTION KING, SAYS NISHA SUSANhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub200210do_you.aspNISHA SUSANCulture and SocietyHM Naqvi shoots cocaine, smart patois and energy into the tired 9/11 novel, says NISHA SUSANhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub200210when_did.aspNISHA SUSANCulture and SocietyThe middle class loves Dibakar Banerjee’s films. If only they knew that this is unrequited passion, says TRISHA GUPTAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub200210the_quiet.aspTRISHA GUPTACulture and SocietyAN EXODUS OF YOUNG INDIANS LEAVES HOME EVERY YEAR IN SEARCH OF THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF REALITY SHOWS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AFTER YOU SWITCH OFF? GAURAV JAIN TRACKS THEIR STORIEShttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne270210coverstory.aspGAURAV JAIN Current AffairsRevolutionary poet and ideologue Varavara Rao tells SHOBHITA NAITHANI that the attack on the West Bengal police camp was in retaliation to Operation Green Hunthttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne270210police_are.aspSHOBHITA NAITHANI Current AffairsTHE SPECIAL CELL of the Delhi Police was formed in 1986 as a counter-terrorism force. It shot into prominence in the late 1990s, claiming to have killed many terrorists and to have solved several cases. In time, some of its officers began to figure in extortion cases and dubious encounters. Says noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan: “Unfortunately, whenever the courts have found that they [the Special Cell] have been framing people by fabricating evidence, they have not suggested any action to be taken. Unless they are punished very severely by law, police officers will keep on framing innocents as terrorists.” Tellingly, over the last four months, lower courts in Delhi have acquitted nine “terrorists” arrested by the Special Cell. Four such “terrorists” were arrested after an encounter in southwest Delhi in March 2005. Police claimed they had averted a major terrorist attack on the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. Five years later, all four men were acquitted. BRIJESH PANDEY profiles the four terrorists who never were. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne270210terror_that.aspBRIJESH PANDEY Current AffairsWanted by the West Bengal Police on several counts of murder, 33-year-old Maoist area commander Gurucharan Kisku, alias Marshall, who has recently formed a 150-strong splinter group, spoke to TUSHA MITTAL about the need for a tribal revolution. Excerpts:http://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne270210our_fight.aspTUSHA MITTAL Current AffairsConfused over the identity of the Marathi Manoos, the Shiv Sena is taking away a part of its past and risking a new future, says VIJAY SIMHAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Ne270210a_sena.aspVIJAY SIMHACurrent AffairsGeneral Kayani’s assertions and the Pune blast have big geopolitical implicationshttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Op270210opinion.aspPREM SHANKAR JHA, Senior JournalistOpinionPISL, Andhra’s second largest IT firm, allegedly pocketed crores of rupees that belonged to the Japanese trading company Sojitz, says SHANTANU GUHA RAYhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu270210another_satyam.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAYBusiness and EconomyKnown more as a terror hub, this UP district is also rescuing farmers, says AP SINGHhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=Bu270210azamgarh_healing.aspAP SINGHBusiness and EconomyTHEY TRAVEL LONG HOURS — ON FOOT, CARTS AND CYCLES, LEAVING HOME AND KIDS. PHOTOGRAPHER SHAILENDRA PANDEY TRACKS THE LIVES OF WOMEN TEACHING IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN RURAL UTTAR PRADESHhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=cr270210too_tired.aspSHAILENDRA PANDEY Engaged CircleHE IS A DESPERADO. HE IS SLOW. HE IS A POET. HE IS A THUG. ABOVE ALL THE MAN FROM UP IS JUST PLAIN GRATEFUL HE IS NOT A BIHARI, SAYS ANNIE ZAIDIhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub270210the_bhaiyya.aspANNIE ZAIDICulture and SocietySURINDER MOHAN PATHAK, the king of Hindi crime fiction, casts a critical eye on the new translations of his old favourite Ibn-e-Safihttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub270210the_body.aspSURINDER MOHAN PATHAKCulture and SocietyA book that raises hope too high, rues URVASHI BUTALIAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub270210mommy_the.aspURVASHI BUTALIACulture and SocietyDONS. POLITICIANS. AMBITIOUS YOUNG GIRLS. EVERYONE PLAYS CARROM, SAYS RISHI MAJUMDERhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub270210playstation.aspRISHI MAJUMDERCulture and SocietyHOW CAN A LOWLY VEGETABLE BE AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY? IS THERE A FOREIGN HAND IN YOUR BELLY? SHOMA CHAUDHURY LAYS BARE THE COMPLEX STORY OF Bt BRINJAL AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOUhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne060310coverstory.aspSHOMA CHAUDHURYCurrent AffairsLAST WEEK, TEHELKA published stories of four ordinary men branded as terrorists and jailed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Continuing with the series, BRIJESH PANDEY profiles two more “terrorists”, recently freed by the lower courts, who are struggling to overcome their traumahttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne060310coming_to.aspBRIJESH PANDEYCurrent AffairsArmed with just stones, the protesters in the Kashmir Valley have got the government in a tizzy, reports PARVAIZ BUKHARIhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne060310intifada_in.aspPARVAIZ BUKHARICurrent AffairsGADKARI HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF WIPING OUT RAJNATH SINGH’S LEGACYhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne060310saffron_turnaround.aspSWAPAN DASGUPTA, Senior JournalistCurrent AffairsIF THE GOVERNMENT IS HONEST, IT MUST ENGAGE THE MAOISTS IN TALKS AND NOT SPURN KISHENJI’S UNCONDITIONAL OFFERhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Op060310opinion.aspSAROJ GIRIOpinionPawan Munjal TELLS SHANTANU GUHA RAY WHY HE THINKS HERO HONDA WILL KEEP WINNING THE TWO-WHEELER RACE IN INDIAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Bu060310the_hero.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAY Business and EconomyA forthcoming queer film festival in Bengaluru promises adventure and debate, reports Deepika Arwindhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=cr060310bright_lights.aspDeepika ArwindEngaged CircleTHREE YEARS AGO Karan Johar TOLD SHOMA CHAUDHURY THAT HE WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS SLEWOF HITS AND THAT HE HAD NOT YET MADE A FILM HE WAS PROUD OF. WITH HIS LATEST FILM, MY NAME IS KHAN, THE MAN WHO WAS ONCE A BYWORD FOR THE BIG AND SPLASHY WEDDING, MAKES A VERY PUBLIC SHIFT. IN THIS NEW INTERVIEW, HE TALKS OF THE UNEXPECTED CHANGES THAT THE MAKING OF THE FILM AND THE AFTERMATH HAD ON HIS SENSE OF SELF AND CINEMA. EXCERPTS:http://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=hub060310research_for.aspSHOMA CHAUDHURY Culture and SocietyMusicians and lyricists love it. Producers hate it. What is this mystery law cleaving Bollywood into two raging camps? RISHI MAJUMDER tells allhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=hub060310a_royalty.aspRISHI MAJUMDER Culture and SocietyLooking for some excitement? Want to bump someone off? You may find your answers in a paintball, says NISHITA JHAhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=hub060310just_shoot.aspNISHITA JHACulture and SocietyAmitava Kumar tells tales of a much-vaunted, much-abused war on terror, says TRIDEEP PAIShttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=hub060310the_war.aspTRIDEEP PAISCulture and SocietyKAPIL DEV’S HERO AND RANCHI’S FAVOURITE SON, MSD’S RISE TO THE TOP IS THE STORY OF SMALLTOWN INDIA SHINING, SAYS SURESH MENONhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne130310coverstory.aspSURESH MENONCurrent AffairsIn an exclusive interview, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa — a former combat officer in the Sri Lankan Army, the real boss of the armed forces and also the President’s equally controversial brother — tried to make a case for the government. 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This might explain why Pakistan’s army has lost its taste for peace with Indiahttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Op130310opinion.aspPREM SHANKAR JHA OpinionTwo Cabinet ministers delivered budgets in a crucial week. One merely thought of her state, the other for the entire nationhttp://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Bu130310didi_vs.aspSHANTANU GUHA RAYBusiness and EconomyJames Layfield, one of the youngest managing directors in Richard Branson’s Virgin group, has come up with a unique gameplan by asking people to invest in him. Many in England and across the world have already started taking him seriously. Layfield is no pushover. He was named in the ‘Top 30 under-35 UK Entrepreneurs’ by Growing Business magazine and has some hugely successful businesses under his belt: 360 Marcoms, Escape Airports, NEVEREVER Ltd and Inside Consultants. 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