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 »

 

Time To Snap The Old Ties
The BJP should call the Shiv Sena’s bluff to woo back the middle class READ>>


No More Breaking News
The Indian media needs to show greater maturity in dealing with the army READ>>


The Tharoor running commentary

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


‘He Continued To Grow Strong Mentally, Even As Cancer Wrecked His Body’
is 29. She is a Senior Correspondent for CNN-IBN in Bengaluru READ »


The Cross Of Courage
They dared to do their duty: they have been killed and harassed for it. TUSHA MITTAL shows why a whistleblowers act is long overdue in india READ »

Mao And The Motorcycle Diaries
A ride into the jungles of Chhattisgarh uncovered stories that were as terrifying as the remoteness of the region READ »

The Trader Of Shadow Fortunes
Everyone knows about the illegal lottery business. Few know who runs it. SHANTANU GUHA RAY uncovers Santiago Martin READ»


A camera and an extraordinary friendship catapulted two boys off the street and into the limelight, says RISHI MAJUMDER Photos by VICKY ROY and HARAN READ»

A Struggle To Find New Memories
In shocking testimonies, tribals from Chhattisgarh tell SANJANA how the Salwa Judum has driven them into Andhra Pradesh. Photographs by TARUN SEHRAWAT READ »




 


Profile
How To Break The Circuit
Arshad Warsi could have been just another dancer. AASTHA ATRAY BANAN tells the story of Bollywood’s newest pin-up READ »


In Cold Blood
‘Expulsion Is A Gift From Mulayam Singh’
Ousted Samajwadi Party leader Jaya Prada tells NEHA DIXIT that party chief Mulayam Singh’s family has pushed him towards wrong decisions READ»


Exclusive
City Without Soul
Lavasa Corporation’s Rs 1,40,000-crore mega city project near Pune is in a mess following protests from farmers, reports TARSH THEKAEKARA READ»

 

Profile
‘Amar Singh Was An Inner Contradiction’
Mohan Singh, the new Samajwadi party general secretary, is a chip off the socialist block, says SEEMA MUSTAFA READ »


 
Opinion
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Manmohan Singh’s Coup

By PREM SHANKAR JHA
 
UP Politics
» Kingmaker, In His Dreams
By SHOBHITA NAITHANI
 

Banking
Totally Out Of Africa
The quarter-century-old Indo-Zambia Bank is a trendsetter across the continent, reports DEVIRUPA MITRA from Lusaka READ »

 
 
Appraisal
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The Man Who Did Too Much

By SHANTANU GUHA RAY
Power
» By Led Liberated
By KUNAL MAJUMDER
 
 

Festival
Don’t Just Say Cheese!
A huge new festival is changing our perception of French culture as inaccessible, says TRISHA GUPTA READ»

 

 

 

Books

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‘India Has Often Rejected A Politics Of Polarisation’

By GAURAV JAIN

Books

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Down With The Social Flu

  By DEVANGSHU DUTTA
 
 

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

 





Innovation
Clothes that save lives
An innovative range of organic cotton clothing treated with herbal extracts protects the wearer from bacterial infections, reports DIKSHA GROVER Read »

 
  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 »

 


 

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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