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gujarat riots: narendra modi
The SIT has summoned him in a Gujarat ’02 case. But the trail is muddied.
reservation Bill: Muslim women
Muslim women representatives are all for the reservation bill
Poll Sutra
When BJP president Nitin Gadkari called to say I was part of his team, it was like getting an express bouncer from a spinner
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This novel’s self-flagellating neurosis points at our true distress, but its tone is marred by a cold stream
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Sometimes having a set of developed characters is not enough; it is necessary for them to do something to or with each other
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Edited with dedication and sympathy and includes contemporary narratives that give it a historical context
Navtej Sarna on A Window On The Wall–Quit India Prison Diary Of A 19-Year-Old By H.Y. Sharada PrasadEdited By Sugata Srinivasaraju
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Mar 29, 2010
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gujarat riots: narendra modi
Nero Hour
The SIT has summoned him in a Gujarat ’02 case. But the trail is muddied.
Saba Naqvi
reservation Bill: Muslim women
A Veil Is Lifted
Muslim women representatives are all for the reservation bill
Anuradha Raman
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review
Wrist-Slitters Anonymous
This novel’s self-flagellating neurosis points at our true distress, but its tone is marred by a cold stream
Manjula Padmanabhan
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Love Sex Aur Dhokha
The film, a set of three stories that intertwine, is remarkable in the way it experiments with the digicam to create a novel, audacious narrative
Namrata Joshi
10 Questions
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
The director of Bengali film Antaheen, the best feature at the national awards
Dola Mitra
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Riyadh Diary
Whether one travels ‘cattle class’ or business class from Delhi to Riyadh, one encounters boorish, nouveau riche, first-generation fellow travellers...
Ather Farouqui
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Sunday, March 21, 2010 Click to toggle view
Opinion
The relatives of any of those kiiled by the terrorists in 26/11 should appeal to the court not to accept the plea bargain, but to go ahead with the trial in order to find out the full truth behind what happened in Mumbai
B. Raman
Saturday, March 20, 2010 Click to toggle view
Opinion
At least we could have had the courage to protest--loudly and openly--over the American duplicity on Headley instead of projecting every stab in the back by Obama as a kiss in the back.
B. Raman
Friday, March 19, 2010 Click to toggle view
Comment
Now that Headley is out of reach, India should seek access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the co-conspirator against whom a separate case has been filed.
B. Raman
opinion
With the US in relative decline and China emerging its most likely challenger, it's become imperative for Russia and India to ramp up their partnership
Harsh V. Pant
View From Israel
The Government of Israel insulted the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, one of the greatest “friends” of Israel and spat in the face of President Barack Obama. So what?
Uri Avnery
view from UK
It seems to me that one of the handicaps conservationists suffer is that few of these species have common names. It is hard to persuade people to care about something they can’t pronounce
George Monbiot
Thursday, March 18, 2010 Click to toggle view
BYLANES
Even while they kept their freedom to disagree with the 'shallow barbs' of Taslima on the burqa, moderate Muslim intellectuals in Karnataka could have perhaps been a little more daring and direct
Sugata Srinivasaraju
Opinion
Headley will be protected. The FBI will be protected. The US administration will be protected. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) will be protected. The Pakistani Government and its Army will be protected...
B. Raman
Southern Spice
So what was an 86-year-old man who started his political career by spearheading an anti-Hindi agitation doing at an event which had an overdose of Hindi? “I told myself Hindi is alright for songs but not for Tamil Nadu.”
Pushpa Iyengar
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Click to toggle view
For The Record
"There is no quick solution to the Af-Pak situation. It is important for the international community, in its own interest, to stay the present course for as long as it is necessary"
Nirupama Rao
Opinion
With his visit to Saudi Arabia, the Indian Prime Minister has re-emphasized that when it comes to the Gulf, Iran will not be the focus of Indian foreign policy.
Harsh V. Pant
For The Record
From the law of the Smritis as expounded in the Sanskrit Commentaries and Digests to legislation via positivism, sociological jurisprudence and natural law
Markandey Katju
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Click to toggle view
From The Blogs
Is there a word in the English language that even remotely suggests the aura, the depth, the philosophy, the being of the word Dharma?
Shefalee Vasudev
View From WASHINGTON
Military leaders in Rawalpindi continue to believe that their current strategy of unleashing terrorism will enervate India, push it out of Afghanistan, and weaken US stabilization efforts there. And once again make Islamabad the kingmaker in determining Kabul’s future
Ashley J. Tellis
opinion
However benign the motives of the Nehru-Gandhis , the principle on which they operate makes the Congress a club of the privileged
Saba Naqvi
Monday, March 15, 2010 Click to toggle view
For those who came in late...
March 13 marked the death anniversary of Lee Falk, creator of The Phantom a.k.a. Kit Walker, the Ghost Who Walks...the man who cannot die. The legend lives on.
Kai Friese
Comment
A sectarian contest within the Muslim community --a quest to establish Barelwi supremacy over the Deobandis -- escalates and ignites the simmering animosity between Hindus and Muslims in the sleepy, small city in UP
Arshad Alam
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