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Mr Basu’s contributions to the CPI(M) are no doubt substantial, but surely he wasn’t the man news channels and editorials mourned.
By Vinod Mehta
The Secret Diary Of
For starters, sitting in Dubai I managed to complete the script of ‘The Devil Wears Jaya Prada’...
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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showtime
Definitely most unwarranted -- the sense of humour reaches a new low.
gossip
Guess this IWE author whose royalty cheque for 2009 is Rs 45 lakh, and his earnings from his two novels Rs 3 crores
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essay
In six decades of ‘progress’ India hasn’t realised our founders’ vision of social democracy
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Opinion
Negotiation and accommodation, that’s our strength
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The Ideals
The zeal with which this nation was forged 60 years ago has given way to an obsession with attaining superpowerdom
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dr bhimrao ambedkar
From Ambavadekar to Dr Ambedkar, the shaping of India’s Dalit icon
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photo feature
A catalogue of markers of the changes we have seen in sixty years....
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Opinion
Universal suffrage, our path to social change
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advocacy
Activists realise it takes a fight to translate democracy from thin paper to thick action
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missing indians
For the Bonda tribals of Orissa, a constant struggle is on—with state and custom
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bungles
The blotches on the pages of our history
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songs
Patriotic songs and lyrics have reflected the truth of the times
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Opinion
Bilinguialism, a legacy that defines the nation today
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Opinion
Dry Gujarat says ‘cheers’ to our national hypocrisy
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R-Day parade
Is the Republic Day parade conceptually too frozen in the ’50s?
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appraisal
The man who wouldn’t go away has gone. He leaves behind a state aiming to survive its post-mortems.
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opinion
A short history of the undoing of an important political strand
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opinion
The IPL’s disregard for Pakistani cricketers is hurtful and unwise
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10 Questions
The Booker-winning Irish novelist on her first visit to India for the Jaipur litfest
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review
Colonial India’s pre-eminent image-maker led a chequered life and experimented ceaselessly
Sunil Sethi on The Painter: A Life Of Ravi Varma By Deepanjana Pal
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review
Should be on the shelf besides such classics as J.H. Williams’s Elephant Bill and P.D. Stracey’s Elephant Gold.
Ruskin Bond on The Elephant Graveyard: A True Story Of The Hunt For A Man-Killing Elephant By Tarquin Hall
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review
There has never been a better treatise on sport, ambition, achievement and physical pain.
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