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2g scam

Rook, Bishop, King?

The UPA government totters as the Supreme Court further exposes the political corporate nexus in the 2G scam. Should the PM resign before more bad news hits him?

Feb 13, 2012

| Saba Naqvi
2g scam

Advantage Behenji?

The Congress corruption plank sounds hollow now

Feb 13, 2012

| Prarthna Gahilote
2G scam

Musketeers Of The Court And The Ledger

The extraordinary persistence of the three prime movers in the case has paid off

Feb 13, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
telecom players

Wrong Code

SC leaves telecom firms cold. It’s hedge bets till new 2G auctions.

Feb 13, 2012

| Arindam Mukherjee
Opinion

Carrots? Here’s A Stick!

The PM, Raja, TRAI, telecom firms... the apex court lets no one off the hook

Feb 13, 2012

| Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

politics: mumbai

Watered Down Civics

Too many agencies, a state govt in a mood to centralise weaken BMC

Feb 13, 2012

| Smruti Koppikar
- On Their Own Steam
opinion

Non-Playing Captain?

Rahul did try. But Modi has avoided risk—and a lesson he needs.

Feb 13, 2012

| Neelabh Mishra
Space: devas-antrix deal

‘I’m A Specialist In Rocket Science And A Failure As A Psychologist’

Former ISRO chairman offers fresh insight on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal

Feb 13, 2012

| Sugata Srinivasaraju

business: gas

Will Price Be Discovered Or Invented?

RIL’s brazen demand: allow us to sell local gas at the price set for imported gas

Feb 13, 2012

| Lola Nayar
- “D6 Contract Should Be Reviewed”

Mind your body

A Bikini Bod In Wedding Season!

In this winter wedding madness, has vanity kissed sanity goodbye?

Feb 13, 2012

| Rujuta Diwekar
education

It’s Plain Murder, By Rote

Is the teaching in our schools actually educating our children? Not really, according to a few grim surveys...

Feb 13, 2012

| Neha Bhatt
- Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
- ’Em Edisons In Our Backyard
social security: pension plans

Rainy Days

Central pension plan NPS finally gets a boost

Feb 13, 2012

| Arti Sharma

commentary: cricketing greats

History Walked This Way

Indian cricket may be at the crossroads, but it’s no call to scoff at our great trinity

Feb 13, 2012

| Suresh Menon

censorship: dragon tattoo

Cut! Dragons Be Here

Sony sulks, pulls out. But who’s at fault?

Feb 13, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
cinema: Marathi

Classroom Hit

Without a poster, a film attains stardom

Feb 13, 2012

| Namrata Joshi

10 Questions

Ira Dubey

The actress on her new show, Foodistan

Feb 13, 2012

| Neha Bhatt
gossip

Bibliofile

Can a litfest get as huge as the Jaipur one and still retain quality?

Feb 13, 2012

| Outlook
Last Page

Delhi Diary

For all the accumulated wisdom, all you get by way of an answer as to what’s in store in the five assembly elections is blah, blah, blah and blather.

Feb 13, 2012

| Krishna Prasad
Etcetera

Pollsutra 2012

News, quotes, bytes, gossip, buzz, oddities, the grapevine from the poll-bound states

Feb 13, 2012

| Outlook
the critical eye: katherine boo

Torchlights In The Swamp

Wit and restraint capture the venality of life in a Mumbai slum

Feb 13, 2012

| Anjali Puri
Review

The Priming Of A Scion

Not quite an ‘authoritative’ biography, simply because it comes a bit too early

Feb 13, 2012

| Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Review

Eastern Sight

A love story set on a lavish scale, it is a visual delight and a gripping read.

Feb 13, 2012

| Tabish Khair
Review

Wide-Eyed

I wonder who is supposed to read this book; other than, that is, a long-suffering reviewer whose beliefs in writing about India may now need some reassessment

Feb 13, 2012

| Daniel Lak
the Secret Diary of

Shahrukh Khan

Much has been made of Sanju (Dutt) and me roughing up Shirish Kunder (he’s Farah Khan’s husband, if you didn’t know)...

Feb 13, 2012

| Ajith Pillai
Movie Review

Agneepath

Blood fountains flow, bones are broken, bullets fly and knives slice. Relentlessly.

Feb 13, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
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