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   THE SHAME OF GUJARAT
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   OPERATION WEST END
A story of how the suitcase people are compromising Indian defence
Investigated & written by
ANIRUDDHA BAHAL & MATHEW SAMUEL
FIVE MONTH STING OPERATION
SIN IN PARADISE
Goa is the
new global destination for European paedophiles.

An undercover probe.
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PRESCRIPTION SCAM
YOUR DOCTOR COULD BE BLEEDING YOU...
An undercover investigation reveals how the noble practitioners in white make money at the expense of their patients.
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STING INVESTIGATION
 The Price of Insanity
JAMSHED KHAN rips the cover off a corrupt government psychiatrist, who is caught colluding with husbands who want to dump their wives.
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STING OPERATION

A Tehelka sting operation nets 10 flying hours without the need to step into a cockpit, and a student pilot’s licence with a Rs 1 lakh bribe
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   WRITERS ON TEHELKA
   WRITERS AND PLACES
INVESTIGATION
Do they deserve these medals?
A messy temple affair
CRI Director Transferred
   WRITERS & CITIES
BAPSI SIDHWA on Lahore
RUSKIN BOND on Dehradun
MANOHAR SHETTY on Goa
KAMILA SHAMSIE on Karachi
MRIDULA GARG on Delhi
PANKAJ MISHRA on Mashobra
PAUL ZACHARIA on Mysore
   THE TEHELKA STORY
Tehelka tapes declared genuine
Do not do unto others 
Shankar Sharma lashes out at the officials who colluded with the Tehelka witch-hunt
 
TEHELKA'S VOL-2, ISSUE-36 IS NOW ONLINE
Socialite Socialism  
Is too much opulence and corporate networking coming in the way of the original mandate of Mulayam Singh Yadav, self-proclaimed mascot of Lohiaite socialism?
Mihir Srivastava reports

 ART & CULTURE
   
OPINION
AMERICAN PIE
In the Land of Dollars and Desolation
India, like the world, swears by the great American Dream: opportunity for all. But even as the world embraces its economic model, in America itself the dream has turned sour. The last of this series exposes how Americans are being pushed to the margins, says
Lakshmi Chaudhry
 
 SPECIAL REPORT
India’s heroin trail leads south
The Tamil Nadu coastline has become a conduit for narcotics to Sri Lanka. Authorities say three tonnes of heroin are smuggled across the Gulf of Mannar every year.
PC Vinoj Kumar reports
 
  CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

The price of turbulence
Insurgency-ridden Kashmir has many ‘disappeared’ sons. Some are determined to find out where they might be.
Basharat Peer reports

Chidambaram: Collateral damage or spoils of office?
It’s time for Congressmen in Tamil Nadu to find refuge in their ‘inner voice’. On the one hand, party leaders say the Nalini issue is an embarrassment, on the other they support the finance minister. She might well have returned her fees, but the issue here is of principles. PC Vinoj Kumar reports

A year late, but Harsud finally goes under
Harsud is a town that lies in the submergence zone of the Indira Sagar Dam on the Narmada. This year, after the monsoon, the water has been rising steadily and now almost the entire town lies submerged, finally bringing an end to its 700-year-old history. Photos by
Prakash Hatvalne
ESSAYS & OPINION
Anees Jillani: India and Pakistan display reciprocal insensitivity to hundreds of prisoners languishing in jails
  HINVESTIGATIONSB
 
Power of black gold
A corporate tussle over importing coal may cost Punjab State Electricity Board Rs 100 crore. But the Board is not bothered. Vikram Jit Singh reports
 
Admissions for Cash
Despite Supreme Court Order
Bangalore’s BR Ambedkar Medical College admits students in violation of the Medical Council’s stipulations, and makes money illegally. Deeptiman Tiwary reports
 
 SPOTLIGHT
Justice watches as judiciary, legislature spar
The standoff between Chief Justice RC Lahoti and Law Minister HR Bharadwaj represents a deeper malaise bedevilling our organs of State. It’s not so much checks-and-balances as a stalemate we are contending with.
Vijay Simha reports
 
  HUB

 

Myth of the Melting Pot
Drug peddlers. Thieves. Sex workers. Cheap labour. Isolationists. These are the dominant stereotypes of many immigrant communities in India; only a few escape censure. In an intimate look at the cultural ghettos that dot India, Sonia Faleiro asks — why are we so afraid of the ‘other’?

When Puck turned Cavalier Cop
From a jobless actor condemned to be a goofy comic, Arshad Warsi has changed his career script by becoming a tough policeman in Seher. The charmer with a penchant for one-liners tells Suprotip Ghosh that comedy is by far the toughest
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
ONGC to invest Rs 3,000 cr in Assam fields
By Nitin A. Gokhale
  ENGAGED CIRCLE
Illness as Metaphor
In the Indian medical establishment where commercial profiteers and ‘connected’ cash-rich patients call the shots, Dr V. Shanta, this year’s Magsaysay Award winner, is a miraculous symbol of hope for the nameless Indian. A patient’s tribute by
Kamala Ganesh
 
  COPS RUN AMOK
Violence on unarmed protestors proves that the police cares two hoots for a civilised democracy. Will the prime minister’s initiative change this mindset, asks
Monika Saroha
 
 PERSPECTIVES
  It is time Rahul spelt out where he stands on what
  Left and Right must look whether the labels fit anymore
  India and Pakistan need a civilised process to deal with their prisoners
REGULARS
       
  Official Secrets
  CRITICAL CASE: Death penalty in India
  CULTURE VULTURE: Sex and the Trojan Horse
By Paul Zacharia
  FIREWORKS: The Left’s two faces  
  SOCIAL CONTRACT
Habib Tanvir, Theatreperson
 
  UNSUNG HEROES: M. Byregowda  
  CIRCLE OF HOPE  
  THE TAKE: Bowled Over
Minty Tejpal
reviews latest Bollywood flick Iqbal 
 
  Vanity Fair
By Irene O'Brien
 
  Why High Society Stinks
By Kaizaad Kotwal, writer
 
 
 
 
Tarun J Tejpal's
THE ALCHEMY OF DESIRE

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Sensuality’s high song
Paul Zacharia reviews Tarun Tejpal's The Alchemy of Desire
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IMAGE OF THE DAY
Protesters march towards the Philippine Congress at suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 to call for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as legislators debate the impeachment complaints against her. In a blow to the opposition, Philippine legislators, groggy from a marathon debate at the Lower House, threw out all three impeachment complaints against Arroyo on Tuesday despite warnings the move will worsen her political crisis and spark a new "People Power" revolt. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
 
 
Jane Rankin-Reid
 
Between a Monkey And a Questio
 
  A future for the genetically fortunate
Not being globalised protected India’s dance, music and intellectual life. But globalisation will finally prevail here because the ruling classes want to give nothing away, contends Sudhir Mishra
   LAZY EYE
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