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maharashtra: elections

Evolution Of Manoos?

Raj’s rise and intra-party rebellions have taken the focus away from real issues this elections

Oct 12, 2009

| Smruti Koppikar
maharashtra: elections

Legacies And A Half-Life

For some of the state’s influential players, this polls will be a make-or-break opportunity

Oct 12, 2009

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maharashtra: elections

True Maratha Bloodlines

It’s all in the family for Maharashtra’s politicians. A particularly rich harvest this time.

Oct 12, 2009

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EXCLUSIVE: film edwina-nehru

Summer Freeze

Prudish I&B wallahs stall a proposed Brit film on Edwina-Nehru

Oct 12, 2009

| Anuradha Raman
film: edwina-nehru

‘For Now, The Film’s Been Shelved’

So say producers Working Title, as others try figure a way around the ministry’s objections

Oct 12, 2009

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haryana: elections

Creaking Chariots Of Kuru

Congress may come through again, the Oppn is in shambles

Oct 12, 2009

| Chander Suta Dogra

EXCLUSIVE: film edwina-nehru

Summer Freeze

Prudish I&B wallahs stall a proposed Brit film on Edwina-Nehru

Oct 12, 2009

| Anuradha Raman
- ‘For Now, The Film’s Been Shelved’

politics: tamil Nadu

New Words To Keep

Karunanidhi’s promise on Lankan refugees in India prompts a debate

Oct 12, 2009

| Pushpa Iyengar
Ministry: environment

Autumn Sonata

The environment minister is on a clean-up operation

Oct 12, 2009

| Debarshi Dasgupta
opinion

Handcuffed In Khaki

Why Chidambaram’s exhortation on transfers means little

Oct 12, 2009

| Vijay Nambisan
opinion

Queen Side Castle

Sonia takes domestic. The PM’s club takes foreign. A bad idea.

Oct 12, 2009

| K.C. Singh
nuclear policy: ctbt

More Suns In The Thar?

Santhanam has put the government in a quandary: do we or do we not retest?

Oct 12, 2009

| Pranay Sharma
wakf: investigation

The Lost Land

The Centre takes note of wakf aberrations

Oct 12, 2009

| Outlook Bureau

diplomacy: G-20

Roaring Twenties

Developing nations score at the G-20

Oct 12, 2009

| Pranay Sharma

opinion

The Lamplit Sales Graph

Why festive spending this season is a litmus test for the economy

Oct 12, 2009

| Rama Bijapurkar
gold: price surge

A Golden Solstice

An impending bullion bust, a correction...or a rising yellow fever?

Oct 12, 2009

| Lola Nayar

calcutta: sex workers

Annals Of Earth

Sonagachi sex workers break tradition, refuse soil for Durga idol

Oct 12, 2009

| Dola Mitra

cricket: india

Dew On A Vacant Bench

India’s celebrated, all-star team of young cricketers has slipped, its sparkle dulled.

Oct 12, 2009

| Rohit Mahajan

extract

The Dancer Of Kannur

In his compelling new book the acclaimed travel writer, explores the worlds of people deeply engaged with the sacred in a fast changing India.

Oct 12, 2009

| William Dalrymple
- ‘I’m No Westerner Shopping In The Divine Supermarket’

cinema: national awards

Ms Rosie, In Brechtian Distance

A Kasaravalli film plucks actress Umashree out of the forgettable and enhances her shine

Oct 12, 2009

| Sugata Srinivasaraju

10 questions

Ranbir Kapoor

Just three films old, Rishi Kapoor’s son explores another side in Wake up Sid

Oct 12, 2009

| Lata Khubchandani
gossip

Bibliofile

Chetan Bhagat says even Dan Brown’s new book can’t stop him from selling 10 lakh copies in 10 weeks while Kovalam literary festival downsizes its list of authors.

Oct 12, 2009

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LAST PAGE

Delhi Diary

If you wish to see our prime minister at the height of his powers, watch him conduct himself at global fora.

Oct 12, 2009

| Vinod Mehta
delhi Restaurant

A Pie For Sam Weller

Cosy, wood-panelled, old worldish and above all, quite unobtrusive.

Oct 12, 2009

| Anjali Puri
review

Current Hits

A useful document for those who want to know the chain of events that finally ended one of Sri Lanka’s bloodiest wars.

Oct 12, 2009

| Pranay Sharma
review

A Paradox Lost

The least colonial of our cities is ill-served by a book that fails miserably to express the absorbing humdrum

Oct 12, 2009

| Shiv Visvanathan
review

Epic On Pillion

Go and immediately buy the book. It is a little gem.

Oct 12, 2009

| Ira Pande
The Secret Diary Of

Barack Obama

My mission: to meet Raj Thackeray. A pow-wow the CIA was very keen on as part of ‘touching base with emerging leaders’

Oct 12, 2009

| Ajith Pillai
showtime

What’s Your Raashee?

Thanks to Gowariker’s pronounced sincerity, the film gets staid, dull and leaden. How one wishes for a lightness of touch from him to make it sparkle, come alive!

Oct 12, 2009

| Namrata Joshi
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