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The Beta Male Special

urban male

The Beta Male

The young urban Indian man is work in progress. Stand by, he will need some space.

Dec 14, 2009

| Shefalee Vasudev
Outlook Moods sex survey

I, Me, Mine

Because the young, urban male has finally learnt how to play

Dec 14, 2009

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interview

“I’ve Saved So Many Marriages Prescribing Viagra”

India's best-known sexologist on male sexuality—history, hearsay and hype.

Dec 14, 2009

| Shefalee Vasudev
internet

The Eye Of The Beholder

In the post-porn fantasy world, every man is a stud star, every woman a risque raani

Dec 14, 2009

| Ruchir Joshi
opinion

I, The Refusenik

No Blackberry, no Twitter. Life’s sweet, because I have one.

Dec 14, 2009

| Sudeep Chakravarti
Cinema

No More Liquid Oxygen

Where are the leering, moustache-twirling, Scotch-swirling, babe-hounding bad guys?

Dec 14, 2009

| Baradwaj Rangan
Opinion

Men At The Waterworks

Imaginary boundaries fall as men shed real tears in public

Dec 14, 2009

| Moni Mohsin
Homosexuality: The Image

Beyond The Pink Rupee

Queer India youngistan isn’t just a colour-coordinated party. Why doesn’t the media get it?

Dec 14, 2009

| Parmesh Shahani
Trivia

Opposites Attract

From Confessions of a celibate sadhu to 5 sites for men

Dec 14, 2009

| Shreevatsa Nevatia
Photography

My Ten Perfect Tens

Atul Kasbekar, who shoots endless legs for a living, chooses his top ten swimsuit models, insisting that women are the reason worth living for

Dec 14, 2009

| Atul Kasbekar
Trivia

Why Chromosome

Snippets from an agony uncle to 5 under rated men

Dec 14, 2009

| Shreevatsa Nevatia
Trivia

Men Who Pause

Dec 14, 2009

| Shreevatsa Nevatia
Opinion

Ten Ladies To Tremble By

Purveyors of hypocrisy, self-preservation and godawful stupidity—these are the women who set my teeth on edge

Dec 14, 2009

| Suhel Seth
opinion

The Gulf Of Acrophobia

There’s more to the Dubai crisis than the emirate’s skyscrapers

Dec 14, 2009

| K. Raveendran
Interview

‘He Said The Army’s Too Strong, Sri Lanka Will Become Like Myanmar’

Guarded by army commandos, the retired Sri Lankan General sits in his new war room, preparing for Sri Lanka’s next big battle

Dec 14, 2009

| Satarupa Bhattacharjya
review

Everyman’s Mecca

Raison d’etre for travel, crucible of history, simple article of faith—accounts of Haj as this merit retelling

Dec 14, 2009

| Tabish Khair
review

Gordian Knots

A professional and highly readable beginning, which will hopefully inspire other scholars to follow suit.

Dec 14, 2009

| Pavan K. Varma
economy: growth

All Eyes On The Rebound

Against a mood of cautious gravity comes an unexpected dash of springiness

Dec 14, 2009

| Lola Nayar Pragya Singh Arti Sharma
- No Crawl In Kerala
mumbai police: 26/11 lapses

A Few Who Copped Out

Did internal differences cost the lives of Mumbai Police men on the night of 26/11?

Dec 14, 2009

| Smruti Koppikar
accident: kaiga n-station

Atoms And Leaks

The Kaiga N-plant leak leaves too many questions unanswered

Dec 14, 2009

| Sugata Srinivasaraju

Regulars

10 QUESTIONS

Eve Ensler

The activist and playwright was in India for the world premiere of her new play, I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls

Dec 14, 2009

| Snigdha Hasan
gossip

Bibliofile

First, the word “ghati” has outraged some Marathi manoos who dragged Murzban Shroff to the Bombay High Court. And now it’s a Madras HC advocate...

Dec 14, 2009

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LAST PAGE

Delhi Diary

Indian politicos have a lot to learn from Vajpayee. Never mind that he helped pull down the mosque.

Dec 14, 2009

| Vinod Mehta
Delhi Restaurant

Nawab No More

The blue and green lights remind you more of those garish eateries in Kanpur, where neon is needed to convince you that the city is urban.

Dec 14, 2009

| Shreevatsa Nevatia
review

Everyman’s Mecca

Raison d’etre for travel, crucible of history, simple article of faith—accounts of Haj as this merit retelling

Dec 14, 2009

| Tabish Khair
review

Gordian Knots

A professional and highly readable beginning, which will hopefully inspire other scholars to follow suit.

Dec 14, 2009

| Pavan K. Varma
The Secret Diary Of

Justice M.S. Liberhan

Not many know this but since my school days a guiding principle of mine has been ‘slow and steady wins the race’

Dec 14, 2009

| Ajith Pillai
showtime

De Dana Dan

Infantile tripe: Not a single gag or joke works. Even if you do laugh, it’s at the film rather than with it.

Dec 14, 2009

| Namrata Joshi
Glitterati

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

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