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THE MAGAZINE SPECIAL ISSUE January 12, 2009

Thank God It’s Over

Roots

Men and women who have travelled far and wide to chase their dreams talk about the place or, more often, the places, that are inextricably linked to their sense of who they are and where they belong

Jan 12, 2009

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Goodbye 2008

Sweet Uses Of Adversity

How can I conjure up a rainbow? We are looking for a sliver of hope... a sort of CMP of optimism.

Jan 12, 2009

| Vinod Mehta
Essay

The Great Indian Chaos Theory

Was this the worst year experienced by India (and Indians) since the country was founded? Our annus horribilis?

Jan 12, 2009

| Ramachandra Guha
Essay

No Place Like Home

In location and language, I was more an Agrawal from Delhi than an Iyengar from Mysore

Jan 12, 2009

| Mukul Kesavan
Essay

Rooting For Home

In humans, as in plants, roots grow deeper if left to grow in one place, untransplanted

Jan 12, 2009

| Mark Tully
Rewind

Polity 2008

Was there a defining trend? The assembly polls, N-deal's passage, Right to Education Bill, youth in public life...

Jan 12, 2009

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Essay

Going Native In Bits

'Back home' was always going to be a problematic place. And not just because it was not one place.

Jan 12, 2009

| Rama Bijapurkar
My Native Place

Monks & Football

The Marxist leader tells Smita Gupta about growing up in Rangoon in the 1950s

Jan 12, 2009

| Smita Gupta
Essay

Mountain-Spirited

Kumaon and its people are forever a watercolour memory, much like its mild sunlight

Jan 12, 2009

| Prasoon Joshi
Essay

Patterned Blanket

Three cities have shaped my life, knitting and weaving across each other in little strings

Jan 12, 2009

| Leela Samson
Rewind

Economy 2008

Defining trend of the year? The global financial crisis? Singur?

Jan 12, 2009

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Essay

Beyond Your Doors

Arrivals, departures. A little bit of Seer and the Valley and the distance from the world.

Jan 12, 2009

| Basharat Peer
Essay

Background Colour

I might not have gone back to my native place—Poona—but it has always stayed with me.

Jan 12, 2009

| Ebrahim Alkazi
essay

Jasoldiering On

"So deep-rooted in me is my birthplace, I take Rajasthan with me wherever I go"

Jan 12, 2009

| Jaswant Singh
essay

Sterling Rd Meetings

Time touches a city after its own manner, often unaiding memory. Still, I remain a Chennai boy.

Jan 12, 2009

| Viswanathan Anand
essay

Calcutta Chromosome

The city casts a spell so deep, the chronic attack of nostalgia transcends time and space

Jan 12, 2009

| Jug Suraiya
Rewind

Foreign 2008

Indo-US Nuke deal as the defining trend? Bilateral educational exchange agreement? The long list of terrorist attacks? Global financial meltdown?

Jan 12, 2009

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essay

The Soil Beckons

The years in other cities have only strengthened my sense of belonging to my roots in Assam

Jan 12, 2009

| Arnab Goswami
essay

The Belonging Heart

"Calcutta, Delhi, and then Madhya Pradesh—but home will always be a place in India"

Jan 12, 2009

| Belinda Wright
My Native Place

Sweet Smell Of Home

Namrata Joshi accompanies the Gilanis from Pakistan on their homecoming to Masanian

Jan 12, 2009

| Namrata Joshi
REWIND

Society 2008

Young cinema? Reality TV? The IPL? Demand for education? Amplification of violence on TV? Environment consciousness?

Jan 12, 2009

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BOOKS 2008

Dear Reader, A Handsel

Check out the reading list of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, LK Advani and an eminent galaxy of persons from all spheres

Jan 12, 2009

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Images

Friends, Lend Me a Year

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." You can say that about most years. But 2008? Thank God, it's over...

Jan 12, 2009

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Protests 2008

Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood

Jan 12, 2009

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TGIO

Quotes 2008

"Leezza, my darling Black African woman...."

Jan 12, 2009

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Rewind

Oh, Just Changed My Mind

No, it was not a case of the best lacking all conviction... Er, yes, no... but then, well, isn't consistency the virtue of an ass?

Jan 12, 2009

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Equation of India

India - Bharat = Nothing

The algebra of infinite idiocy. Sandeep Adhwaryu puts his pen's nib on why we invented the zero.

Jan 12, 2009

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TGIO

And Hardy Won Laurels

We are like this only. It happens only in India.

Jan 12, 2009

| Debarshi Dasgupta
Rewind

Songs Sung True

There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...

Jan 12, 2009

| Debarshi Dasgupta
The Insult Exchange

*#$@! Bashi-Bazouks! Brutes! Ectoplasms! Nikamma! Mother****** from Shivaji Park! Disgusting! Nauseating! Dog!

Jan 12, 2009

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Dubious Distinctions

Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.

Jan 12, 2009

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Glitterati 2008

Flashbulbs held the indelible moments on screen and beyond

Jan 12, 2009

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Diary

New Year Diary

A Pontification

Jan 12, 2009

| Krishna Prasad

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