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uttar pradesh: samajwadi party

The Cycle Wheel Turns

Akhilesh Yadav works hard at rebuilding Samajwadi Party’s image

Dec 12, 2011

| Sharat Pradhan
- ‘Today, You’ve To Work At Grassroots’
Pakistan: protest music

Thy Song, Great Anarch

A potato-and-egg song taking down Pak’s holy cows is a YouTube sensation. Elsewhere too, satire rules the chords.

Dec 12, 2011

| Amir Mir
book: vikram seth

The Book Of Hours

Vikram Seth’s new book, a form-defying marvel, is shaped out of his life’s ephemera

Dec 12, 2011

| Sheela Reddy
diplomacy: the buddhists

Chakras Aligned?

India woos Buddhists at global congress, China stiffens up

Dec 12, 2011

| Anjali Puri
Review

Western Disturbances

Jhabvala’s patient, conservative art takes in rich America, showbiz, India in ways sparkling and sedate

Dec 12, 2011

| Sunil Sethi
society: shoplifting

Itchy Fingers

A nation of shoplifters? The No. 1 tag does not rest easy.

Dec 12, 2011

| Arpita Basu
parliament: lokpal bill

The Cut Corners

Lokpal panel’s proposals leave out a lot

Dec 12, 2011

| Anuradha Raman
west asia: change

The Revolt: Act II, Scene I

Arab Spring: reasonable doubts cool hopes

Dec 12, 2011

| Pranay Sharma
Review

Still Loving Him

If I could speak to the late Farokh Balsara, it would be to ask him, “What’s a nice Parsi boy like you doing in a biography like this?”

Dec 12, 2011

| Farrukh Dhondy
societal trends: killer technology

Terror Firma

Is our penchant for using tech on the move killing us?

Dec 12, 2011

| Neha Bhatt
politics: mullaperiyar

Overflowing With Fears

Recent tremors and heavy downpours raise worries and tempers over a 116-yr-old dam

Dec 12, 2011

| Minu Ittyipe
- Up Against The Adamant
bohras: fgm

A Rite Of Wrongs

The campaign against Bohra female circumcision swells

Dec 12, 2011

| Debarshi Dasgupta
mumbai: jigna arrest

The ‘J’ Factor?

Journalist Jigna’s arrest stuns the fraternity

Dec 12, 2011

| Smruti Koppikar
railways: safety

Railroaded!

A report finds drivers shockingly neglected

Dec 12, 2011

| Chandrani Banerjee
Mind your body

Vitamin B12: Our Slim Agent

Eat fresh food every morning, have yoghurt daily, drink adequate water and work on getting good, restful sleep.

Dec 12, 2011

| Rujuta Diwekar
politics

Empty As The Wind

More than anything else, all the FDI rhetoric—pro or anti—seems opportunistic

Dec 12, 2011

| Saba Naqvi

Last Page

Delhi Diary

If we let the slapping mob loose, if we suggest that in the rarest of rare cases slapping is acceptable, we are on a dangerous path.

Dec 12, 2011

| Vinod Mehta

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Hari Kunzru

The author on his new book, Gods Without Men

Dec 12, 2011

| Neha Bhatt
Gossip

Bibliofile

The literary spat between Pankaj Mishra and British historian Niall Ferguson shows no signs of ending...

Dec 12, 2011

| Outlook
the Secret Diary of

Tipsy Gypsy From Ralegan Siddhi

A few years back, the missus and I moved out to a nearby town. You may wonder, why this change of address?

Dec 12, 2011

| Ajith Pillai
Movie Review

Desi Boyz

We’d have willingly suspended disbelief had it been fun. But it grates. It’s exceedingly torturous...

Dec 12, 2011

| Namrata Joshi