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What a farmhouse is to the well-heeled of Delhi, a house in Alibag is to Mumbai’s.
By Anvar Alikhan
the Secret Diary of
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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 Gallup CEO, on India’s falling poll scores
movie review
After a long time, here’s a Hollywood film that gets wolf-whistles and catcalls in Indian theatres
bangalore restaurant
Anglo-India has just made a culinary comeback in unsuspecting Indiranagar, Bangalore
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gag on media
Alarmed by its proactive role, the three ‘pillars’ of our democracy set out to weaken the fourth estate
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 jump cut Who Strains On A Short Leash?Much of our serious journalism involves being dictated to by the powers that be. So why all the fuss? Uttam Sengupta |
 opinion Watched On Our WatchThe media must take a hard look at how it has conducted itself Vinod Mehta |
Al Jazeera Follow The TickerIn its second avatar here, will Al Jazeera play down its viral style? Pranay Sharma |
 jump cut When The Mirror Looks BackA sock on the jaw or a warm hug depending on whose side you are on K.S. Dakshina Murthy |
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EXCLUSIVE: first person Op westend
Mathew Samuel, the journalist behind Operation Westend which felled Bangaru Laxman and George Fernandes, on how it upturned his life
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pakistan: siachen
Kayani’s steep climbdown on Siachen awaits an Indian response
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interview
Afghan foreign minister on Indo-Afghan relations and the challenges before Afghanistan.
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profile
The older Ambani bahu goes through an image makeover. Not only is she looking the part, she is also playing it to the hilt.
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opinion
The Northeast must not internalise victimhood even as it fights racism
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education: gap year
Gappers swim against the current. But it isn’t the call of Bohemia they heed.
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politics: food
Dalits, OBCs in India’s colleges are using beef as a symbol of a resurgent identity
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health: nutrition
Double fortified salt is a good idea but...
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housing: RWAs
Drunk on power, RWAs are exceeding their brief
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artscape: kalakshetra
There’s an ill wind blowing in Kalakshetra. Does it portend a blighted season ahead?
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tribute
There is not going to be any curtain call to Zohraji’s act; she shall remain an inspiration for ever.
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Review
Pico Iyer’s fevered imagination effetely harps on Graham Greene, nourishes a father complex, in this prolix effort
Vikram Sundarji on The Man Within My Head By Pico Iyer
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Review
An extremely readable attempt to capture the spirit and evolution of our Hindi films through essays on its superstars
Anil Dharker on Bollywood’s Top 20: Superstars Of Indian Cinema
Edited By Bhaichand Patel
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books: humour
A first look at ‘Wit and Wisdom’, a new compilation from ‘The Parsee Punch’, a London ‘Punch’ clone, published from 1854 to the 1930s.
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