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Inside Slave City

What is it that makes the Indian middle class treat their domestic help with such derision and abuse?

Apr 23, 2012

| Debarshi Dasgupta Chandrani Banerjee Pushpa Iyengar Amba Batra Bakshi Dola Mitra Madhavi Tata
domestic helps

Domestic Disturbance

Return of favour: tales of abuse, even murder by the hired help are on the rise

Apr 23, 2012

| Outlook
domestic helps

The Word is Respect

Baby Halder, the help-turned-author, at home

Apr 23, 2012

| Debarshi Dasgupta
domestic helps

And Then There Were The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

How we, the saabs and memsaabs, the didis and bhaijis, see and perceive our help.

Apr 23, 2012

| Saba Naqvi

opinion

The Left’s Untouchable

Why was Ambedkar’s critique of caste anathema for Indian Marxists?

Apr 23, 2012

| Manash Bhattacharjee
opinion

Thailashahs Of Jharkhand

A vitiated RS poll shows that electoral pollution is all-pervasive

Apr 23, 2012

| Manisha Priyam
Himachal Pradesh: Land allotment

We Are The Higher-Ups

Using discretionary powers, the government gives away hillsides to the rich and powerful

Apr 23, 2012

| Chander Suta Dogra
- ‘It Is A Matter Of Pride For Us That Priyanka Gandhi Wants To Live In HP.’
coas: controversy

Sting In The Tail

Will there be two army chiefs on May 31?

Apr 23, 2012

| Chander Suta Dogra
opinion

Out, Damned Spot!

Absolution for Modi? Maybe a visit to the Ajmer dargah could help.

Apr 23, 2012

| Ashis Nandy

opinion

The Totem Is The Taboo

Israel’s anti anti-Semitic vigilantism must not muzzle free speech

Apr 23, 2012

| Keki N. Daruwalla
manmohan singh: pakistan visit

To Go Or To Forego

Can India temper firmness on 26/11 with some goodwill to Pakistan?

Apr 23, 2012

| Pranay Sharma
- All Are Invited To The Sermon
interview

‘Most Pakistanis Don’t Want The Army In Politics’

This unrepentant Marxist, writer, journalist, filmmaker and political campaigner is still searching for socialism with a human face.

Apr 23, 2012

| Bharat Bhushan

vox populi: nation of fools

Blameless The Happy Vestal?

Justice Katju deems nearly all Indians to possess spotless minds. How far does the echo go?

Apr 23, 2012

| Arpita Basu
society: demography

Grey Cells

India seems hardly prepared to provide care for its rapidly aging population

Apr 23, 2012

| Amba Batra Bakshi
media: Guidelines

Warding Off The Eye

The judiciary and Parliament seem to think they could do with less coverage

Apr 23, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
Mind your body

The Right Eats For Yoga

Early dinners—that should be thy focus. A fruit in the morning will not make your system ‘heavy’, late dinners will

Apr 23, 2012

| Rujuta Diwekar

sports: slum football

The Warreners Of Wastelot

No ordinary kickabout, slum football is a whole new ballgame

Apr 23, 2012

| Rohit Mahajan

controversy: aurobindo ashram

A Heretic Believer

Scholar or devotee? A schizoid split? Aurobhakts are torn over Peter Heehs.

Apr 23, 2012

| Pushpa Iyengar

10 Questions

Saswata Chatterjee

The veteran Bengali actor on the killing he made as assassin Bob Biswas in Kahaani

Apr 23, 2012

| Dola Mitra
Gossip

Bibliofile

Krishan Partap Singh’s Delhi Durbar uncannily plots a coup attempt by a megalomaniac army general angry with corrupt politicians...

Apr 23, 2012

| Outlook
Last Page

Myanmar Diary

Democracy tourism has come to Myanmar. Most Yangon hotels had signs offering a day trip to watch Suu Kyi vote

Apr 23, 2012

| Sreenivasan Jain
Review

The Sorority Spoke In Whispers

These superb tales explore layered journeys—spatial, spiritual, linguistic—and state a startling femininity

Apr 23, 2012

| Rashmi Tikku
Review

Fists Of Glory

Though the author makes it clear where his sympathies lie, he is sensitive to the faultlines in the Anna movement.

Apr 23, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
Review

Other Heroes

A must-read for those interested in literature from the Other India

Apr 23, 2012

| Gita Ramaswamy
the Secret Diary of the

Lord Of Tirumala

Very soon we shall have Taj Tirumala, Oberoi Tirumala, Hiranandani Tirumala, Vilasrao Tirumala and so on

Apr 23, 2012

| V. Gangadhar
Movie Review

Housefull2

Beyond the loud slapstick, it does have interesting situational humour but it gets more kiddish than genuinely mad

Apr 23, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
Movie Review

Bhooter Bhabishyat

A sort of tribute replete with references to Ray, sewn together with spoofs, puns, humour, songs and dances.

Apr 23, 2012

| Dola Mitra
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