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mamata banerjee

Who Calls The Shots?

Mamata gives no quarter to the beleaguered UPA, concentrating instead on building her own profile

Jan 16, 2012

| Saba Naqvi Dola Mitra
mamata banerjee

The Didi Show

How the Trinamool-Congress spat has been playing out on the airwaves in the new year

Jan 16, 2012

| Outlook
mamata banerjee

The Opposition-In-Chief

Seeking to expand its role beyond Bengal, TMC’s is a populist view on most bills

Jan 16, 2012

| Debarshi Dasgupta
opinion

Chappals Firmly Grounded

Mistake not Didi’s instinct-driven defiance for chance antagonism

Jan 16, 2012

| Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

team anna: strategy

End Of The Marquee

Anna’s campaign come a cropper, his team mulls remedies

Jan 16, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
- Political Panchadoshas
interview

‘I Am Very Impressed With The Anna Movement’

The Buddhist leader on the protest movements of 2011, China, the future of the Tibetan movement, and Anna Hazare.

Jan 16, 2012

| Anirudh Mathur
nrega: status report

Blocked Development

The much-vaunted NREGA has defaulted on many of its promises

Jan 16, 2012

| Lola Nayar
26/11: investigation

‘Without ISI, The Mumbai Attack Would Not Have Been Possible’

What David Coleman Headley said to his Indian interrogators, as revealed by the NIA chargesheet

Jan 16, 2012

| Chandrani Banerjee

pakistan: politics

Stirring In Some Chaos

Pakistan in turmoil: discontent on the streets, political ferment, and ‘Memogate’

Jan 16, 2012

| Mariana Baabar

auto market: small cars

That Familiar About-Turn

Of late, the big cars have had a tough go of it. Can their little cousins help turn the corner?

Jan 16, 2012

| Arindam Mukherjee
RIL’s media deal

Labyrinth 18

The Ambani-Network 18 deal makes for a complex block diagram

Jan 16, 2012

| Arti Sharma

prisons: women undertrials

A Hell In Eternity

Greedy lawyers and lack of awareness condemn women undertrials twice over

Jan 16, 2012

| Amba Batra Bakshi
railways: women

Steeled On The Tracks

A band of sisters at the helm of monster locomotives rips through a macho myth

Jan 16, 2012

| Chandrani Banerjee

cricket: the future

Beware The Follow-On

The day wanes for our greats. Lesser talents, a faulty system might cramp Indian cricket.

Jan 16, 2012

| Rohit Mahajan

sarkari hindi: reforms

The Lingua Fracta

Bridging the gulf between babuspeak and the popular tongue

Jan 16, 2012

| Anjali Puri

10 Questions

Richa Gangopadhyay

On her super-hit Tamil debut Mayakkam Enna

Jan 16, 2012

| Akhila Krishnamurthy
Last Page

Delhi Diary

Parliament possesses lots of wise, honest and sensible MPs. Yet they all believe they can fool all the people all the time. When, as the song goes, will they ever learn?

Jan 16, 2012

| Vinod Mehta
goa restaurant

Sunset Grill

This is one of the best places I can think of to sit and watch the sunset.

Jan 16, 2012

| Anvar Alikhan
Review

On Making A Mind Map Of The Rough Art Of Murder

A light is shone on the lurid details of Neeraj Grover’s murder—an Indian foray into Capote-Ellroy territory.

Jan 16, 2012

| Sunil Sethi
Review

The Man Who Trashed Mai-Baap Sarkar

A sympathetic look at Nitish Kumar’s career, and how he put Bihar back on its feet

Jan 16, 2012

| Sudha Pai
the Secret Diary of

Ozzy Osbourne

Me was the lead singer of Black Sabbath, often referred to as the ‘Godfather of Heavy Metal’ and the ‘Prince of Darkness’...

Jan 16, 2012

| Ajith Pillai
Movie Review

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

I prefer my Holmes as a man of mind than one of action. This is just action, comedy and attitude. All the way. In short: masala entertainer

Jan 16, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
Movie Review

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Everyone is suspicious and everyone is a suspect. Each is out to uncover but has something to hide. Overall, it packs an engrossing punch.

Jan 16, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
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