Lalit Modi
When the IPL commissioner commandeth, the team owners obeyeth. So when I said, ‘No Paki players this time’, no one dared bid for them.
A Spy And His Soup
A former RAW chief gets the rules bent to obtain diplomatic passports and immunity
So What If You Aren’t Shahrukh, You Can Still Be An Ass
You may win the tactical fairness battle but consider the long-term costs involved—a life-long cosmetic prison, irreversible health damage
‘An Intentional Effort To Distort The Debate...Borders On Outright Fraud’
The Washington-based economist who was part of the team to be awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize weighs in
Underarm Bowling?
Excluding Pakistanis from the IPL was a sordid affair, and Modi its unctuous author
Together In Fear & Trembling
Rough neighbourhoods, night jobs, the compulsion to stay—a deadly triad makes soft targets of Indians
‘Some, Not All, Assaults Have Been Racial’
Victoria’s premier on the measures his government has taken to make Victoria safe for Indians
‘The Dominant Culture In Australia Is A Racist Culture’
The leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Party who created a stir by protesting in the famous Ku Klux Klan outfit shares his views
Do You Speak Australian?
The new visibility of Indians—fresh off the ships, insufficiently ‘Aussie’, swamping the job scene—feeds a latent racism
Veer
Anil Sharma’s film reminds you of many others—Sholay, Lagaan, Dharam-Veer, Braveheart, Gladiator, Troy, Conan the Barbarian, to name a few. But...
First Light
Embodies the spirit of Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam in content, style and visual appeal
The Munshi Of Bartania
Victoria’s reliance on Abdul Karim and his misuse of it is seen through the web of a much-mythologised age
Bombay Diary
Has the mafia taken over our financial capital? What’s Marathi for Cabs? Raj Thackeray has got his New Year’s gift and he is bound to make the most of it.
Read Betwixt Lines
Open, lithe, eclectic—the Jaipur Litfest’s roaring success may prompt many to ask for more
A Few Misread Signs
The questioners of quotas in higher faculty now become the questioned in their community
The Sea And The Swamp
After the Kumbh, it’s the Ganga Sagar mela. But can the sea gods save Sagar Island itself?
