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Saved, Yet Shamed
India trims the annual increase of HIV/AIDS cases by 57 per cent since 2000. But social stigma lives on.
8 min |
April 30, 2018
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Tiger Tiger, Burning Bronze
Tiger Shroff breaks the Box Office as a ‘dance­action’ star
7 min |
April 30, 2018
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Passing Shot At The Summit
Srikanth climbs atop the badminton heap. True grit bears fruit. Doggedness will keep him there.
10 min |
April 30, 2018
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With Allah On The ­Loudspeaker
The BJP rustles up a mix of Indian nationalism and Kashmiri Muslim identity for a toehold in the Valley
7 min |
January 15, 2018
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Still, The Pen Remains Mightier
Gauri Lankesh never compromised with truth-telling. This anthology charts her career, including that courageous switch to Kannada journalism.
3 min |
January 15, 2018
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Wanted: More Women Heading The Machine
Women directors have yet to follow the trend their male counterparts are encashing—turning producer
3 min |
January 15, 2018
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What He said Was In The Past
Trump’s volte face on Pakistan startles India. But impetuosity apart, harder realities may have forced the presidential tweet.
5 min |
October 30, 2017
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No Curl Yet Over The Wall
Federational bungling for decades and lack of structure turned India, a proud footballing nation, into perpetual minnows. To harness the positive charge of the U-17 World Cup, Indian football needs a determined, tactical overhaul.
10+ min |
October 30, 2017
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Another 1983, For Football
The tricolour flew high in Asian football. Early stirrings of a recovery can be felt now.
7 min |
October 30, 2017
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Populism To Kill The Best
The fuss over Delhi Metro’s fare hike is a test case of how to run such fast-spreading networks
7 min |
October 30, 2017
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The Hint Of A Forked Tongue
The Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Tawang elicits a warning and tough talk on the border issue from China
6 min |
March 20, 2017
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How Start-Ups Die!
They were to inherit the earth. Start-ups, the playfield of the young and the restless, have had a hard reality check. What gives?
8 min |
March 20, 2017
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The Election Is Not A Funeral
The seven per cent turnout in the Srinagar bypoll marks a new low for Kashmir’s pro-India parties.
5 min |
April 24, 2017
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Cash-for-votes That Marred An Election
RK Nagar leaves a dirty spot on Tamil Nadu’s poll scene, signalling it’s all about power to the moneybags.
6 min |
April 24, 2017
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All Red in the Rear View Mirror
Former Naxalite Ashim Chatterjee looks back at the rebellion that made him.
5 min |
April 24, 2017
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New Maoist Revolts Didn't Identify Enemy, Have Plan for Land Capture
Santosh Rana was a 23-year-old student at Calcutta’s Presidency College in 1967 when the Naxalbari rebellion erupted. Having immediately plunged into the movement, he later went on to question a few of its methodologies and tactics. As the movement turns 50 in May this year, the 74-year-old, who is a cancer-survivor, reminisces in an interview with Dola Mitra.
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April 24, 2017
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The Balladeer's Mutiny
For decades, the shirtless bard’s stirring songs lent punch to a class struggle. Gaddar may carry on singing, but his opting to be a voter implies the mutation of a rebel note.
6 min |
April 24, 2017
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Rubble of Heritage
Shoddy clean-up of a 12th-C shrine digs up artefacts. Some have been damaged.
5 min |
April 24, 2017
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Few Biopics Stand the Test of Time...you Have to Get It Right
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who recently stirred the social media with his picture as Saadat Hasan Manto, continues to do interesting projects that have him making characters come alive in a way that only he can. At his work-cum-house space at Yari Road in Mumbai, he speaks to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber about the processes that an actor must go through, his choices ranging from small films like Haramkhor to a lavish series with BBC, the Hindi film ind ustry and his brother’s short film on triple talaq. Excerpts:
7 min |
April 24, 2017
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Has The Start-up Story Ended?
The much-touted start-up scene is cracking up. Is the boom over then? No, say experts. It’s necessary course-correction.
6 min |
October 03, 2016
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A Riddle of Hill and Valley
As two national parties battle it out, the faultlines that run through the north-eastern state only come out sharper.
10 min |
February 27, 2017
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Who Wants a Bound Script?
After a flurry of coups and near ­coronations, TN may settle down to a Thevar­ Gounder tug of war.
7 min |
February 27, 2017
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Winning By A Bye
A US policy waffle in Asia, fed by a paucity of diplomats, will allow China to gain ground.
6 min |
May 15, 2017
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Comprehensive National Power
India needs a strategic effort to understand that it is no longer competing with China, but seeking to cope with an increasing asymmetry of power
6 min |
May 15, 2017
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'Kashmir Could Lead To A Nuclear Accident If There Are No Talks'
In Kashmir, the students are protesting in the streets demanding azadi, while the Election Commission of India has cancelled the Lok Sabha bypolls in Anantnag. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of the All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference, who is under “house arrest”, tells Naseer Ganai in a telephonic interview that New Delhi knows whom to talk to in Jammu and Kashmir, but wants to avoid dialogue. “It is not a question of whom to talk to, but what to talk about,” says Mirwaiz.
5 min |
May 15, 2017
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Kabuliwala's Bag Of Tricks
With the googly and a disarming smile, Rashid Khan confounds batsmen and raises high his national flag
5 min |
May 15, 2017
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Thinking Out Of The Witness Box
Mahmood Farooqui’s rape conviction for forced oral sex opens a hectic debate about the ‘lacunae’ in the amended criminal law
6 min |
September 26, 2016
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Scripting A Good Ending
To the PDP, ‘permanent solution’ means dialogue and the opposite to its ally, the BJP.
6 min |
June 19, 2017
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A Bird's Past, and Future...
The Praful Patel years, which all but grounded AI, come under the lens just as privatisation looms.
6 min |
June 19, 2017
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Doctors And Their Devices
Imported medical devices are often indispensable. But 1,000 % mark-ups in prices? Hospitals, traders and doctors are playing a fast, smooth game, pushing patients towards financial ruin. Will the government ever wake up to these immoral medical practices?
10+ min |