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“What is wrong with faith?” an angry gent asked me recently. He was not a knickerwallah but a soft-spoken air force officer...
By Vinod Mehta
The Secret Diary Of
I’m a sycophant and loyalist—the perfect Congressman who can do U-turns at the drop of a hat
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gossip
10 Questions
Chef and host of TLC’s premier series World Cafe on his passion for food
Showtime
A ludicrous thriller which makes you laugh at its stupidities, plotholes and implausibilities.
Chennai Restaurant
At around Rs 650 each, the main courses are so lavish that they would do justice to one of Obelix’s banquets.
Cover Story
Karnataka
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa gets another lifeline. But till when?
The Powerpoint Plug
Karnataka
Muck.Gov.Ka
Corruption rules his government more than Yediyurappa his state
Sugata Srinivasaraju on Reddy Brothers
With A Team Like This...
N. Santosh Hegde : ‘Every Government Is More Corrupt Than The Last’
A Gold-Laden Ship: All Hands On The Deck!
opinion
Denotifying Morality
Acceptance of corruption is as much to blame as corruption itself
Narendar Pani
National
bihar: elections
Bihar is still Nitish’s battle to lose. But post-Ayodhya, the RJD-LJP team is making inroads.
opinion
A Deoband resolution on Kashmir talks sense, dispels stereotypes
opinion
The national habit of muddling through things has potent dangers
International
diplomacy: east asia
India is set to play the soft balancer between China and East Asia
Business
business: stockmarkets
SEBI is getting active in its role as regulator. Is it doing right?
Society
Tamil nadu: donation
A mystery largesse for a medical college
health: progress
A delayed fight against killer malnutrition
kerala: tea estates
A workers-led tea estate is thriving
ap: education
An excess of engineering colleges, but few students
railways: double decker trains
Indian trains seem set for a makeover
food: Urban farming
City farms are changing the urban landscape and growing food for the home too
photofeature: cwg children
These started months ahead of the “biggest sporting spectacle” in the capital...
Sports
ipl: investigations
Prime offender Lalit Modi plays fugitive as action against IPL’s excesses draws first blood
Arts & Entertainment
cinema: small town fests
Now, small towns get a taste of world and regional cinema
Books
review
B.G. Verghese is one of our most feted journalists. He tells the story of independent India as he saw it unfold.
Inder Malhotra on First Draft: Witness To The Making Of Modern India By B.G. Verghese
review
The more we try to approach the person whose name is on the cover, the less we understand of her interior world.
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