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Leewards Of Davos And Delhi

The world may be looking at India. But two years of drought are taking their toll on village economies, precipitating large-scale migration.

Feb 08, 2016

| Lola Nayar
Karnataka

Theory Of Relativity

Drought and NREGA tell even on better-off Hassan

Feb 08, 2016

| Ajay Sukumaran
Maharashtra

Non-Resident Villagers

Having tasted prosperity, the slowdown is bitter

Feb 08, 2016

| Prachi Pinglay-Plumber
West Bengal

Rice Bowl Travails

Majarhat village has just enough, not more

Feb 08, 2016

| Dola Mitra
Orissa

Of Kith And Kiln

People are going as far as Goa and Kerala

Feb 08, 2016

| Bijay Mishra
Telangana

The Hungry Ride

Busloads are exiting their villages for the city

Feb 08, 2016

| Madhavi Tata
Interview

‘NREGA Is Demand-Driven, And We Aren’t Short Of Funds’

Union minister for rural development Chaudhary Birendra Singh on the NREGA

Feb 08, 2016

| Lola Nayar
Opinion

The Footsteps Of A Famine

A visit to Bundelkhand reveals a chilling state of affairs—one wrought in equal amount by nature, state negligence and policy failure

Feb 08, 2016

| Yogendra Yadav

Opinion

Don’t Hurt ’em, Keki

‘Hurt sentiments’: it’s a first-rate judicial comedy

Feb 08, 2016

| Keki N. Daruwalla
Leader Comment

Well Done, Mr President

By choosing to speak out on the value of dissent, Pranab Mukherjee has not just bucked the trend but captured the zeitgeist.

Feb 08, 2016

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orissa/adivasis

The Keonjhar Take Over

How the Odisha Mining Corp, a state PSU, is perpetrating a Rs 79,000-crore gyp in its hunt for iron in the forests

Feb 08, 2016

| Chitrangada Choudhury
Opinion

Unadorned Doors

This photgraph is of all that CPI leader A.B. Bardhan left behind when he died recently. Writer Amit Chaudhuri responds to it, ruminating on life, death and possessions.

Feb 08, 2016

| Amit Chaudhuri
Opinion

Mithun Stir-Fry Sizzler

A first-rate political farce in Arunachal Pradesh puts the focus squarely on deeper issues. If ‘Centre-state relations’ bores you, start here.

Feb 08, 2016

| Tongam Rina
politics/bjp

On The Line Between Hero And Fall Guy

As Modi’s consigliere, Amit Shah bears the wounds of Delhi, Bihar.More failure would be disaster. Critics inside are keeping the score.

Feb 08, 2016

| Prarthna Gahilote
- The Dhokla Souffle Rises
- The Scream Of Lotus Buds

free basics

A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct

Bolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz

Feb 08, 2016

| Arindam Mukherjee
- The World According To Free Basics
- Facebook Responds To Outlook's Questions On Free Basics

Mental Health

A Clowning Glory

A few doctors are bringing an alternative healing method to town

Feb 08, 2016

| Stuti Agarwal
Leader Comment

In Praise Of Indigo

For showing the worst flyers ever where to get off. Literally.

Feb 08, 2016

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Eat, Pray, Live

And Also

Introducing a member of the gourd family and the origins of sambar

Feb 08, 2016

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Calcutta film society

No Place For A Past

A film society Ray co-founded will see death by a life insurance company

Feb 08, 2016

| Dola Mitra
The Sked

And Also

The screening of Rajat Kapoor's debut and unreleased venture and a puppet theatre festival

Feb 08, 2016

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10 Questions

Geena Davis

Actress, writer, model and athlete, Davis has juggled a lot. She will be in India for the FICCI FLO Film Festival in partnership with her Institute on Gender in Media.

Feb 08, 2016

| Siddhartha Mishra
Gossip

Bibliofile

The shopping Marlon James did in India...

Feb 08, 2016

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Column

Biztro

Business in bitesizes

Feb 08, 2016

| Arindam Mukherjee Dola Mitra Sunit Arora Meetu Jain
The Insider

Deep Throat

A regular column on the essential buzz

Feb 08, 2016

| K.S. Shaini Pritam Sengupta Prarthna Gahilote Uttam Sengupta
Last Page

Delhi Diary

Managing the headlines may be standard operating procedure for Modi Sarkar but it still hasn’t found a way to stop tongues from wagging after dark.

Feb 08, 2016

| Krishna Prasad
Eat, Pray, Live

All About Ashoka

For the rest of the world, Abhinandan is still the best place for a veg thali meal.

Feb 08, 2016

| Geeta Doctor
Review

The Orange Deserts of Goa

A love letter written in blood to a land ravaged by mining companies

Feb 08, 2016

| Prerna Singh Bindra
Review

A Shadow And Its Image

Not an eulogy of Sen and refrains from elaborating on the many controversies in which she was involved.

Feb 08, 2016

| Amitava Nag
Happenings

Seven Days

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

Feb 08, 2016

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The Reviews

Crosseyed Heart

Quite magically marries good old rock with soul, folk, blues and even reggae.

Feb 08, 2016

| Sunit Arora
The Reviews

Charlie

The film has a surreal quality charged with elements of mystery and fantasy.

Feb 08, 2016

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The Sked

The 52 state visits of 32 leaders to India in the 30 years between 1947 and 1967

Feb 08, 2016

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Glitterati

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