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This Godly Delusion

Is the controversy over the Ambedkar cartoon warranted? Can’t we laugh at our revered?

May 28, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
opinion

The Ethereal Realist

Ambedkar is prophet to a people he created soul and politics for

May 28, 2012

| Kancha Ilaiah
politics: cartoon controversy

The Sacred Profane

The politics of division stirs the furore over the Ambedkar toon

May 28, 2012

| Saba Naqvi
opinion

A Shield For 545 Sticks

The cartoon row shows our MPs lusting after a blanket protection

May 28, 2012

| Manisha Priyam

profile

The Forever Revolutionary

Once a Communist, always a Communist, a credo the 87-yr-old Bardhan still lives by

May 28, 2012

| Saba Naqvi
politics: corruption

Three In The Soup

Raids by the CBI and one by the I-T dept roil the south

May 28, 2012

| Madhavi Tata
interview

‘I’m Not God. Or Phantom. I’m Open To Criticism’

'We have received a mandate from the people) and I won't betray them. No, mid-term polls are not on my agenda'

May 28, 2012

| Dola Mitra
- The Poribortan Sarcar
- Recoup D’etat, Didi!
opinion

‘B’ For Bofors, ‘N’ For Nobody?

The Bofors affair wasn’t a scam at all. It was a sting mounted by the mysterious ‘N’ of the Ardbo diaries.

May 28, 2012

| Mani Shankar Aiyar
profile

The Subtle Rules Of Go-Karting

Here’s Karti: cocksure political scion, dabbler in sport, businessman, heavyweight manque

May 28, 2012

| Pushpa Iyengar
gujarat: attack on modi

Hourglass Sands

BJP veteran Keshubhai Patel sharpens knives against the CM

May 28, 2012

| R.K. Misra
- Deuce, Adv. Gadkari
- Speak, Refute, Recant, Assert

politics: israel-palestine

The Gun That Booms Silently

Non-violent means win rights for Palestinian prisoners. It’s the streets’ weapon of choice.

May 28, 2012

| Pranay Sharma

business: investments

The Lion’s Quiet Share

Singapore is where Indian wealth, a lot of it, is going now. The radar is beeping.

May 28, 2012

| Arti Sharma

books

Room For Words

William Dalrymple on his surroundings, routine, and the quiet, personal quirks that allow him to write

May 28, 2012

| William Dalrymple
bookscape: niche stores

The Familiar Frontispiece

Judge not the bookshop on the corner by its unassuming cover. The value lies inside.

May 28, 2012

| Neha Bhatt
tribute

Versus Manto

Mohammed Hanif on the much celebrated and much reviled author, who would have been a hundred today

May 28, 2012

| Mohammed Hanif

10 Questions

Neha Raheja Thakker

The filmmaker on collaborative film The Owner

May 28, 2012

| Smita Mitra
Gossip

Bibliofile

It would be a dream for any publisher—a one lakh reprint order of a book. But it’s a nightmare for one of India’s largest publishers...

May 28, 2012

| Outlook
Last Page

Coonoor Diary

If there were a Commonwealth Games for cleanliness, India would likely finish last

May 28, 2012

| Rahul Jacob
Delhi Restaurant

Eat Like A Quebecois

Five-star quality French Canadian food, served with unobtrusive personal care

May 28, 2012

| Amba Batra Bakshi
Review

Imelda In The Soughing City

Eighties Bombay roars back to life as a skilful narrator reimagines his tortured family with humour and affection

May 28, 2012

| Shabnam Minwalla
Review

Devotedly Chewing The Rind

Ghosh is too much the guest who stayed on for dinner and breakfast to be anything but polite. He never takes sides.

May 28, 2012

| Geeta Doctor
the Secret Diary of

Praful Patel

Matthew 19:6 should now be written as, ‘What therefore Praful Patel hath joined together, let no man put asunder’.

May 28, 2012

| V. Gangadhar
Movie Review

Ishaqzaade

Takes us back to what love used to be in Hindi cinema, especially in the '80s, until DDLJ initiated a change of rules

May 28, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
Movie Review

Kurmavtara (Kannada)

Kasaravalli trains his camera on an elderly man again. Pensive and poignant

May 28, 2012

| Namrata Joshi
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