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Subscript Writers

A note and the conundrums around it underline the power play within the Cabinet

Oct 10, 2011

| Saba Naqvi
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Visible Ink, Invisible Link

Whose words? Who saw them? Cui bono?

Oct 10, 2011

| A Correspondent
2G probe

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained?

The inbox is full. But the legal war is a function of the political one.

Oct 10, 2011

| Arindam Mukherjee
2G probe

Going On A Loop

The CBI probe has been a tad unsavoury so far

Oct 10, 2011

| Outlook

opinion

The Iron Man’s Masque

Advani’s ambition is forced to take the NDA route—via Bihar

Oct 10, 2011

| Neelabh Mishra
profile

His Barony, Undermined

With G. Janardhana Reddy’s arrest, will the mineshaft collapse on the Bellary brothers?

Oct 10, 2011

| Sugata Srinivasaraju
essay: freedom of media

Dead Men Talking

The Indian state can silence the living, not the voice of the silent

Oct 10, 2011

| Arundhati Roy
probe: cash-for-votes

Trap In Reverse

Despite arrests, stasis stalls the cash-for-votes scam probe

Oct 10, 2011

| Debarshi Dasgupta

pakistan: haqqani network

Haqqani Reader

The force that’s impeding America’s Afghan plans and aiding those of Pakistan

Oct 10, 2011

| Amir Mir
- The Uneasy Air Over Waziristan

kerala: labour

No Look-Wages!

A minister vows to root out ‘nokkukooli’

Oct 10, 2011

| Minu Ittyipe
opinion

Assembly Line Philanthropy

Laud, not lambast, civil society-private sector social initiatives

Oct 10, 2011

| Amitabh Behar
history: the rupee

Minted In A Sepia Tone

The RBI, in its 75th year, indulges itself in a wistfully nostalgic trip down memory lane

Oct 10, 2011

| Lola Nayar
economy: currency

Expensive Note

The falling rupee is no cause for cheer

Oct 10, 2011

| Lola Nayar

interview

“I’m Still A Romantic At Heart”

The Paris you meet in her personal space is not the model "who makes love to the camera" but an ambitious businesswoman

Oct 10, 2011

| Neena Haridas
society: business etiquette

The Fork In Thy Hand

As the new-age executive plays catch up, finishing schools flourish

Oct 10, 2011

| Arpita Basu
tradition: lucknow

Those City Ravanas

A unique Ramlila, organised and acted out by Muslims, won’t be held this year

Oct 10, 2011

| Namrata Joshi
- Other Rivulets To The Stream
Mind your body

That Plastic Smile Won’t Do!

Plastic pollutes the adult body too but is more damaging to children

Oct 10, 2011

| Rujuta Diwekar

bcci: transparency

We’d Like To See The Score

The BCCI has been coddled with many privileges, and no accountability. The RTI Act might change that.

Oct 10, 2011

| Rohit Mahajan

10 Questions

Shoaib Akhtar

The Rawalpindi Express, on his autobiography Controversially Yours

Oct 10, 2011

| Rohit Mahajan
gossip

Bibliofile

Are translations breaking out of their ghetto? Three novels by regional heavyweights appear in a mainstream literary prize shortlist

Oct 10, 2011

| Outlook
Last Page

Havelock Diary

I would wager that nobody in India could spot Havelock island without a bit of help from Google maps

Oct 10, 2011

| Suresh Selvaraj
Review

Take A Techie Like That!

A history of India’s largest IT employer is laden with unknown detail, with a dash of entrepreneurial wisdom

Oct 10, 2011

| Rashmi Bansal
Review

Heated Affair

V.S. Naipaul has called Taseer "a young writer to watch." I am relieved to find something said by Naipaul recently that I can endorse again, fully

Oct 10, 2011

| Tabish Khair
Review

Going Concerns

Uneven the collection may be, like collections invariably are, yet well worth reading for some excellent stories.

Oct 10, 2011

| Shashi Deshpande
the Secret Diary of

Shoaib Akhtar

I said to myself: “Hey Shoaib, you are an author now!” And once asleep, I dreamt I am a novelist. My new book is out (aptly titled ‘Conveniently Mine’)

Oct 10, 2011

| Ajith Pillai
Movie Review

Mausam

This story of star-crossed lovers is meant to unfold like some epic romance but collapses under the weight of its own high ambition.

Oct 10, 2011

| Namrata Joshi
Movie Review

Speedy Singhs

It has little that’s remotely surprising, most of it loaned from countless other sports films.

Oct 10, 2011

| Namrata Joshi
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