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| Special Issue: The Indian Male |
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ginger & ginseng
In their misplaced enthusiasm, many urban women have crossed the line and have turned into men themselves...
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From The Editor In Chief
I dare say we will, in certain quarters, be accused of insensitivity, but life has to go on ...
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the dark side
The Male Marauder lives on in India, says Soma Wadhwa. The brutalisation of women continues in both public and private spaces.
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emerging male
Survival pressure makes the young Indian male a chronic individualist, says Ajith Pillai
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photo-essay
Madhu Kapparath's zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view. Of unconventional practices and a surprising status quo. Text: Dhiraj Singh
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house husbands
Vacuum cleaners and home delivery systems have made the role-reversal easy. Times they are a-changing, and so are the numbers, writes Soutik Biswas
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Indices
Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive...
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Cover Story
He's an ill-adjusted organism in a madly careening world. Sandhya Mulchandani traces the blurry outlines of a species caught between fixed archetypes and situations sans precedents.
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doublespeak
Obviously they are far from heeding the March Hare's advice ...
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hierarchy
Khasi men are through with their matrilineal order, says Nitin A. Gokhale
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objects of desire
Kishore Singh's wishlist discusses the things we would die to own, our manna and meter, in a bygone era and in the new Information Age
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Opinion Poll
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Photoessay
Madhu Kapparath`s zoom-lens peek into the world of a gay couple projects a mixed view.
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Photoessay
Under the graffito scrawled in a men's loo—"Think about it: this is the last
preserve of men"—was the rejoinder: "Think again, signed, the cleaning lady". But there are still spheres where the female of the species are a no-no. A listing of places where the product of Adam's rib can't be heard, even if she can be seen:
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Popular Culture
Who is the real Indian male? The domesticated angry man of our films or the puppyish "suitable boys" of our soaps? Madhu Jain tries to find out.
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crass menageri
The old list of ping-pong-ball-headed Indian monkeys that Sellers drew on is now outdated. The time is ripe for a new typology of the urban post-modern Hindustani purush.
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Opinion
"What about sex?" I asked. "Yeah, what about it?" she asked.
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War of the Sexes
Men have been on to not just a good, but also a great thing all through the years of recorded and unrecorded history, bar the last 25 years...
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gujarat
Hate pays. In this state, polarisation is near-complete as the right fringe holds out the hope of future financial rewards.
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Parliament
Sayeed's ruling on the Gujarat debate has the BJP scrambling.
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essay
Who's she when she's at home?
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ppsc scandal
One man's loot could be many a bureaucrat's loss of face
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european union
New Delhi's woes increase as the Americans too join in the chorus of concern over Gujarat
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From the Middle
Ganguly must be careful about his body language, and stop changing the field after almost every delivery. It shows that he's not sure of his strategy.
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Cricket
There are now more buyers for Saurav Ganguly's "strategies" and on-field "aggression" after a thrilling victory in the second Test
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