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LATEST ISSUE
THE MAGAZINE
SPECIAL ISSUE
January 12, 2009
Thank God It’s Over
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Person(s) Of The Year
Prediction For '09
...And The Nadir
The High Point...
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
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Rama Bijapurkar
My Native Place
Monks & Football
The Marxist leader tells Smita Gupta about growing up in Rangoon in the 1950s
Jan 12, 2009
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Smita Gupta
Essay
Mountain-Spirited
Kumaon and its people are forever a watercolour memory, much like its mild sunlight
Jan 12, 2009
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Prasoon Joshi
Essay
Patterned Blanket
Three cities have shaped my life, knitting and weaving across each other in little strings
Jan 12, 2009
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Leela Samson
Rewind
Economy 2008
Defining trend of the year? The global financial crisis? Singur?
Jan 12, 2009
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Person(s) Of The Year
Prediction For '09
...And The Nadir
The High Point...
Essay
Beyond Your Doors
Arrivals, departures. A little bit of Seer and the Valley and the distance from the world.
Jan 12, 2009
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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
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Ebrahim Alkazi
essay
Jasoldiering On
"So deep-rooted in me is my birthplace, I take Rajasthan with me wherever I go"
Jan 12, 2009
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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
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Viswanathan Anand
essay
Calcutta Chromosome
The city casts a spell so deep, the chronic attack of nostalgia transcends time and space
Jan 12, 2009
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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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Person(s) Of The Year
Prediction For '09
...And The Nadir
The High Point...
essay
The Soil Beckons
The years in other cities have only strengthened my sense of belonging to my roots in Assam
Jan 12, 2009
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Arnab Goswami
essay
The Belonging Heart
"Calcutta, Delhi, and then Madhya Pradesh—but home will always be a place in India"
Jan 12, 2009
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Belinda Wright
My Native Place
Sweet Smell Of Home
Namrata Joshi accompanies the Gilanis from Pakistan on their homecoming to Masanian
Jan 12, 2009
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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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Person(s) Of The Year
Prediction For '09
...And The Nadir
The High Point...
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
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Debarshi Dasgupta
Rewind
Songs Sung True
There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...
Jan 12, 2009
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Debarshi Dasgupta
The Insult Exchange
*#$@! Bashi-Bazouks! Brutes! Ectoplasms! Nikamma! Mother****** from Shivaji Park! Disgusting! Nauseating! Dog!
Jan 12, 2009
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Ekta Kapoor Vs Star Plus
Salman Khan Vs Shahrukh Khan
Harbhajan Singh Vs Sreesanth
Salman Rushdie Vs Arundhati Roy
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (And Others) Vs Oscar Fernandes
Raj Thackeray Vs Abu Azmi
L.K. Advani Vs Manmohan Singh
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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Regulars
New Year Diary
A Pontification
Jan 12, 2009
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Krishna Prasad
ENVIRONMENT ISSUE
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