 FOR THE RECORD
PRANAB MUKHERJEE
'Evidence Of The Links With Elements In Pakistan'
'As far as the Government of Pakistan is concerned, we ask only that it implement the bilateral commitments that it has made at the highest levels to India, and practices her international obligations. These are clear'
Web | Jan 05, 2009
 VIEW FROM ISRAEL
URI AVNERY
Molten Lead
This war is a writing on the wall: Israel is missing the historic chance of making peace with secular Arab nationalism. Tomorrow, it may be faced with a uniformly fundamentalist Arab world, Hamas multiplied by a thousand.
Web | Jan 03, 2009
 COUNTERPOINT
B. RAMAN
Can India Emulate Israel's Action In Gaza?
Yes, but the question is not whether we should retaliate. The question is whether a direct military strike will be the wise and appropriate way of retaliating against Pakistan...
Web | Jan 05, 2009
2008 IMAGES
Thank God It's Over
It was not just terror but also floods, farmer suicides, stampedes, communal clashes, riots, and many other horrific cases that hogged the headlines
Web | Dec 27, 2008
CRYSTAL GAZING
LOLA NAYAR
Economy 2009
Frequently asked questions: Will inflation be finally conquered in 2009? What's the investment advice for 2009? Will the moribund home market pick up in 2009? Tough 2009 for India Inc? What are they doing about it?
Web | Dec 24, 2008
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ESSAY
MUKUL KESAVAN
No Place Like Home
In location and language, I was more an Agrawal from Delhi than an Iyengar from Mysore
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 J&K
PRAVEEN SWAMI
The Writing On The Wall
New Delhi would do well to engage with the multiple voices in the new elected Assembly in J&K, rather than reach out once more to a secessionist leadership that has been humiliated by the peoples it claims to represent.
Web | Dec 31, 2008
Q & A
B. RAMAN
LTTE After Kilinochchi
Will LTTE be able to bounce back again? Has the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils become hopeless? How will the end of Prabakaran come? Will the defeat of LTTE bring about peace? Isn't there an Indian double standard on terrorism and LTTE?
Web | Jan 04, 2009
REWIND
World Sports 2008
The Olympians, the rivals, the record breakers, the toppers, the heroes, the ones who provided much needed distraction in these bleak times
Web | Dec 27, 2008
REWIND
Movies 2008
The hits and the misses -- the hot bods, the new faces, the more than pretty faces, those on the other side of the camera -- and of the border
NAMRATA JOSHI
Web | Dec 25, 2008
REWIND
Terror 2008
The year began with a terrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur on January 1, 2008. And then it came calling with sickening regularity in Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai...
Web | Dec 26, 2008
REWIND
World 2008
It was clearly an year of change with democracy seemingly triumphing with elections in Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan, Zimbabwe...and, of course, the USA
Web | Dec 26, 2008
REWIND
Moral Police 2008
The usual suspects were out there -- airing their "hurt sensibilities" with abuse and threats, court injunctions, chappals, black paint and fatwas, smashing down glass panes for TV cameras, burning down buses...
Web | Dec 27, 2008
REWIND
Business 2008
From Nano -- launched in January, lynched in August -- Jaguar and Land Rover acquisition deals, through IPL, farmers bailout, new airports and so on, it all seemed hunky dory till the Reliance Power IPO...
Web | Dec 24, 2008
REWIND
Cricket 2008
And then there were three. The year saw two of the Fab-Five retire, and if MSD took the team to new heights, Dravid's disappointments with the bat were made up by Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag
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REWIND
Sports 2008
India had their best Olympics ever, winning three medals, including the country's first gold in an individual event. There was lots of good news, including the fact that to get rid of KPS Gill as the president of the Indian Hockey Federation, they got rid of the federation itself!
ROHIT MAHAJAN
Web | Dec 25, 2008
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BOOKS 2008
Dear Reader,
A Handsel
Check out the reading list of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, LK Advani and an eminent galaxy of persons from all spheres
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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RAMACHANDRA GUHA
The Great Indian Chaos Theory
Was this the worst year experienced by India (and Indians) since the country was founded? Our annus horribilis?
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
The Insult Exchange
*#$@! Bashi-Bazouks! Brutes! Ectoplasms! Nikamma! Mother****** from Shivaji Park! Disgusting! Nauseating! Dog!
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Songs Sung True
There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
TGIO
And Hardy Won Laurels
We are like this only. It happens only in India.
DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
Dubious Distinctions
Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Oh, Just Changed My Mind
No, it was not a case of the best lacking all conviction... Er, yes, no... but then, well, isn't consistency the virtue of an ass?
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
Protests 2008
Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
IMAGES
Friends, Lend Me a Year
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." You can say that about most years. But 2008? Thank God, it's over...
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
Glitterati 2008
Flashbulbs held the indelible moments on screen and beyond
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Polity 2008
Was there a defining trend? The assembly polls, N-deal's passage, Right to Education Bill, youth in public life...
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Economy 2008
Defining trend of the year? The global financial crisis? Singur?
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Foreign 2008
Indo-US Nuke deal as the defining trend? Bilateral educational exchange agreement? The long list of terrorist attacks? Global financial meltdown?
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
REWIND
Society 2008
Young cinema? Reality TV? The IPL? Demand for education? Amplification of violence on TV? Environment consciousness?
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
TGIO
Quotes 2008
"Leezza, my darling Black African woman...."
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
EQUATION OF INDIA
India - Bharat = Nothing
The algebra of infinite idiocy. Sandeep Adhwaryu puts his pen's nib on why we invented the zero.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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 GOODBYE 2008
VINOD MEHTA
Sweet Uses Of Adversity
How can I conjure up a rainbow? We are looking for a sliver of hope... a sort of CMP of optimism.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
 HELLO 2009
New Year Diary
Choosing the Politician of the Year may seem like a silly, even suicidal, mission to undertake. But, it's that time of the year, somebody's gotta do it, and your correspondent is delighted to present a name and a face not quite likely...
KRISHNA PRASAD
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MARK TULLY
Rooting For Home
In humans, as in plants, roots grow deeper if left to grow in one place, untransplanted
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
 MY NATIVE PLACE
PRAKASH KARAT
Monks & Football
The Marxist leader tells Smita Gupta about growing up in Rangoon in the 1950s
SMITA GUPTA
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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RAMA BIJAPURKAR
Going Native In Bits
'Back home' was always going to be a problematic place. And not just because it was not one place.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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PRASOON JOSHI
Mountain-Spirited
Kumaon and its people are forever a watercolour memory, much like its mild sunlight
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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LEELA SAMSON
Patterned Blanket
Three cities have shaped my life, knitting and weaving across each other in little strings
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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BASHARAT PEER
Beyond Your Doors
Arrivals, departures. A little bit of Seer and the Valley and the distance from the world.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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EBRAHIM ALKAZI
Background Colour
I might not have gone back to my native place—Poona—but it has always stayed with me.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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JASWANT SINGH
Jasoldiering On
"So deep-rooted in me is my birthplace, I take Rajasthan with me wherever I go"
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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VISWANATHAN ANAND
Sterling Rd Meetings
Time touches a city after its own manner, often unaiding memory. Still, I remain a Chennai boy.
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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JUG SURAIYA
Calcutta Chromosome
The city casts a spell so deep, the chronic attack of nostalgia transcends time and space
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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BELINDA WRIGHT
The Belonging Heart
"Calcutta, Delhi, and then Madhya Pradesh—but home will always be a place in India"
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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ARNAB GOSWAMI
The Soil Beckons
The years in other cities have only strengthened my sense of belonging to my roots in Assam
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
MY NATIVE PLACE
GILANI FAMILY
Sweet Smell Of Home
Namrata Joshi accompanies the Gilanis from Pakistan on their homecoming to Masanian
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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