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Janeu, The Cat's Cradle

Brahmins are fashioning new political rhetoric from old stereotypes

Mar 30, 2009

| Gopal Guru
brahmins in politics

The Other Kautilyas

Of course, not all of India's Chanakyas are Brahmins, even though the community clearly provides the biggest talent pool for political advisors.

Mar 30, 2009

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The Hand Of Gowda

A smart spokesperson, does his master's homework too

Mar 30, 2009

| Sugata Srinivasaraju
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Swinging Loyalist

First Laloo, then Nitish, back to Laloo and now with Nitish

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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The Cho Must Go On

When she does seek an alternative opinion, the puratchi thalaivi turns to Thuglak editor

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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Scrivener's Tale

Helped build the PM's tough image on the Indo-US nuclear deal

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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Messrs Worldly Wise & Wordly Wise

The external affairs minister is the party's chief troubleshooter and a crafty draftsman of statements. The latter is coordinator for Lok Sabha election-related affairs and the Congress president's English speechwriter.

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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It's Historically Immaterial, And Yet

The party has no key strategist. But when it needs a negotiator, Yechury's their man. His past UF experience and people skills come in handy.

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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All The King's Men, And Greater Than All

Cracked Digvijay Singh's Mr Invincible image; stormed Laloo's bastion and steered BJP to its first electoral win in the south, in Karnataka

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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The Second Deck: Jack Be Nimble

L.K. Advani may have been the deputy PM, but Brajesh Mishra, it was said, wielded more power. He was principal secretary, NSA, special envoy.

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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The Man Who Has Naveen Pat

Some say it was Naveen's mother, Gyan, who asked Pyarimohan to help; others say he offered it himself. All said, it's been a good partnership.

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
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Poll Science Major & A Math Whiz Too

Turned the Congress Brahmin-Muslim-Dalit formula on its head, bringing BSP to power and returning UP to single-party rule after more than 20 years

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta
brahmins in politics

Chanakya!

Every party has one: a Brahmin drafting canny political strategy

Mar 30, 2009

| Smita Gupta

ec: voting

Right Buttons

The EC gets disabled-friendly for the polls

Mar 30, 2009

| Chandrani Banerjee
EXCLUSIVE
intelligence agencies: raw

There's A Spy In My Soup

The new RAW chief takes over at a time when morale is at an all-time low and 'recall' cases are rising by the day

Mar 30, 2009

| Saikat Datta
Maharashtra: mumbai metro

Tough Graffiti

Project Mumbai Metro hits the brakes

Mar 30, 2009

| Amba Batra Bakshi
kerala: the church

Censer Smoke

Kerala's ruling Left falls foul of the Church

Mar 30, 2009

| John Mary
tamil nadu: lawyers

Myself, Milord

Striking lawyers let clients learn how to do it

Mar 30, 2009

| Pushpa Iyengar
opinion

Nehru's Turning In His Grave

Why harp on Varun's lineage when he has abandoned its ideals?

Mar 30, 2009

| Nayantara Sahgal
Politics: bjp

The Rankled File

Scarcely has the BJP papered over one crisis that another one threatens to explode

Mar 30, 2009

| Saba Naqvi

pakistan: president zardari

Down To Mr One Per Cent

The people have spoken, even his PPP is fed up. The beginning of the end for Zardari?

Mar 30, 2009

| Mariana Baabar
pakistan: people's power

A Million Footfalls To Justice

Pakistanis have marched a government onto the right path. Can the movement sustain steam?

Mar 30, 2009

| Amir Mir
- It's Democratic
opinion

Shishya Dakshina

Official India must accept the Dalai Lama's relevance as a moral force

Mar 30, 2009

| K.C. Singh
opinion

Sound Of Boots On A Starry Sky

A peep at life and art in a strife-torn state across the border

Mar 30, 2009

| Anjolie Ela Menon

Singur: Nano

A Small Carnage

Singur mourns as Tatas prepare to roll out the Nano amid fanfare

Mar 30, 2009

| Dola Mitra
automobiles: nano

Reduce Your Turning Radius

The people's car that raised the aspirations of the common man is out. Will you buy it?

Mar 30, 2009

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Economy: Deflation

What Price The Fall

Looming deflation, bad policies hobble chances of a fast recovery

Mar 30, 2009

| Lola Nayar Pragya Singh Pushpa Iyengar Chander Suta Dogra

Ecology: the sunderbans

Tooth, Claw & Distaff

The man-animal conflict in the Sunderbans has touched scores of women tragically, leaving Jelepara a village of 'tiger widows'

Mar 30, 2009

| Dola Mitra
profile

When On Khyber 'Ills We Lay

When an army doctor recently told him to continue with his pleurisy medicine until his 100th birthday, Dubey's quick response was "And after that?"

Mar 30, 2009

| Anjali Puri
opinion

A Jungle Called College

A multiplicity of controls leave higher education orphaned

Mar 30, 2009

| Neelabh Mishra

interview

'I Would Not Come To India For A Million Dollars'

The chief executive of FICA, which represents player associations of seven of the 10 Test-playing nations is bemused by the IPL's refusal to discuss security arrangements

Mar 30, 2009

| Rohit Mahajan

Review

Tight Black

Hariharan finally seems to have found the exact tone and language that she is at home in: spartan, elegant and nuanced

Mar 30, 2009

| Urvashi Butalia
Review

Lord's-Eye View Of Tests

Congress politics wore Madhavrao down towards the end

Mar 30, 2009

| Vinod Mehta

Bombay Diary

Punched Out Rhymes

Mar 30, 2009

| Anil Dharker

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

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Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

R.K. Pachauri

The director general of TERI to lead the newly-established Yale Climate and Energy Institute

Mar 30, 2009

| Lola Nayar
gossip

Bibliofile

Recession ensures that only popular Indian books rather than literary ones by lesser-known writers would get the advances...

Mar 30, 2009

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column

Bull's Eye

The other day I ran into a psephologist. "This general election will be a turning point in India's political history," he said.

Mar 30, 2009

| Rajinder Puri
Calcutta Restaurant

Persian Cat

Only this dimly-lit, old-world Park Street eatery has made a success of Chelo kabab in India

Mar 30, 2009

| Anvar Alikhan
movie review

Firaaq

Makes for smooth and unfussy story-telling. In fact, it tells several stories in one film; all of them taking place a month after the Gujarat riots of '02

Mar 30, 2009

| Namrata Joshi