Letters Movie Review Restaurant Review Secret Diary Seven Days SECTIONS National Hyderabad Blues TV channels focussed on the controversy surrounding Sania Mirza and not on the tragedy unfolding... Calcutta Corner The Bangabhushan. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee explained that the award was started to honour... Shadow Lines Chilling accounts of rape survivors in the Jat-Muslim riot that changed the contours of the... Traumatic Questions The rape of a child in an upscale school sees a vocal expression of rage in the city International 'Israel Provoked This Bloodshed' The Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University on the ongoing military action... The Fireman And The Arsonist An Israeli point of view: Israel is dealing with a situation that no other democratic country... A Gaza Stripped Anew Bibi continues with his unequal war, on the back of an exaggerated Hamas threat The Last Kibbutz People living on the Israeli border learn to live with war. A first-person account. Business Suicide Bombers Over Gaza Let’s add economic suicide to the list of what we have to worry about. Which suicide hotline... Another Silent Spring? Neonicotinoids appear to have devastating effects across the natural world: we need a global... Cut Price Ticket The FM has staked budget-balancing on growth. It can be tricky. Nipped In The Budget Long on hype, short on delivery. That in sum is Jaitley’s maiden financial statement. Society The Ramzaan Platter This is perhaps one of the best times to walk through the labyrinth of lanes and by-lanes in... Rohinton F. Dotiwala Saala idiot log chhe! Cannot distinguish between dhoti, ‘doti’, ‘lungi’ and ‘veshti’. Eat Food, Leave Fish Alone Marine life breeds during monsoon. Marine biologists recognise ‘over-exploitation’ as the top... Raghavendra Rathore The fashion designer on the dhoti controversy and how it can be high fashion. Sports The Swing Thing Is Bhuvi that long-lost seaming all-rounder? Shaping Our Football Story For many years now, football in India has suffered from the apathy of the state and corporates.... Stuart Binny Am I a seaming all-rounder? Ian Chappell wondered what I was doing in a Test match. Maria Sharapova Never knew not knowing Sachin was a crime in India. Arts & Entertainment Hate Story 2 For some films just watching the trailer is enough, there’s nothing more to them. This is one... Amit Sahni Ki List Another film for which the promo makes a more than sufficient watch. Chak De Pollywood Punjabi cinema takes the big leap, getting eyeballs and profits Anupam Kher The actor on The Anupam Kher Show—Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai and why celebrities aren’t larger-than-life... Books Beyond The Deshabrati A large family, a ravaged peasantry, a Calcutta mansion play roles in a novel set in Bengal... ‘My Job Was To Debunk Theories In The Book’ The author of Flight MH370: The Mystery on his book on the missing plane Her Story, I Told You So Spare, incandescently passionate, straining conventions, Meena Kandasamy reignites the Kilvenmany... Bibliofile Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014), R.I.P. RANTS & RAVES