Archives
IMAGE OF THE DAY
A paramilitary soldier stands guard atop a polling booth in Allahabad. Voting in the sixth phase for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly is being held on Thursday. (AP Photo)
 NATIONAL NEWS
  Please pray for us, says Kafeel’s mother
  No rubber stamp Prez for nation: Shekhawat
  Newborn girl survives live burial
  Don’t label, says PM, as Glasgow bomber is ‘identified’ as Indian
 INTERNATIONAL
  Pakistan head orders mosque pause
  Colombians hold kidnap protests
  Hurricane center staff asks for new boss
  Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes Mexico
 
 
Jane Rankin-Reid
 
Between a Monkey And a Questio

Middle East Crisis;
Special to www.tehelka.com

 •  Has Israel lost its moral compass?
  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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...
   WRITERS ON TEHELKA
   WRITERS AND PLACES
   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
FIVE MONTH STING OPERATION
SIN IN PARADISE
Goa is the
new global destination for European paedophiles.

An undercover probe.
read more...
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.
read more...
 
TEHELKA'S VOL-4, ISSUE-17 IS NOW ONLINE

India's leading weekly independent newspaper
FREE TO READ

 
A swift Tehelka spycam probe conclusively proves that top Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders masterminded the vitriolic anti-Muslim film they are desperate to disown
 
Real Education For Real India
Our education system suggests that the only thing we are fit for is training — for something that others have already thought out in detail and worked out as a training package
, writes Professor Yash Pal
 
English Empowers
English has become the common language of the global market. Those not taught the language are denied the opportunities that richer students in english medium schools have
, writes Kancha Ilaiah
 
‘Language is central to identity’
Excerpts from an interview with Pavan Varma, Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and author of several books including The Great Indian Middle Class, Ghalib: The Man, The
Times and Krishna: The Playful Divine. He spoke to Puneeta Roy and Amit Kaushik
  CURRENT AFFAIRS
  Crook By The Hook
BJP MP babubhai katara was in a rush to get rich and famous. his desperate methods only landed him infamy
. Avinash Dutt reports
  Extra Cover To Silly Points
BCCI Insiders give Shantanu Guha Ray a sense of the pervading mess in the indian cricket establishment
  ‘Cough Up Interest Or Die’
Illegal banks floated by criminals and backed by strongmen operate in Bihar’s north-eastern districts wooing borrowers and depositors with attractive offers, only to turn on their ‘customers’ later
.
Aand ST Das reports
  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
 
CALLING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
   VIEW THE PAPER
 PROS & CONS
VIP CRIMES
Bring Katara to book, but also clean up the rot in the system
, writes Sankarshan Thakur
BLESS THE COUPLE
For all it did, the media wasn’t invited to the Abhi-Ash wedding
.
By Sonia Faleiro
 
   OPERATION WEST END
A story of how the suitcase people are compromising Indian defence
Investigated & written by
ANIRUDDHA BAHAL & MATHEW SAMUEL
 EXCLUSIVE TO TEHELKA
ARUNDHATI ROY

   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
INVESTIGATION
Do they deserve
these medals?
A messy temple affair
CRI Director Transferred
FARRUKH DHONDY’S THREE PART ESSAY ON VS NAIPAUL
         
  About Us | Who’s Who@Tehelka | Advertise With Us | Print Subscriptions | Syndication | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Contact Us | Bouquets & Brickbats