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36 Chambers Of Discontent
The nitty-gritty of Congress’s Chhattisgarh sweep
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December 24, 2018
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Return Flight Is Far Off
A UK court rules that Vijay Mallya may be extradited
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December 24, 2018
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Desirable Sacrilege
With the Urus, Lamborghini is breaking new ground for an exotic supercar brand. But does an SUV really deserve a ‘Raging Bull’ badge on the bonnet?
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December 03, 2018
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Deadly Despite Chinks
Awake after 14 years, Jaish hits tough security firewall.
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December 03, 2018
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A Storm With Tusks
Slow relief work after Cyclone Gaja made the afflicted erupt.
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December 03, 2018
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Sanatana, A Living Being
Why do people want the static, frozen ‘dharma’ of colonial-era reactionaries?
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December 10, 2018
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Sunny Sure Got The Rule
Asiad 1982 organiser S.A.K. Durrani saved Indian cricket the blushes as manager in ’81.
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December 10, 2018
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Cries In Twilight Hours
A sense of filial abandonment stalks and steers the life of the heroine and provides the framework for this novel set in a brutal apartheid South Africa.
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May 21, 2018
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This Song Is Our Song
When a media mogul attempted to hide away the song of Tamil Nadu’s Mahakavi, it sparked a movement.
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May 21, 2018
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Reign Again, Mahanati
A new biopic on Savitri hopes to do justice to her legacy.
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May 21, 2018
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Indian Advertising: No Ideas, Sir Ji
An explosion of brands, consumer choices, multiplicity of media, squeeze on talent and focus on profit over creativity is posing challenges for the advertising industry. Can it regain its mojo?
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April 25, 2016
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From Bodybuilder To dancer, She's Breaking All The Barriers
Bodybuilder and dancer at once, this woman is breaking all the barriers
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April 25, 2016
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Will Subrata Roy Win A Breather From The Court?
He has paid the bail, his properties are being sold and he claims to have paid off investors. Subrata Roy may win a breather from the court.
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May 09, 2016
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Will The Taint Stick On Sonia?
One note purportedly naming people to be managed in India. Is that all it takes to bring a bribe charge home?
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May 09, 2016
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Memory: A Wound, A Womb
Memory is a contested field. Demagogues have tried to erase and rewrite it. State apparatuses have bent it to their needs.
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November 07, 2016
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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
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