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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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gossip
What is this about book-clubs and Anger of Aubergines by Bulbul Sharma? Not to talk of Gandhi and the Saraladevi episode...
Making A Difference
One organisation's three-decade-long fight against poverty and ignorance in Pune's slums
Movie: review
Takes us through four stories about frail relationships that show how diverse destinies can get intertwined
10 Questions
Founder and artistic director of Alter Ego Productions, which recently staged David Freeman's play A First Class Man in New York.
column
The BJP in government had no differences with the Congress on the nuclear deal, on economic reforms or on Pakistan. The Left Front opposes the first two...
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cover story: crime
What turned Moninder Singh Pandher
and his man Friday Surindra Koli into
bloodthirsty fiends?
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assam: violence
A marauding ULFA again. The Centre must now rethink strategy.
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west bengal
Its own people are angry with the CPI(M)
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west bengal: sezs
As Buddha squirms, the UPA plans a new national rehabilitation policy. Will it work?
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tamil nadu: sops
Now, free LPG—it's populism on high flame
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newsbag
Saparmurat Niyazov, Ardh Kumbh, Momofoku Ando, Iwao Takamoto, Keith Ellison & Plutoed
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bangladesh: elections
Democracy is held hostage by Dhaka's scheming politicians
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saddam hussein: aftermath
The dictator's death is just one stride in the US' imperial plans. But the future now is boggier.
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india: UN
India pegs back UNSC dreams to a non-permanent seat
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stockmarkets: FIIs
With the tax-free status of FIIs under the scanner, many be wary of investing further
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m&As: hutch & Corus
In this cold January, much heat is being generated in the corporate arena as Hutch goes up for sale and Tatas size up CSN for Corus
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top quark
In theory, you can travel back in time. The risk is, would you be you?
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opinion
The Quran does prescribe purdah. That doesn't mean women should obey it.
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cricket
After the high of winning the first-ever Test match in South Africa, India hit rock bottom. Is there a cure at all now?
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theatre: indo-pak productions
The two Punjabs act as one when it comes to love of theatre
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shilpa shetty: on Brit reality TV
Will the Channel 4 show finally turn the starlet into a star? She's sure working on it. More Coverage | |
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Review
So, you thought you knew all about Gandhi. His grandson tells us there was more to the man.
Khushwant Singh on Mohandas: A True Story Of A Man, His People And An Empire By Rajmohan Gandhi
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Review
In which the reviewer imitates the book's technique, avoiding straightforward prose for "something more creative"...
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