HEADLINES
Curfew reimposed in Jammu after fresh violence
India urged to sign CTBT by UN organisation
Sushil, Vijender brighten-up India's Olympic hopes
Goa minister earns Nitish's ire for anti-Bihari remark
CJI wants high court judges to declare assets
Industrial stir hits Left-ruled West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura
At least 45 dead in Madrid jet crash
Russia to pullout from Georgia on Friday
Musharraf denies reports of leaving Pakistan
India beats Sri Lanka by three wickets
Week In Pictures
J&K tensions escalated as the government went into retreat mode, Musharraf finally resigned as Pak President, Michael Phelps made history at Olympics, as did India by assuring itself of at least two bronze medals in addition to a gold earlier and other pictures from the week August 13 to 20, 2008
Web | Aug 20, 2008
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CITY SNIPPETS
PUSHPA IYENGAR
Chennai Corner
As many as 40,000 infants die every year within a month of their birth in Tamil Nadu. Just because Chennai is a metro city with malls and metrosexual men, it does not mean attitudes towards girl children are any different...
Web | Aug 20, 2008
 BEIJING BEAT
MICHAEL PHELPS
Pure Gold
"Your son will never be able to focus on anything… He's not gifted. Michael can't sit still, Michael can't be quiet, Michael can't focus," Debbie Phelps was told by her son's kindergarten teacher. But, as it turns out, Michael can rock..
ROHIT MAHAJAN
Web | Aug 17, 2008
 MANMOHAN SINGH
'Divisive Politics Will Lead Us Nowhere'
'I appeal to all political parties to keep the long term interests of Jammu and Kashmir in view and come together to find a permanent solution to the problems of the state... Dividing people in the name of religion can complicate these issues further which can also pose a threat to the unity and integrity of the country.'
Web | Aug 15, 2008
 LAST PAGE
Boston Diary
This has to be America's finest city. I know, I know, New York is bigger and more worldly. Miami has a great climate. Chicago's architecture is stunning and Los Angeles has...well, okay then, forget LA...
DANIEL LAK
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HOME MINISTRY
A Natural Calamity
In J&K, a blundering Union home minister has made the worst of a bad situation
SMITA GUPTA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008 |
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 OPINION
PRAVEEN SWAMI
J&K's Holy War
In 1947, Mahatma Gandhi had seen in Kashmir "a ray of hope in the darkness", as communal harmony held against the tide of mutual carnage that was afflicting other parts of the country. Today, J&K desperately needs leaders who can point its people in a direction where they might, once again, discover a glimmer of hope.
Web | Aug 19, 2008
 BANGALORE BYTE
M.S. PRABHAKARA
A Kannadiga In Kamarup
It is very rare that a journalist allows a complete transformation of his identity and acquires a new self to sincerely report a society, its people and their struggles. Usually it works the other way round. Wherever they go, people try to retain their identity or carry their linguistic and cultural baggage...
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
Web | Aug 20, 2008
FOR THE RECORD
SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI
'An Eye-Witness'
Text of the written statement made by the former aide to prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, and currently aide to Lal Krishna Advani, before the parliamentary committee probing the cash-for-votes scandal on 22 July 2008
Web | Aug 18, 2008
 PAKISTAN
B. RAMAN
Post Mush Blues
The Pakistan army's on the defensive vis-a-vis the political class after the humiliating exit of Musharraf. Who would be in charge of the nuclear arsenal, with Al Qaeda on the prowl? Are Nawaz and Zardari up to the task ahead? What role will the US play?
Web | Aug 19, 2008
 VIEW FROM BRITAIN
GEORGE MONBIOT
The Magic Pudding
The US does not really have a foreign policy. It has a series of domestic policies which it projects beyond its borders. That they threaten the world with 57 varieties of destruction is of no concern to the current administration. The only question of interest is who gets paid and what the political kickbacks will be.
Web | Aug 19, 2008
 TRIBUTE
MAHMOUD DARWISH
The Anger, The Longing, The Hope
During the funeral ceremony in Ramallah he was referred to again and again as "the Palestinian National Poet". But he was much more than that. He was the embodiment of the Palestinian destiny. His personal fate coincided with the fate of his people.
URI AVNERY
Web | Aug 18, 2008
COLLATION
B. RAMAN
Indian Mujahideen = SIMI
The Gujarat Police announced on August 16, 2008, the identification and arrests of 10 activists who they claim formed the hard core of a larger group of SIMI activists, who had planned and carried out the blasts in Ahmedabad, under the name of Indian Mujahideen.
Web | Aug 17, 2008
 TRIBUTE
MAHADEV HARIBHAI DESAI
Price Of Freedom
He was much more than a secretary to Gandhi. On various occasions he has been described as Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Gandhi's Buddha-- his relationship with Gandhi is a taxonomic puzzle.
VENU MADHAV GOVINDU
Web | Aug 15, 2008
 OPINION
K.V. BAPA RAO
Their Free Speech And Ours
Perhaps the best single word to describe India's collective attitude towards free expression, and civil liberties in general, is 'confused'. Just like, one might say, India's attitude towards the United States, where the right to free speech is virtually absolute and positive.
Web | Aug 14, 2008
 POP SOCIOLOGY
AJITH PILLAI
The Teen Scene
It is difficult to read the pulse of young India, especially if the kids consider you old if you are 25 plus. If you're 16, urbane, and upwardly mobile, how do you assert your Independence? By either being different, or indifferent? A look at some of the sub cultures
Web | Aug 15, 2008
CITY SNIPPETS
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR
Kolkata Korner
'Kolkata Korner', with yours truly as the writer, draws to a close with this. It has been exciting and very rewarding to note, observe, rant at, condemn, oppose, praise, run down and hold up so many events, trends, personas and traits over the past couple of years....
Web | Aug 14, 2008
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EXCLUSIVE LAW: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
India's Best Kept Secret
The Official Secrets Act, the state's regressive omerta code, was never
notified. It isn't actually a law!
SAIKAT DATTA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
SEPOY MUTINY: DISPUTE
The First Martyr
A sepoy rebelled in 1824. But was it India's first anti-Brit mutiny?
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
PENSIONS: REFORMS
Solace In The Autumn
It's glitches galore. But at least there's now a roadmap charted to streamline pensions.
ARTI SHARMA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 OPINION
PREM SHANKAR JHA
India's Phantom Limb Is Paining Again
The trouble is that this time it wasn't separatists who sparked the fire
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
JAMMU & KASHMIR VIOLENCE
The Funeral Season
One decision gone awry and differences between Jammu and the Valley start a fire
WAHID BUKHARI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
J&K VIOLENCE
Fritter Away The Hard-Won Fruit
Quibbling J&K netas end up realising Pakistan's prolonged pursuit: a bitter separation of minds
SEEMA SIROHI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
COVER STORY
Now, Midas...Shooting For Gold
So, Abhinav Bindra displays no emotion. Isn't that why he could tap into his real mettle and get home a gold?
ROHIT MAHAJAN
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF
The Exit Sign
The numbers don't look good. First Pak president to be impeached?
AMIR MIR
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 NOTES FROM SWITZERLAND
Those 40 Secs
The time I signed my life away to a parajump...and survived
SUNIT ARORA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
OIL PRICING PANEL REPORT
What Price Caution?
A panel report on oil prices prescribes drastic reforms
LOLA NAYAR
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
WILDLIFE: BIO-PIRACY
Insect Thieves
Scientists and traders are plundering our forests for rare insects that can be smuggled
SHRUTI RAVINDRAN
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
KARNATAKA : CASTE SURVEY
Is That What Really Counts?
Both corporates & politicians are opposed to a pioneering survey
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
MEDICINE: TREATMENT MANUAL
Chemical Alley
Doctors will soon get a template for treatment
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 10 QUESTIONS
PRAKASH AMTE, MANDAKINI AMTE
Prakash & Mandakini Amte
The son and daughter-in-law of Baba Amte on their work in Hemalkasa, Maharashtra, and the Magsaysay award
SNIGDHA HASAN
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
REVIEW
And So The Qawwali Meets The Meera Bhajan
Don't be distracted by his novelist reputation; Amit Chaudhuri proves to be an incisive cultural critic
Alok Rai on Clearing A Space Reflections On Literature, Culture And India by Amit Chaudhuri
ALOK RAI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
REVIEW
Hymn: An Aural History
A scholar-gypsy's guided tour through Vedic country
Sunil Menon on Discovering The Vedas Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights by Frits Staal
SUNIL MENON
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
REVIEW
The Sepia River
Impossible longing, viraha, is the tenebrous core of Indian imagination. This book gives us the innocuous sepia version, lovely and painless
Kalpish Ratna on An Atlas Of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
KALPISH RATNA
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 GOSSIP
Bibliofile
Is daughter Upinder as dull and dreary a speaker as Papa Manmohan? Should authors drink or not during their book event?
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
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 BOLLYWOOD
Crown Prince Akki
Akshay has conquered the Bollywood throne. His latest film has grossed a net of Rs 29 crore in the first weekend. Move over, OSO.
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 WEB EXCLUSIVE
'Our Industry Has Had Only One King: Mr Bachchan'
'It's been 40 years and he is still ruling,' says the man everyone is calling the new King.
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 COLUMN
RAJINDER PURI
Bull's Eye
Musharraf has played all his cards. He has painted himself into a corner. In the ultimate analysis, he was never reconciled to India.
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 MOVIE REVIEW
Kuselan
The mistake lies in trying to turn a non-Rajni film into a Rajni epic. But there are no trademark dialogues delivered with panache and punch
SANDHYA RAMAN
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
WEB EXCLUSIVE
SRIDHAR RAGHAVAN
'Simple. He Connects'
The script-writer of Chandni Chowk to China on Akshay Kumar: 'Like the best of performers, he isn't just cool, he has created the new definition of cool...'
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Aug 25, 2008
 Glitterati
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news.
 GOSSIP
Polscape
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas that you've gotta know.
 RANTS & RAVES
The Pulverised Core
Published letters from the magazine
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