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 »

 

Before Night Falls
What is more embarrassing for AMU— gay love or violation of human rights? READ>>


Bloodbaths And Military Tango
General Kayani’s assertions and the Pune blast have big geopolitical implications READ>>


The Tharoor running commentary

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


‘I Always Say Collateral Damage Has A Human Face. This Time, I Am One’
Is 24. He is an engineer and lives in Noida READ »


The Gene Gun At Your Head
How can a lowly vegetable be an issue of national security? Is there a foreign hand in your belly? SHOMA CHAUDHURY lays bare the complex story of Bt brinjal and how it affects you READ »



Intifada In Paradise
Armed with just stones, the protesters in the Kashmir Valley have got the government in a tizzy, reports PARVAIZ BUKHARI READ »


Coming To Grips With Freedom

LAST WEEK, TEHELKA published stories of four ordinary men branded as terrorists and jailed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Continuing with the series, BRIJESH PANDEY profiles two more “terrorists”, recently freed by the lower courts, who are struggling to overcome their trauma READ»


Dial M For Maoists
By SAROJ GIRI, Academic
If the government is honest, it must engage the maoists in talks and not spurn Kishenji’s unconditional offer READ»


Saffron Turnaround

By SWAPAN DASGUPTA, Senior Journalist
Gadkari has begun the process of wiping out Rajnath Singh’s legacy READ »




 


In Cold Blood
‘Omar Regime Is An Extension Of Indian Security Agencies’
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti tells PARVAIZ BUKHARI that booking stone-pelters under harsh laws would worsen the situation READ»


Letter
Be Your Father’s Son
An open letter to Amitabh Bachchan from Najid Hussain, the son-in-law of late MP Ahsan Jafri who was killed in mob violence in Ahmedabad READ »

 


Film
‘Research For MNIK Opened My Mind To The World’
With his latest film, My Name Is Khan, Karan Johar, who was once a byword for the big and splashy wedding, makes a vary public shift. Excerpts of an interview with SHOMA CHAUDHURY READ »

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Crime
Hidden Hand Of The Law
Mumbai’s ‘patriotic don’ could be behind the recent killings, with official backing, reports RANA AYYUB READ »


 
Profile
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‘Amar Singh Was An Inner Contradiction’

By SEEMA MUSTAFA
 
Special Report
» Stir, My Beloved Country
By SAMRAT CHAKRABARTI
 

Automobile
The Hero On Two Wheels
Pawan Munjal tells SHANTANU GUHA RAY why he thinks Hero Honda will keep winning the two-wheeler race in India READ »

 
 
Scam
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Another Satyam?

By SHANTANU GUHA RAY
Tulsi
» Azamgarh’s Healing Herb
By AP SINGH
 
 

IPR
A Royalty Pain
Musicians and lyricists love it. Producers hate it. What is this mystery law cleaving Bollywood into two raging camps? RISHI MAJUMDER tells all READ»

 

 

 

Paintball

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Just Shoot Me

By NISHITA JHA

Books

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Epic Failures

  By VISHNUPRIYA SENGUPTA
 
 

Education
Too Tired To Teach
They travel long hours — on foot, carts and cycles, leaving home and kids. Photographer SHAILENDRA PANDEY tracks the lives of women teaching in government schools in rural Uttar Pradesh READ»

 
 

Woman Empowerment

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No Mad Women In The Attic

By NEHA DIXIT

In The Doc

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Orissa’s Little Camera Strikes Home

By AMAR KANWAR


Supreme Court's warning to the Chhattisgarh Government, by Neha Dixit

 
 





Follow-up
A murder riddled with holes
The irony is that slain lawyer Shahid Azmi came to fame exposing police lapses, says RANA AYYUB Read »

 
  Opinion
Ride — Up in Flames
By SHAHINA KK
Chithra Lekha is a subaltern who dared to speak — and faced erasure Read »
 
 

image Women's Reservation
‘We may even have to do without the Act later’
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tells SHOBHITA NAITHANI that women’s empowerment is impossible without the women's reservation bill Read »

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Troubled tales from the sea
An international fact-finding team visited Alang and took note of how toxic-laden vessels were beaching in Gujarat, reports GOPAL KRISHNA 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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