NATIONAL
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL
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.
read
more...
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
read
more...
FIVE
MONTH STING OPERATION
SIN
IN PARADISE
Goa
is the
new global destination for European paedophiles.
An undercover probe.
read
more...
TEHELKA'S
VOL-4, ISSUE-17 IS NOW ONLINE
India's
leading weekly independent newspaper
FREE TO READ
CURRENT
AFFAIRS
SPECIAL
»
YOUTH & THE INTERNET
»
The
Mirror of Change: This is Who We are Becoming
The Internet
in its user-driven avatar is fundamentally altering the way we understand
society, our relationships, ourselves and the way we share with each
other, says Dina Mehta
»
No
Country for Old Men
The internet is one of the most striking markers of the 21st century’s
spin on the generational divide, says Rashmi
Bansal . The older lot may resist what cyberspace
is doing to norms and relationships, but the young have made it
their home
»
The
Virtual World Is My Oyster
Spending hours on orkut is not about escaping humanity, argues Shivam
Vij . It is about embracing it
»
Hardwired
to Militancy, Plugged into the World
The Northeast’s insurgent groups may not all be prosperous or
high-profile, but they know how to make themselves heard over the
Web, reports Teresa Rehman
»
Spite@Infinity
The
Web has unchained abuse. It is brimming with characters in search
of a mob, timid bravehearts frothing from behind the opaque shield
of the computer screen. Dilip D’Souza
revisits some personal encounters with the underbelly
»
The
New Hindi Medium
The unease among Hindi veterans over the brave new world of internet
blogging is fast being swept aside by young pioneers who view their
tongue not as a burden but as an opportunity. Ravikant
explores the generation gap
»
Away
and Not Alone
Being an NRI used to mean a near-total severing from everything that
spelled roots. Now, thanks to the internet, family, friends and country
are just a few clicks away. Pratik Mhatre
wonders if this is always a good thing
»
A
Star of Your Own Making
The
creation of independent Internet video content is yet to take Indian
youth by storm. The rumblings of an online video scene are growing
louder, though, and the forums for its effective consumption are poised
to take off, says Lakshmi Indrasimhan
»
Eargonomics
You don’t have to be a techie to podcast. you may not even have
to be literate. And you definitely stand a chance of finding someone
out there who sounds the way you do. Nisha
Susan on the return of the art of listening
»
The
Lure of Far Away: Seductions in a Small Town
The
young in Bihar’s towns are addicted to the many pleasures the
Internet offers. chatting and porn are a rage, so are the job sites,
finds Anand ST Das
»
Blog
to Fight Back
The virtual domain of the internet seems far removed from the daily
hazards faced by Indian women in public spaces. Could the potential
of cyberspace be harnessed to understand and confront eve-teasing?
Jasmeen Patheja decided
to find out
»
Will
2.0 Kill Internet Stars?
A wave of free online communities that allow users to create their
own content on the web is flooding internet space in india. Dubbed
Web 2.0, they are driven by young entrepreneurs with a passion for
the web. Harsha Baruah
and Shivam Vij report
»
The
Solutions
Your photo morphed? Your mail hacked? Expert Pawan Duggal
tells Harsimran Shergill
what you could do next
»
My
Shaadi Isn’t a Dotcom
What is it about posting one’s profile on a matrimonial website
that makes people squirm? Scratch the surface and you’ll find
many more take the online option to finding a partner than are willing
to admit. Shalini Singh finds
out why
»
Restricted
Access
The Internet’s lack of boundaries makes it difficult to monitor
what kids do or who they meet online. Harsimran
Shergill looks at the tug-of-war between teens and
parents worried about their Web wanderings
»
A
Liberating Anonymity
Whether it is blogging about pressures at work, loneliness, sex life,
mothers-in-law, or husbands, the Internet has given many indian women
a voice. But there still are boundaries that they breach at their
own peril, says Neha Viswanathan
»
The
Online Mating Game
The Internet is definitely a boon if you are looking for that kind
of fun. More so if you are young and male and gay. Though there are
enough straight men in cyberspace hungry for love, as superboy@thetart.com
finds out
»
This
Way to Your Other Self
From keeping a tab on bobos to working out in brain-gyms to creating
your own music station, Swapan Seth
cites the sites that have him hooked
PROS & CONS
OPERATION
WEST END
A
story of how the suitcase people are compromising Indian defence
Investigated
& written by
ANIRUDDHA BAHAL & MATHEW SAMUEL