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Who Took My Seat?
By Darshan Desai
The Delimitation Commission did. To make India's electoral constituencies 'equi-populous'. Will the BJP gain the most? READ »


By Anand K. Sahay
Make An Example Of Deshmukh
Blaming Mumbai's living conditions for attacks on migrants is misguided
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Temper Ballistic Ambitions
There is no need to pour money on developing long-range SLBMs
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GDP
Urban Blessing Not Urban Blight
By Sharit W. Bhowmick
The street-vendor economy absorbs millions in the job market, sustains industries and delivers basic necessities to the poor. It should not be hounded out READ »

‘Despite the objective, rational cloak you don, your Dil Hai Hindustani'
By CK Meena

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An Electoral Answer Full Of Questions
By Harinder Baweja
Musharraf has lost. But how long a shadow will he and his US backers continue to cast on the future of an embattled nation?READ »

In Love With Voting, Hopelessly
By Kamila Shamsie
Something is shifting in Pakistan. Never before have I known the mood to feel so urgent, the need for change so necessary READ »

Will The Army Play Ball?
By Anand K. Sahay
Too much still turns on relations between General Kayani and the US READ »

 

Editor's Cut
Internal Security Threat No.1
Anand K. Sahay
By declaring the poorest the country's enemies, the PM has failed the founding father's legacy READ »

Media Watch
St Valentine's Day Ruckus
Santosh Desai
V-Day has become battle-hardened by now, evoking the familiar advertisements and couples regurgitating details of their romance READ »

Culture Vulture
How We Came To Swear By Cricket
CP Surendran
With all the sleaze and fixing, we ought to do away with this idea that cricket is a gentleman's sport READ »

Change: Notes On Survival
Road To Perdition
Sudarshan Rodriguez
The Sethusundaram Ship Canal Project is based on assumptions that are fundamentally false, making it a waste of the taxpayer's money
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Exclusive
'The quality of public services is abysmal'
By Shantanu Guha Ray
Infosys co-chairman Nandan nilekani shares his vision about India's growth as well as IT's role in India READ »


Photo Essay
Good Morning, Liberia
By Ryan Lobo
The extraordinary Indian women who keep peace and guard the President in war-torn Liberia
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Baba Amte
The Youngest Among The Young
By Philip George
The journalist who worked in his ashram for several years, remembers his highly acetylene energy READ»

 

Orissa
Waiting For Development On Empty Stomachs
By Bibhuti Pati
The inhabitants of the picturesque Daringbadi continue to die of malnutrition
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Books

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Saikat Mazumdar's Debut Novel

By Nisha Mirchandani
Cinema
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Remembering The Legend: Vijay Bhatt

By SMM Ausaja
 

Rethinking Science
The Quest For A Paradigm Shift
By Anand K. Sahay
An ambitious project at IISc, Bangalore seeks to marry new research to India's most pressing problems READ »

 
 

In Cold Blood

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Naveen Patnaik

By Bibhuti Pati

Bihar
» Nalanda: Rebirth In Ruins?
By Anand ST Das
 

Mining
Prospectus For Profit
By Shantanu Guha Ray
The Centre's new minerals policy seeks to improve infrastructure in mining by tapping the rich vein of private investment READ »

 
 
Interview
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Renowned Sociologist Christophe Jaffrelot

By Morgan Harrington
Pashmina
» Pak Stakes A Claim On Cashmere
By Peerzada Arshad Hamid
  
  Books
Beyond The Grave
By Sunil Sethi
Benazir Bhutto's new book does little compliment to her memory. In fact, the opposite is true READ»
 
 
Interview
» Paul Theroux
By Lakshmi Indrasimhan
 
Building Memorials
» Teesta Setelvad
By Nisha Susan
  Labour Distress
Grist For The Mill
By Sanjana
In Bangalore, the North Indians are the lifeblood of the construction industry. A visit to the camps they are stuffed in READ»
 
 
Bangalore Slums
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An Occupation And A Resistance

By Sanjana
Dalit Window
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Feed Them, Mayawati

By SR Darapuri

By Shantanu Guha Ray
As the national airline slips into the red, the civil aviation ministry and unions disagree on the causes — and the solution READ »


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