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THE MAGAZINE December 21, 2009

films: books

Booking A Story

Bollywood is now dipping into desi bestsellers for inspiration

Dec 21, 2009

| Namrata Joshi
opinion

Starry Starry Blight

Ten pricks for the Bollywood bubble. An ultimate insider’s take.

Dec 21, 2009

| Mahesh Nair
pakistan US policy

The Heat Of Alien Fires

Obama’s new Af-Pak thrust makes Pakistan walk a tightrope

Dec 21, 2009

| Mariana Baabar
opinion

Needed: A Creeping Barrage

We don’t aspire to utopia, but have a right to resist corruption

Dec 21, 2009

| R.K. Raghavan
cricket: indian team

Everest Is Slippery

India has to play and win more Tests to convince everyone

Dec 21, 2009

| Rohit Mahajan
- ‘Tests Are Difficult, Everyone Cannot Be Successful In Them’
war medals: auctions

Come Bear The Cross

What is a war hero’s worth after the battles are over? Well, a lot but the medals are fast going missing in India.

Dec 21, 2009

| Chander Suta Dogra
- When You Melt It Down
health: tb

Short Of Breath

A study finds lacunae in the dots programme

Dec 21, 2009

| Amba Batra Bakshi
tourism: trains

Broad Gauge Music

New super luxury trains help the well-heeled tourist rediscover India

Dec 21, 2009

| Pragya Singh
review

Homemade Alphabet Tree

They face state wrath, but private unaided schools provide quality education to many poor children

Dec 21, 2009

| Gurcharan Das
review

His Many Faces

Om Puri is a genuinely nice, unassuming person. The book succeeds in bringing that across. But this moving story deserved a better writer.

Dec 21, 2009

| Bhaichand Patel
review

Sophie’s Voice

Though somewhat languid in pace, the novel wins over the reader with its sincerity.

Dec 21, 2009

| Manjushree Thapa
climate: copenhagen

Too Much, Too Early?

The heat is over whether India’s offer of cuts has put pressure on development and industry

Dec 21, 2009

| Lola Nayar Arti Sharma Arindam Mukherjee
- Game On In The Carbon Back Lanes
- ‘Climate Is Like Unwashed Dishes In My Kitchen’
rice scam: investigation

Starch Contempt

Even ministerial nays didn’t deter the rice export scamsters

Dec 21, 2009

| Saikat Datta
diplomacy: indo-russia

The New Balance

The PM’s Russia visit was about balancing his Washington act

Dec 21, 2009

| Pranay Sharma
- Uranus Gets Closer
andhra pradesh: the break-up

Light A Charminar

Telangana is done. Andhra and Rosaiah’s troubles have just begun.

Dec 21, 2009

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Cover Story

paid-for news

Please Do Not Sell

Paid-for news is emerging as the single-most serious threat to our collective credibility.

Dec 21, 2009

| Vinod Mehta
paid-for news

News You Can Abuse

Has our fourth estate, like Oscar Wilde said, become a sole estate, having sold out to mammon?

Dec 21, 2009

| Anuradha Raman
opinion

Every Word For A Price

The auction of editorial space is an auction of credibility

Dec 21, 2009

| Neelabh Mishra
paid-for news

The Modus Operandi

How deals are struck

Dec 21, 2009

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