Carols For Allah
Why did the sole Christian in the Pakistan cricket team embrace Islam? Was it coercion or career move?
Vishal Bharadwaj
From <i>Maqbool</i> to <i>The Blue Umbrella</i>—the director and music director caught in a shower of questions.
Licensed To Delicense?
A high court bans opening up of industries by executive order. Over to the SC now.
The Rodeo Finale?
Whatever goes up must come down. Is it the same case with the Sensex or are there other factors applying the brakes? <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=31 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Newsbag
Red letter day; Naxal brigands; Want to go alone; Not so bitter medicine; No spice to this mistress
Those Hollow Russian Dolls
Christopher Andrew's book on KGB spy Mitrokhin opens a few chapters on Indian history. But socialism was the ideology of the time, and not everything was part of KGB design.<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=339 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Boo-Boo At NY
Musharraf lets his guard drop a bit, and it's enough to reveal the chauvinist worldview of a feudal lord
The Alphabet Of Living
Yes, they have to learn everything—even how to hold their head up. Meet the teachers.
Medley Of Taste
Chaat, pizza, coffee, biriyani—one roof fits all. Food courts are reshaping the business of eating out.
Ab Hamar Film Hit Hoi
The flavour of the season is Bhojpuri. These small films rake it in where the mega-budget ones flop.
James
Should be watched only for its academic value, to study how wrong Ram Gopal Varma can go with cinema.
Light Dims In Pink Smog
If the BJP's curriculum framework was communal, the current one is clueless about where it wants to go
Is Dada A Dodo?
Fifty-eight per cent say Ganguly should go. Chappell does not get the benefit of the doubt either.
He's Mr Nice Guy, Too Nice
It took the coolness of Rahul Dravid, the self-effacing rival, to broker a peace
Another One Stranded Mid-Pitch
The Ganguly-Wright innings almost coronated us, but by the end Wright found his authority eroded
Partnership, Did You Say?
They sought to paper over a very public rift. But Ganguly-Chappell have a tall score to chase as a team. That is, if the captain lasts.
Phantom Nukes Of Natanz
America's blazing disinformation machinery is writing another Iraq in Iran <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=84 target=_blank> Updates</a>
Bull's Eye
Official Indian sources have often accused Bangladesh of giving sanctuary to anti-India insurgents and encouraging jehadi militancy to spread. Bangladesh's ...
Bibliofile
What was it like being raised by the famously eccentric Nirad Chaudhuri? Vikram Seth arrives in India, so where is His Salmanness?
Not Quite Literally
Curiously unliterary, the book is a cross between a logbook and a do-it-yourself manual. It is difficult to say whether Nahal is a particularly interesting person. But he is certainly a candid man.
History Of A Plurality
The book attempts to fill in the backstory of Gujarat's history with no glib connections
Last Gasp?
An aggrieved Advani pulls out a last card, wants Sangh ties re-examined. But are his own proteges the problem?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=82 target=_blank> Updates</a>