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cover story: p. chidambaram

The Flint In The Mosaic

Even in the malleable worldview of the UPA, one man causes unease

Aug 02, 2010

| Saba Naqvi
cover story: p. chidambaram

The Campus Interrogation Centre

Two research scholars at JNU manage to ask the home minister some uncomfortable questions

Aug 02, 2010

| Anuradha Raman
The goof-ups

The Trip Meter

Expectations were sky-high when P. Chidambaram took over from Shivraj Patil against the dark backdrop of 26/11. But...

Aug 02, 2010

| Smruti Koppikar Saba Naqvi Saikat Datta Madhavi Tata Pranay Sharma

diplomacy: indo-pak talks

Scenes From A Wreckage

A babbling India, unsure of what it wanted, pulls in many directions. Is there a coherent Pakistan policy at all?

Aug 02, 2010

| Pranay Sharma
- The Diplomat’s Pakistan Stumble
- It’s The Monofocals
sport: basketball

Slam Dunk, Anyone?

Corporates and the NBA are betting big on basketball. Is India in the hoop?

Aug 02, 2010

| Rohit Mahajan
Ghaziabad: pf scam judiciary

Courting A Quiet Burial?

The CBI chargesheet in the PF scam has three strange omissions

Aug 02, 2010

| Chandrani Banerjee
opinion

The Backchannel In Front

Indian soaps, a hit in Pakistan, are cultural factors to reckon with

Aug 02, 2010

| Sudhir Sitapati
politics: kashmir

Neutron Valley

Voices are raised against coercion and stones

Aug 02, 2010

| Showkat A. Motta
fashion: small towns

Bunty, Babli, Gucci

Tier-IV towners sport designer best courtesy net shopping portals

Aug 02, 2010

| Arpita Basu
politics: W. Bengal

Deep In The Red

33 years of the Left leave a state in tatters

Aug 02, 2010

| Dola Mitra
bollywood: Small cinema

Learner’s Licence

Debutant directors and their small films are winning accolades

Aug 02, 2010

| Namrata Joshi
- 'The First Of Its Kind Internet Theatre'
Indian Railways: mishaps

Emergency: Break Glass

Mamata hides behind her sabotage theory

Aug 02, 2010

| Amba Batra Bakshi Dola Mitra
environment: vultures

The Flight Plan

The Pinjore vulture breeding centre may save the endangered bird

Aug 02, 2010

| Neha Bhatt
opinion

A Rich Vein Of Avarice

Older hands shaped the cunning bluster of Jaganmohan, the Reddys

Aug 02, 2010

| Neelabh Mishra
Mind Your Body

Right Foot Forward

Sweat it out’, we are told, burn some fat. True lies.

Aug 02, 2010

| Rujuta Diwekar
review

Light Thru The Scaffolding

A top architect casts a lucid eye on the dispiriting welter of our cities; his insights can make a difference

Aug 02, 2010

| Gautam Bhatia (Architect)
review

Avatar One

Elegant, gently funny, and filled with startling images. The quibble? This little jewel of a travelogue is all too brief

Aug 02, 2010

| Mitali Saran
cover story: p. chidambaram

The Flint In The Mosaic

Even in the malleable worldview of the UPA, one man causes unease

Aug 02, 2010

| Saba Naqvi
- The Campus Interrogation Centre
- The Trip Meter
controversy: sezs

SEZ La Guerre?

With tax breaks likely to be tweaked, the SEZ charm seems to be on the wane

Aug 02, 2010

| Lola Nayar
automobiles

Lads After The Tallboys

Auto firms rustle up an Indian dish: the mini-SUV, to sate, and whet, our big-car aspirations

Aug 02, 2010

| Arindam Mukherjee
- Who Scared Br’er Rabbit?

10 questions

Geeta Anand

The Pulitzer prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter on her book, The Cure, which inspired the Hollywood film, Extraordinary Measures

Aug 02, 2010

| Sheela Reddy
Gossip

Bibliofile

Many likely contenders thrown out of the Crossword Prize fiction shortlist. Litfest party time begins from October...

Aug 02, 2010

| Outlook
Abbottabad Diary

Bidding me farewell, my wife is concerned that “They” might start asking why I am visiting Pakistan so often. It is my fourth trip in four months...

Aug 02, 2010

| Mani Shankar Aiyar
review

Avatar One

Elegant, gently funny, and filled with startling images. The quibble? This little jewel of a travelogue is all too brief

Aug 02, 2010

| Mitali Saran
review

Light Thru The Scaffolding

A top architect casts a lucid eye on the dispiriting welter of our cities; his insights can make a difference

Aug 02, 2010

| Gautam Bhatia (Architect)
The Secret Diary Of

Suresh Kalmadi

The other night I dreamt that all the participating nations had boycotted the Games...

Aug 02, 2010

| Ajith Pillai
showtime

Udaan

An outstanding criss-cross of relationships between three men about the house

Aug 02, 2010

| Namrata Joshi
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