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One thing one misses in England nowadays is the wit that seemed a national characteristic up to the ’90s...
By Anvar Alikhan
the Secret Diary of
Some pages of this secret diary are torn. That is only natural because I am still in a state of rage...
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas
Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats
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10 Questions
The politician and ICCR president debuted on stage as a singer recently
Movie Review
Mostly a surface run, not so much about Thatcherism as on the ghosts of her past.
Movie Review
The language and humour are real; the milieu predictable. But in that couch of familiarity and predictability lies the film’s spirit
gossip
Bloomsbury, publisher of the Harry Potter books, is the latest international publisher to set up shop in India...
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EXCLUSIVE interview
Speaking out for the first time, the Army Chief clears the air on the fracas over his date of birth and many other issues
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 analysis The Creeping BarrageThe military fumes. The MoD establishes a beachhead. And India loses. Chandra Suta Dogra |
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madhya pradesh: family planning
Women and impoverished, illiterate tribals fall prey to Madhya Pradesh’s overweening family planning zeal
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ngos: controversy
The PM’s suspicion of external influence in NGOs belie old fixities and current practices
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 jump cut ‘Foreign’ PolicyThe hypocrisy from the head of a supposedly democratic government betrays an intolerance for democratic dissent Neelabh Mishra |
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presidency: the longlist
Political guy or corporate czar, actor or activist? Outlook weighs a few names
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rajasthan: mining
After Haryana ban, illegal mining shifts to Sikar’s hills
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opinion
The Bhopal activist who was “snooped on” by Dow talks first-hand
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pakistan: balochistan
Balochistan is a tinderbox of complex history, brutality and bad blood
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 jump cut The Unheard DroneThe reaction to a resolution in the US congress shows how vulnerable pakistan is on balochistan. Francis Elliot |
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opinion
The Kingfisher bailout smacks of crony capitalism. What else is new?
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opinion
Justice Katju should stop treating the media like spoiled children or undertake ego trips to further his own, or the government’s, objectives
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eye on society: 24/7 creches
Weary working mom and a dusty baby? Look to all-night creches
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health: vitamins
Doctors are waking up to the dangers of taking vitamin supplements in excess
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Mind your body
Eat to nourish your being—don’t eat to distract yourself from boredom or depressing company.
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hockey: a fresh turn
A reversion to older style put the shine back on Indian hockey. Still, it’s far from a revival.
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opinion
As a silent film gets its moment at the Oscars, how does our own take from the ’80s, Pushpak, hold up? As it happens, very well indeed.
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kerala: movies
A star son’s debut, a Mollywood thriller
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Review
All this book needed was to be treated like a book in its own right, out of the column straitjacket
Annie Zaidi on The Other Country: Dispatches From The Moffusil By Mrinal Pande
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Review
A startlingly accomplished first novel, a stunning debut that ventures bravely into terrain where seasoned writers fear to tread
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