Do Look Before You Lunge
We don’t need Kurosawa to show there are several sides to a story, as in the present case.
Playback Artistes’ Pratfalls
When talk turns to Indo-Pak tension, Indian TV is lost in a cloud of foamy blether. Its Pakistani guests are fed up.
“War Is The Last Thing We Should Talk About”
'Straight talks, dual talks, engagement, battle, and only then does the question of war come'
News Of A Beheading
Why did the government give in to the jingoism played to the hilt by the netas and the media?
‘I Hope Pak Can Open A Consulate In Amritsar... Look At US And China’
Punjab’s deputy chief minister on the benefits of Indo-Pak trade, , drugand much else besides.
Seeds Of A Divide
Environmentalist and author Mark Lynas now says GM crops are the answer to global food security. Vandana Shiva disagrees.
‘The Poor And Afflicted’: Vivekananda’s Many Gods
Much of the life-blood of our freedom struggle doesn’t conform to Nehruvian republican ideals. Swamiji’s life must be seen in its socio-political context.
‘The Rapists Were Ferocious Animals. The Girl Was Just An Object To Devour.’
The ‘Hugging’ godwoman on the ghastly rape and on why the leaders dwell in the past
Engendering A Work Shift
Safety issues prompt a rethink of corporate responsibility towards women employees
Captain Hook’s Retreat
“It’s all about sustainable fishing,” explains M. Mahadevan, popularly known as Hot Breads Mahadevan
He Wasn’t A Walrus
The melodramatic world of the quirky Beatle grins back through atrocious typing, creative spelling and original wit
Prashant Damle
The thespian on making it to the Guinness Book of Records for the maximum number of theatre shows—10,700 over 30 years.
Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
The irreverence, the impertinence, the subversion! Left my head in a delectable whirl.
Venice Diary
Suddenly there's the anxious desire of European seminarians to know how we co-exist, so they too might learn