Irom And The Iron In India’s Soul
IROM SHARMILA’S story should be part of universal folklore. In the tenth year of her epic fast, SHOMA CHAUDHURY tells you why READ »

 

Pawar Over The People
Price rise and a botched sugar policy exposes the rift in the UPA READ>>


The Razor’s Edge
It’s what the liberal-minded must navigate on DYFI turf READ>>


The Tharoor running commentary

Criticism is fine when it is constructive and informed, says Ram Puniyani READ »


‘If You Get Sucked Into The Hysteria, You Feel Like You Have Had A Good Fight’
is a 37-year-old lawyer who lives in Gurgaon and practices law in Delhi READ »


Bihar Try Me Now Society
Everyone is calling Nitish Kumar the decade’s biggest transformer. VIJAY SIMHA and photographer VIJAY PANDEY motor across the rugged state to sniff at the winds of change READ »

Down Under, India’s Plunder
By JANE RANKIN-REID
An Australian perspective on the recent attacks on Indian students READ »

‘We The Non-People’
SANJANA and photographer TARUN SEHRAWAT bike deep into Chhattisgarh’s inaccessible forests, returning with nightmare stories the nation has no inkling about READ »


‘MCOCA Needs Amendment To Check Its Misuse’
Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was the state's home minister when MCOCA was legislated in 1999 to end growing underworld menance. In an interview to RANA AYYUB, he defends the anti-terror law while admitting to it's drawbacks READ»

Reports From The Inkspot
Five days, hundreds of authors, thousands of visitors. The Jaipur Litfest’s latest edition had its share of well-meaning highlights and wild sidelights READ»



 


Environment
Vanishing Wisdom
Across Uttarakhand, traditional systems do the disappearing act, reports AMITANGSHU ACHARYA READ »


In Cold Blood
‘I Am A Fighter And I’ll Fight To Clean Up The Mess’
Former India captain Pargat Singh who blasted IOA President Suresh Kalmadi for turning Hockey India into his fiefdom, tells BRIJESH PANDEY he will not buckle under pressure READ»


Microfinance
Microfin In Macro Mess?
Corporate entry threatens the very idea on which microfinance institutions were set up. How will the dispossessed be affected, asks MANAV CHOPRA READ»

 

Opinion
Manmohan Singh’s Coup
By PREM SHANKAR JHA, Senior Journalist
Changing the National Security Advisor is a sign that the PM is taking control. Menon sees opportunity where Narayanan saw enemies READ »


 
UP Politics
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Kingmaker, In His Dreams

By SHOBHITA NAITHANI
 
Opinion
» For Whom The Bell Tolls
By MUKUL SINHA
 

Alcohol
The Happening Drink
Vodka is fast becoming the chosen tipple of young Indians. KUNAL MAJUMDER and DIKSHA GROVER on the factors fuelling high sales READ »

 
 
Review
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Aiming For A Better Life

By KUNAL MAJUMDER
Oil
» Do Not Stop The Search
By SHANTANU GUHA RAY
 
 

Cinema
The Little Matinee
If the government won’t, we will. Shillong has gifted itself a unique film festival, says JANICE PARIAT READ»

 

 

 

Environment

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Baba’s Green Bag

By ISHA MANCHANDA

Music

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Electronic High

  By AASTHA ATRAY BANAN
 
 

In The Doc
Orissa’s Little Camera Strikes Home
By AMAR KANWAR
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SEWA

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A Stitch In Time

By SUPRIYA SHARMA

In The Doc

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‘I Have Been To The Immortal Land...’

By SURABHI SHARMA

 




Opinion
The Turban Headache in France
France-based Sikhs bring the turban issue to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, hoping for a larger support from the diaspora, says SUJATHA SAMY Read »

 
  Entrepreneurs
Love Bite
Dabbawallahs for dogs: a concept that allows dog owners to spoil their pooches even when busy at work — through meal delivery service, finds ADELINE BERTIN Read »
 
 

Entrepreneurs
Need of The Nation – Innovation
ADELINE BERTIN on four innovators who have enriched the lives of ordinary people Read »

Music
Two Strings to the Bow
ADELINE BERTIN lends an ear to a band with a varied and interesting soupcon of flavours Read »

 


 

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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