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For students of modern history, Berlin stands for war—the wars of German unification, WWI and WWII and, the Cold War
By Talmiz Ahmad
the Secret Diary of
My lawyer told me I should ‘soo’ Outlook. I’ll do one better. I’ll go to their office and make ‘soo soo’ on the copies.
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 Chennai-based musician and creator of Carnatica, a one-stop Indian classical music portal, on his next venture, Carnatica Radio, and the eighth edition of the Bharat Sangeet Utsav
Movie Review
An inward-looking, personal tale of passion, trust, betrayal and retribution. “Old dog” has “new tricks”.
Gossip
Penguin-Random is official, Ruchir Sharma won the Tata Literature First Book Award and the NaMo bio seems like a real winner
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book excerpts
Tracking that species of Hindutvawadi, obsessively trolling the Net, looking for slights to the faith
Ramachandra Guha | Extracts from Patriots And Partisans By Ramachandra Guha
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‘internet hindus’ Shiva’s TridentsAbrasive, savvy, right-wing, ubiquitous—they’re ‘Internet Hindus’ Debarshi Dasgupta |
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EXCLUSIVE: Vadra-dlf deal new questions
New questions—on original licence, location, resale—for Vadra’s land
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Congress: the gandhis
As scandals reach the Gandhi family door, is the First Family’s halo finally waning?
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bjp: the rss stand
The RSS supremo goes to bat for his boy Gadkari
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opinion
The more you read the details, the more America’s ironies bedevil you
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foreign: india-us ties The World Is HorizontalObama II promises continuity in ties, but a poll-wary India isn’t ambitious Pranay Sharma, Ashish Kumar Sen |
us elections: the clintons Big Dog At The PlateBill Clinton played a big hand in Obama’s late surge. Has it set up Hillary for 2016? Seema Sirohi |
 opinion The Archon Speaks Obama’s victory speech reminds Indians what they are missing out on Saba Naqvi |
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business: e-retail
Online retail is booming, but firms must zero in on a profitable model
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muslims: media
An English daily for Muslims is planned
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trends: belly dancing
Forget shaking your bon-bons. Belly up!
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Mind your body
A week of indulgence never made anyone fat. Plan ahead and eat all the mithai you want
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television: CID
In its 15th year, crime drama CID continues to prove the drawing power of reductive logic
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opinion
Naipaul’s passe, our national secularism project needs new legs
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Review
A set of common lives helps Akash Kapur examine the ruction and the changes set off by liberal reforms
Sunit Arora on India Becoming: A Journey Through A Changing Landscape By Akash Kapur
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Review
A slim volume, leisurely in pace, well-informed and felicitously written
Anvar Alikhan on The Wave Rider: A Chronicle Of The Information Age By Ajit Balakrishnan
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