HEADLINES
Centre to SC: Ram himself destroyed Setu
CPI(M) expels Somnath Chatterjee
BJP expels MPs who voted for UPA
Left, BSP, UNPA to launch campaign against UPA
SP to send privilege notice to BJP MPs
Dera row: Bandh disrupts traffic in Punjab
Australia may back India’s N-deal at NSG
Sensex soars over 830 points
Sania, Mattek in quarter finals of East West Bank Classic
 INTERVIEW
ARUNDHATI ROY
And A Fleece That's As White As Snow
'What does it matter if I fail?' asks the Booker winner on her second novel and of course, the first work of fiction since The God of Small Things
OUTLOOK
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
SHORT STORY
The Briefing
Arundhati Roy's first work of fiction since The God of Small Things in 1997 is an allegory, a powerful fable about Climate Change, the War on Terror and Corporate Raj
ARUNDHATI ROY
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 LAST PAGE
Goa Diary
Resentment against outsiders is simmering beneath the surface and the heat is clearly being felt by non-Goans who acquired property here in
the past few years.
BISHWADEEP MOITRA
PHOTOESSAY
Week In Pictures
It was all about left and right at the centre with shifting alliances, new bed-fellows and bargaining for votes when it comes to the crucial number 272, while a Shiv Sena ex-MP was convicted for Mumbai riots and other pictures from the week 9 to 16 July
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CONFIDENCE VOTE
King Cong
That's how jubilant Congress activists are describing Manmohan Singh. But while he has most certainly won his political spurs, the taint of deals behind the deal would haunt him and his government.
SMITA GUPTA
Web | Jul 22, 2008 |
 'A Politician By Accident...'
'At his ripe old age, I do not expect Shri Advani to change his thinking. But for his sake and India's sake, I urge him at least to change his astrologers so that he gets more accurate predictions of things to come.'
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 OPINION
RAJINDER PURI
The Naked Truth
So Singh stays king with 275 for and 256 against, but it's clear that the emperor's got no clothes. It's been seen by one and all. Will this "historic debate" be a turning point?
Web | Jul 22, 2008
BOOK EXTRACTS
Hitler's Games
Berlin Olympics of 1936 finally put to rest the question mark against India's hockey supremacy. Exclusive extracts from this meticulously researched book show the role of Captain Dhyan Chand and Indian Nationalism in the Third Reich...
BORIA MAJUMDAR
Web | Jul 21, 2008
 OPINION
B. RAMAN
The Taliban Threat
If the US and NATO fail to prevail over the jihadis in the Pakistan-Afghanistan tribal belt, these tribals, fresh from their victories in that region, would move over to Kashmir to resume their jihad against India.
Web | Jul 20, 2008
 OPINION
B. RAMAN
Walking The Talk...
So the NSA has recently conveyed a tough message, but it was only Pakistan-specific. Now, we have a publicly-proclaimed doctrine, but do we have the capability to enforce it, should it become necessary?
Web | Jul 19, 2008
 VIEW FROM ISRAEL
URI AVNERY
Different Planets
Never before have I experienced the tragic conflict in such a stunning immediacy as last Wednesday, the day of the prisoner swap between the State of Israel and the Hezbollah organization.
Web | Jul 21, 2008
 OPINION
The Crime That We All Committed
Aarushi's death has thrown up villains who should be feared as much as her own killers: police, media, aam admi
MASOOMA RANALVI
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 COMMENT
RAJINDER PURI
If PM Resigns…
If a final UPA high command meeting during the weekend calculates that the government cannot cobble a majority, will the PM will quit on the 20th? What happens then?
Web | Jul 18, 2008
SNIPPETS
Kolkata Korner
Do those who criticise Kolkata and Bengalis harbour a bias against the city and the community? Before trying to look for answers to that charge, it would be worthwhile to conduct a dispassionate analysis
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR
Web | Jul 18, 2008
OPINION
SHARMISTHA GOOPTU
The Dubai-Mumbai Connection
No, we are not talking smuggling, but films. No, not controversies involving underworld finance of the Mumbai film industry or extortion money demands, but a rather more positive collaboration...
Web | Jul 18, 2008
 COMMENT
B. RAMAN
The Iranian Angle
The consequences of an Israel-Iran clash could have an impact of the forthcoming election campaign in India due to a surge of anger in the Indian Muslim community.
Web | Jul 17, 2008
 BANGALORE BYTE
M. GOPALAKRISHNA ADIGA
A Poet And The Past
What compels us to re-read a poet or a writer much after his time? Why do we go back to a particular poet or a writer? Revisiting the Kannada poet who contested a Lok Sabha election on a Jan Sangh ticket in 1971 and lost...
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
Web | Jul 17, 2008
SNIPPETS
Chennai Corner
Weeks after her meeting with Priyanka Gandhi, who sought closure for her tragedy, Nalini is still attempting to get the court to release her. But, I cannot help remembering that I was witness to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination...
PUSHPA IYENGAR
Web | Jul 17, 2008
 J&K
PRAVEEN SWAMI
Politics of Hate
J&K's syncretic traditions have been increasingly marginalised. A neoconservative Islam shaped by west-Asian petro-dollars, often channelled through Pakistani agencies, has acquired primacy. Hindutva's helped the Islamist project along...
Web | Jul 16, 2008
 OPINION
DILIP HIRO
Oil On The Boil
The current oil shock, the fourth of its kind in the past three-and-a-half decades, and the deadliest so far, shows every sign of continuing for a long, long stretch.
Web | Jul 16, 2008
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 FOR THE RECORD
L.K. ADVANI
'The Prime Minister Has Personally Destabilised His Own Government'
'This Trust Vote is not about the Nuclear Deal alone. Indeed, no Trust Vote is only about a single issue. It is always about the totality of the government's performance'
Web | Jul 21, 2008
N-DEAL: TRUST VOTE
All Hands On Deck
Will Singh be king on July 22? As both sides scramble to mop up votes, worry lines appear.
SMITA GUPTA
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 OPINION
PREM SHANKAR JHA
The Moral Contortionist
Vendetta on his mind, Karat doesn't worry about undermining his party
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
THE AMBANI FEUD
Wills And Won'ts
The Ambani battle goes to the political arena. Will netas resolve what the brothers can't?
SUNIT ARORA
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
N-DEAL: TRUST VOTE
'Top Leaders Must Be More Pragmatic'
A disastrous poll just over, Bengal's comrades are livid with Karat's gung-ho withdrawal
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
EXTRACTS
Devil May Care
'Come in, 007,' said M. 'It's good to see you back.' Exclusive extracts from the brand new James Bond novel written to celebrate Ian Fleming's birth centenary.
Extracts from Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming
IAN FLEMING
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
ARMY: OFFICER SHORTAGES
Who Needs Boots?
Easing recruitment standards will prove to be the army's bane
SAIKAT DATTA
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
EXCLUSIVE NUTRITION: ICDS
Meal For Thought
PMO tells Renuka Chowdhury to abandon idea of packaged meals
ANURADHA RAMAN
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
US ELECTIONS: INDIAN AMERICANS
The Shared Past
For the Indians in the US, it's striking a chord—Obama is 'one of us'
ASHISH KUMAR SEN
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY
Shouts From The Backyard
As Maldives gasps for democracy, its opposition turns to India for help
SEEMA SIROHI
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
UK: IMMIGRATION
The Return Ticket
A licensed host has to ensure his invitees leave the UK in time
SANJAY SURI
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
METROPOLIS: MUMBAI
Aamchi Shibboleth
A civic order pushes Marathi over English, Hindi and common sense
SMRUTI KOPPIKAR
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
LIFESTYLE: NANNIES
Tata Naani, Nanny's Home Today
Trained nurses cushion the pains of motherhood for affluent Mumbaikars
PAYAL KAPADIA
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
SOCIETY: INDIAN TOURISTS
Bangkok Meri Jeb Mein
A blooming middle class belches forth more 'phoren' vacationers. And many of them have toe-curlingly awful manners.
ANJALI PURI
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 10 QUESTIONS
VIDYA BALAN
Vidya Balan
The Parineeta girl on Kismet Konnection, her forthcoming film with Shahid Kapoor
PAROMITA MUKHOPADHYAY
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 MOVIE REVIEW
The Lives Of Others
It's not historical accuracy that's crucial to the film. What works is the conceit as to how arts, aesthetics and warmth of relationships can humanise the most ruthless.
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 MOVIE REVIEW
Hancock
Despite its promising premise, some melodrama and a superwoman later it loses steam.
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Jul 28, 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.
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 COLUMN
RAJINDER PURI
Bull's Eye
Media frequently dwells on the morality of politics. Should it not consider also the politics of morality?
Magazine | Jul 28, 2008
 RANTS & RAVES
Survival Is A Basic Instinct
Published letters from the magazine
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