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How Painful Is That Mottled Lattice Light
Vetri Maaran on cinema in times of the ubiquitous camera, multiple screens for consumption and the democratisation of the craft.
7 min |
November 07, 2016
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The Highway, Yes. But Not Her Way!
More and more of those who had rallied behind Mamata’s poriborton call now stand against her
6 min |
October 30, 2017
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Chaar Annas Of Rare Mettle
A cool, memorable repertoire, there’s something remarkable about Raghubir Yadav’s versatility
8 min |
October 30, 2017
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Prez Zuma's West UP Connect
Proximity to the Guptas brought the South African president under a cloud. But who are the Guptas?
8 min |
October 30, 2017
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An Outsider Between The Posts
Football’s lesson in dispossession wasn’t in vain. East Bengal’s thraldom reigned at a distance; then came a sudden reinforcement of the refugee status.
6 min |
October 30, 2017
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JNU Controversy: Broadcast Media Skewed Events On The Ground
Broadcast media’s excessive righteousness in the JNU affair skewed events on the ground.
10 min |
March 07, 2016
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Spotlight On The Dark Zones In The Ishrat Case
The spotlight is put on PC. And away from the dark zones in the Ishrat case.
10+ min |
March 14, 2016
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Budget 2016: Has Modi Junked Gujraat Model
If you voted BJP because of what you were told Modi did to Gujarat, this budget may look like a case of broken promises. What exactly has changed, if at all?
8 min |
March 14, 2016
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When Pushp Comes To RTI Shove
A sting-happy journalist faces police intimidation for a story that embarrassed the government.
5 min |
March 28, 2016
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Hunt For The First Human
Cut marks on bone fossils found on an Indian foothill could well change the narrative on human evolution.
9 min |
March 28, 2016
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Will Subhash Chandra's RS Destiny Be Rewritten?
Will that sleight of blue ink that wrote Subhash Chandra's RS destiny be rewritten? If R.K. Anand can help it.
5 min |
July 11, 2016
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Cat-And-Mouse Over The Bull Game
Recent Jallikattu protests can portend fresh potential for Tamil nationalism. But the state's people have developed a stake in the larger federal polity.
6 min |
February 06, 2017
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The Khanate Without End
A journey extraordinaire. Twenty-five years on, Shahrukh Khan stays at the top effortlessly, retaining an insatiable hunger for excellence in his craft.
10 min |
February 06, 2017
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Shah Rukh Khan: 'Dignity Is More Important Than Hashtags.'
‘Woh aaye ghar mein hamare, khuda ki kudrat hai/Kabhi hum unko kabhi apne ghar ko dekhte hain….’ If Shahrukh Khan were to ever drop in at someone’s house, this might be the perfect couplet to describe that moment. But it’s he, the Badshah of Bollywood, who has a backstory for this Ghalib gem. Nothing around him—the feverish promotional melee, hopping from one vanity van to the other to meet co-actors, producers et al, delayed lunches, the disarmingly innocent AbRam who demands his dad’s time over “boring interviews”—is conducive to ruminating about poetry. But SRK shares an anecdote about how this couplet was inspired by a kleptomaniac friend of Ghalib’s and then goes on to the symbolic importance of the ‘saaqi’ figure in shayari. He cherishes his father’s reading of poetry, his words of explanation, and promises that none of the chaos will distract him from the conversation at hand, and it would be an interesting one too. Not vainly spoken, as Prachi Pinglay-Plumber discovers. Excerpts:
10+ min |
February 06, 2017
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Trudeau Does Bhangra With Khalistanis
Attenuated over the years, Sikh separatism is given a fillip for cheap political gains even by the Canadian PM
5 min |
May 29, 2017
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Pak Flag Or The IS Flag?
OBOR's binding terms perplex some in Pakistan, put India on careful watch, open up a vista of geo-political transformation
6 min |
May 29, 2017
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Several Wrongs Make The Right
Ironclad conservatives of the darkest shades, with a collective net worth of $35 billion, will fill up the Trump cabinet.
5 min |
December 12, 2016
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Basit’s Quiet K-Diplomacy
Post-unrest, the Kashmiri ‘mainstream’ is courting Pakistan to recover lost ground.
6 min |
December 12, 2016
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On Home Turf, A Party That Can't Afford to Lose
With an eye on 2019 and Modi again as ­mascot, the BJP’s readying to do all it takes to keep Gujarat.
6 min |
November 13, 2017
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Taking It Beyond Wazwaan
To the PDP, the ex-IB chief’s appointment as interlocutor is a chance to reconnect with the people. But the mainstream opposition and the separatists are not enthused.
8 min |
November 13, 2017
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Talking About, Talking With Kashmir
Now that convulsions on Kashmir’s streets have subsided, the Centre makes a careful bid for talks, appointing Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor. Too late in the day, say detractors; from a position of strength, says the government. But for talks to bear fruit, all stakeholders have to be engaged, backed by flexibility from Delhi.
8 min |
November 13, 2017
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Cascading Misery
The domino-like latecomer effects of demonetisation, from farm to dinner table
6 min |
November 13, 2017
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Minority Position
Siddaramaiah has survived the threat of a rift in his cabinet by recognising the Lingayats as a religious minority. But this may not be the end of his troubles.
5 min |
April 02, 2018
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Digital Falsities To Prime Likes
Cambridge Analytica caused quite a kerfuffle when it was outed by whistleblowers on its questionable tactic of snagging 50 million profiles from FB
5 min |
April 02, 2018
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Raga Darbari On High Notes
The stage is clearly set for a no-holds-barred faceoff. There is little room for doubt now on whether Rahul would lead his party into the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
10 min |
April 02, 2018
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Sister's Need For Unity
As the BJP targets Bengal, Mamata looks at the Left, which has eyes only for the Congress. She’s a leading mover behind talks for an inchoate ‘federal front’.
7 min |
April 02, 2018
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Square Leg Umpire's Sixer
After clipping wings of BCCI supremos, an irate Vinod Rai threatens to hold elections without recalcitrant affiliates
6 min |
April 02, 2018
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A Bitter Harvest
Multiple agitations show all’s not well with the ‘rich’ state of Maharashtra.
7 min |
April 09, 2018
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Scholar, SUI Generis
The mercurial devourer of knowledge—and giver of care and affection—in youth has crafted his own, unique path. Ram Guha is a category- efying scholar who takes on bhakts and mullahs.
4 min |
April 09, 2018
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That Chink In The Wall
No point delivering liberal homilies to a hierarchical society. But Guha has discarded the questions of power.
6 min |