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UTTAR PRADESH

How Much For This Land

Bhola Singh is eager to know if the government will return the 10 bighas of his agriculture land in Dholana village.

May 04, 2015

| Lola Nayar
ANDHRA PRADESH

Like Thieves On Their Own Land

Many of those who sacrificed their lands now clean bathrooms in Sri City offices or are daily-wage workers.

May 04, 2015

| Madhavi Tata
MADHYA PRADESH

Mortar Will Not Be Enough

The government has abolished the clause against diversion of agricultural land to benefit industrialists.

May 04, 2015

| K.S. Shaini
WEST BENGAL

That Car Is Just Too Small

A multi-crop field that yielded harvest four times a year lying useless inside the compound built for the Tata Nano factory.

May 04, 2015

| Dola Mitra
ORISSA

The Mine Shafts Look Bare

The Dongria Kondhs who are opposed to mining in the picturesque Niyamgiri hills despite the lure of development.

May 04, 2015

| Sandeep Sahu
opinion

Give Them Their Daily Say

Lack of information, education, power have disenfranchised millions

May 04, 2015

| Dibakar Banerjee
politics

As Pawns Circle Knights

The BJP’s newly-won hold over Jats loosens as land acquisition fuels anger

May 04, 2015

| Pragya Singh
land acquisition

Marking Out The Margins

Govt seems to perform most efficiently while organising land dirt cheap for corporates

May 04, 2015

| Uttam Sengupta
KERALA

Maveli’s Four Cents Worth

The land offered as rehabilitation in Kothad was reclaimed wetland and unlivable.

May 04, 2015

| Minu Ittyipe
Interview

‘Every Investor Firm’s Accounts Must Be Audited By The CAG’

Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda on the politics of land determining development.

May 04, 2015

| Imran Qureshi
politics

No Easy Acres, No Easy Answers

The prime minister seems to have walked into a bog. This is his first policy challenge.

May 04, 2015

| Saba Naqvi

politics

No Easy Acres, No Easy Answers

The prime minister seems to have walked into a bog. This is his first policy challenge.

May 04, 2015

| Saba Naqvi
land acquisition

Marking Out The Margins

Govt seems to perform most efficiently while organising land dirt cheap for corporates

May 04, 2015

| Uttam Sengupta
opinion

Give Them Their Daily Say

Lack of information, education, power have disenfranchised millions

May 04, 2015

| Dibakar Banerjee

defence: one rank, one pension

Shadow Of A Promise

The Modi government is apparently set to keep the promise he made to ex-soldiers

May 04, 2015

| Ushinor Majumdar

opinion

Our Concrete Swastika

Corbusier’s inhuman urban strategies become us

May 04, 2015

| A.G. Krishna Menon

opinion

Some Macro Changes For Microfinance

MFIs are a good idea. But in India, the concept needs tweaking.

May 04, 2015

| Varun Gandhi
trend: ice-cream

New Sticks In A Cart

Premium ice-creams offer enticing bites

May 04, 2015

| Sakshi Virmani
business: ratan tata

The Stake Out

The man’s retired, but Ratan Tata’s still busy as an angel investor

May 04, 2015

| Arindam Mukherjee

J&k: education

No Writing In The Margins

Dodgy mainland institutes feed on a special scholarship scheme aimed at weaning Kashmiri youth from trouble

May 04, 2015

| Showkat A. Motta
- You Have A Seat, Boy
science: meditation

An OMnipotent Quest

Om—as primal sound or cultural memory—perhaps didn’t need proof. But it is offered.

May 04, 2015

| Priyadarshini Sen

cricket: ddca

The Kotla Is On Fire!

Delhi’s cricket, patronised by bigwigs, is mired in financial offences, other opacities

May 04, 2015

| Mihir Srivastava
- “Why Is The Media So Scared?”

delhi: publishing

Between The Lines

Chiki Sarkar quits Penguin; others follow

May 04, 2015

| Satish Padmanabhan

10 Questions

Mickey Singh

The Indo-American pop artist talks about his music, fashion label and more.

May 04, 2015

| Geetika Mantri
Column

Biztro

Business in bitesizes

May 04, 2015

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Last Page

Amritsar Diary

My first visit to the Golden Temple and I am both awed and appalled.

May 04, 2015

| Anil Thakraney
Par Avion

A random sample from the British newspapers

May 04, 2015

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delhi Restaurant

Mall’s Badshahi Kitchen

The flavours of Jhinga Malvani, a sweetish concoction of prawns nestling in coconut milk, flavoured with Konkan spices, linger on.

May 04, 2015

| Sakshi Virmani
Review

The Irresistible Rise Of The How To

A rehashing of top CEO profiles leads up to the pieces de resistance: inspiring quotes

May 04, 2015

| Anvar Alikhan
Review

Take Note, Arturo Ui

A post-Emergency play adapted from the Mahabharata is relevant in these times of thuggish Hindutva and loss of hope

May 04, 2015

| Hartman de Souza
Rewind

Outlook in retrospect.

May 04, 2015

|
the Secret Diary of a

TCS Senior Executive

For people like me, words and phrases like promotions, work-related bonuses, raise, stock options have ceased to make much meaning.

May 04, 2015

| V. Gangadhar
Happenings

Seven Days

The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt

May 04, 2015

|
Movie Review

O Kadhal Kanmani (OK, Kanmani)

Mani Ratnam fails as a writer and love becomes just another metaphor for tradition.

May 04, 2015

| Sundar Sarukkai
Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news