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Hunger, Bloodthirst, Murder
An adivasi’s lynching sparks an artistic outpouring that only discomfits activists
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March 12, 2018
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AAP Among Unequals
Angry, Alternative Politics, they called it. But has AAP failed to redeem its pledge? Is it too angry, and not alternative enough?
10+ min |
March 12, 2018
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Immovable And Rusted Objects
Obstructionist bureaucracy needs an injection of specialists
3 min |
March 12, 2018
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A Broom In The Wrong Place
There’s talk of President’s Rule, but, for better optics, the BJP will more likely let Delhi’s AAP government hoist itself with its own petard
5 min |
March 12, 2018
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A Party That Lost Its Fig Leaf
AAP grew overambitious; its leader anyway tended to be autocratic. The party’s slide began when it became unscrupulous. Will it reform its ways?
6 min |
March 12, 2018
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It's the Economy, Cupid
The spectre of China ought to be dispelled by the prospect of business.
2 min |
October 31, 2016
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The Coming Caste Wars
The growing clamour for reservation to society's shrinking ability to fulfil the dreams globalisation unleashes
5 min |
October 31, 2016
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To Put Faith in Secularism
‘Secularism’ inhabits twin strands—one simply strives to control religion; another, more composite view, allows plural views on faith to coexist. Charting secularism’s progress in France and the US, Charles Taylor alights on the passionate debate it is generating in modern Europe and India.
8 min |
November 07, 2016
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Caste and Faith in the Dalit Mirror
Four activists and scholars with different religious identities take stock of what has changed for India’s ‘untouchables’ and what remains the same.
10+ min |
November 07, 2016
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Global Is Beautiful
The World Cup epitomises football at its very best—a unifying force in a world too often fighting against itself
8 min |
June 25, 2018
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Both Gold & Glitter
Messi and Neymar: two sides of football stardom, but their core lights the same way
5 min |
June 25, 2018
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To Beard A Boyar In Muscovy
A bickering world, quite rightly, gets Russia, the commonest bete noire, as host of its cup of life. Ah, but we mustn’t cavil. It might turn out to be fun after all.
6 min |
June 25, 2018
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Gali Gali Football Shootball
Following matches through radio static to plugging in—Indian fans have been steadfast as ever. But has the dazzle of European soccer held us in enthralled stupor?
7 min |
June 25, 2018
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Waiting for Mr Parrikar
The long absence of the CM and two key ministers has created a peculiar situation in Goa politics
4 min |
June 25, 2018
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Lay Of The Lost
Missing key to a temple storehouse opens a Pandora’s box
3 min |
June 25, 2018
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How To Grab The Key To Wealth Creation
Smartly balancing today’s and tomorrow’s requirements with the help of a sound financial plan holds the key to creating ample wealth for future needs.
5 min |
July 02, 2018
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Eat In And Keep The Taxman Away
GST has been largely neutral or beneficial for consumers, but ‘luxuries’ are a bone of contention.
6 min |
July 02, 2018
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RK Films Was Born With Raj Kapoor And Died With Him
Ranbir Kapoor is one of the biggest stars outside of the Khanate ruled by the Aamir-Salman-Shahrukh triptych in Bollywood. But his last few movies have not set the cashbox ringing at the box office, the ultimate arbiter of an artiste’s worth over a weekend in a cut-throat film industry. The 35-year-old actor now returns with a biopic on Sanjay Dutt made by a filmmaker with the Midas touch, Rajkumar Hirani, who has never failed in the past 15 years. In a freewheeling interview with Giridhar Jha, barely a few days before the release of Sanju, Ranbir discusses, among other things, the most challenging role in his career and why he does not want to spoil the legacy of R.K. Films by reviving the iconic banner founded by his legendary grandfather Raj Kapoor. Excerpts from the interview:
10+ min |
July 02, 2018
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Anchor, Old Man And The Sea
After Arnab Goswami’s resignation from Times Now, a storm of what-next rumours.
5 min |
November 14, 2016
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Smog Capital Of The World: Delhi
What’s with the air in Delhi that a festival of lights plunged it into darkness? Can we read the signal in the smog?
8 min |
November 21, 2016
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Modi's Trump Card: Demonetisation
Demonetisation is a dramatic Modistroke. And well-timed too, ahead of crucial polls.
6 min |
November 21, 2016
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Clueless In Cash Country
Outside urban india, it is largely hard cash that has currency.
6 min |
November 21, 2016
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Bangalore Torpedo Rewired
Karnataka by polls are a matter of morale for the ruling coalition.
3 min |
November 05, 2018
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Back To The Future
Revival of an antiforeigner stir sets the tone for tense days in Assam.
3 min |
November 05, 2018
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No Muslim Voice In Poll Bound States
Far from being ‘appeased’, Muslims are out of the reckoning in three states.
6 min |
November 05, 2018
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Architect Of Their Happiness
High on idealism, popularity, Bhutan’s PM Lotay Tshering seeks to fulfil his promises.
3 min |
November 05, 2018
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Women In Kerala Are Pushing The 'Lakshmana Rekha'
The Sabarimala and Franco fiascos are emblematic of the patriarchy’s resistance to women’s rights.
5 min |
November 05, 2018
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CBI Scandal: Are The Political Masters To Blame?
Infighting within the top rungs of the CBI blows up into an unprecedented crisis of credibility for India’s premier investigation agency, often derided as a political parrot.
8 min |
November 05, 2018
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Look Before You Take The Investment Leap
Take a look at other items eligible for tax deduction before considering tax saving investments.
3 min |
November 26, 2018
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It Runs Through...The Chambal
The BJP is on the backfoot in Gwalior-Morena, where Dalits and elite castes are both a disgruntled lot.
4 min |