The Great Indian Haggle
By Rohini Mohan
In a massive herd, all parties are doling out competitive sops like no election has seen before READ »

 
Many Chefs, One Poll Pot
By Santosh Desai
In its desperate attempt to second guess political moves, the media becomes a pawn in the alliance game READ »

 


Ozymandias’ Certain Fall
Mass outrage across West Bengal will overcome the regime READ »

 


Deconstructing Dhoni
By Boria Majumdar
Self-belief and confidence make MS Dhoni one of India’s hottest captains READ »


Choosing the Coalition Leader-Is it Devil and the Deep Sea Choice?

The country is waiting the results of 15th Loksabha elections with bated breath, (13th May 2009). READ »


Neither Of Us Thought I’d Get Pregnant. We Didn’t Know I Already Was
Is 25. She is a journalist based in New Delhi READ »


The Man Who Destroyed Eelam
By Shyam Tekwani
Prabakaran had everything: territory, international support and committed fighters. Senior journalist SHYAM TEKWANI, who has covered the LTTE and Sri Lanka for almost three decades tracks the alarming rise and astonishing fall of a man who sought to live to fight another day, but found only death at the hands of his nemesis. READ»

AK Mehrotra is tipped for one of the most prestigious poetry chairs in the UK. NISHA SUSAN reports


Could China surround India with naval bases? PC VINOJ KUMAR tracks India’s waning influence in Lanka

The British thought Pakistan would be a more robust democracy than India. This election, watching our inept political class, you understand why

Instanex gives investors a chance to track the FIIs that control the markets, says SAUMIL SHARMA

 

 


Young Leaders
Gilded Promise Of Change
By Shobhita Naithani
Congress loyalist Jitin Prasada takes the path of development with glitz and glamour fuelling his charge READ »


Muscle Power
The Gangster’s Last Gamble
By Ajit Sahi
Pappu Yadav has brokered great power and great terror in Bihar. Tracking him, AJIT SAHI maps the anatomy of crime in politics READ»


Binayak Sen
We Are A Cowardly Elite
By Aseem Shrivastava
When truth is imprisoned and men reign over the law, India should stir up a storm, not watch unfazed READ»

 

Nano
The Nano and its Discontents
By Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan
As the Tata Nano is launched to the accompaniment of thunderous acclaim across India, academics Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan - debate the appropriateness of the Nano industrialisation READ »

 
 
Election
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“Advani is closest to the ideology I support”

By Shobhita Naithani
Love
»

Loverboy takes on Shotgun in poll fray that also has a Love Guru

By Shantanu Guha Ray
 

Opinion
We, The Murderers
By Tridip Suhrud
Does Gujarat have the resources to come to terms with its moral responsibility? READ »

 
 

Interview

» The Midnight Cowboy
By Manjula Narayan

Pollwards

» What’s Your Pronoun?
By Neha Dixit
 

Telecom
Trunk Calls To Ringtones
By Devika Menon
Rural India is witnessing an explosive growth of cellular phone use. DEVIKA MENON tracks the mobile revolution in a once-fixed land READ »

 
 
Business Books
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Bottled Up

By Shantanu Guha Ray
Business Books
» A Need To Lead
By Swathi Sodhi
  
 

Tastemakers
The Monks of Cool
By Manjula Narayan
From styling to entertainment design, Mumbai still sets the trends that the rest of the country follows READ»

 
 

Art

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Portrait In Flagrante Derelicto

By Gaurav Jain

Books

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The Past Is A Foreign Country

By Nisha Susan
 

Civil voilence
The Serpent We Forgive And Forget
By Apoorvanand
It is high time civil society owned up to and condemned the violence inflicted by revolutionary groups READ»

 
 

Agriculture

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A Magic Wand For Hungry Stomachs

By Sayantan Bera

 

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Sole Matters

By Saumya Dey
 


 

Vijay Simha's 'Inside Out'
What the mirror in the pavilion says


  Sly Culture
Wedding bells and discovering India, tongue firmly in cheek

  The Music Project
A series of video portraits, documenting independent music

  At The Heart Of It
The Lokpal Face-off. A video editorial by Shoma Chaudhury

  Cinema & Me
'The Godfather is the best film about a family that I have seen,' says Zoya Akhtar

 
 
 
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