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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

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009
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

| Dec 25, 2008





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



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



ESSAY

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









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



ESSAY

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



ESSAY

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



ESSAY

PRASOON JOSHI

Mountain-Spirited

Kumaon and its people are forever a watercolour memory, much like its mild sunlight

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009



ESSAY

LEELA SAMSON

Patterned Blanket

Three cities have shaped my life, knitting and weaving across each other in little strings

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009



ESSAY

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



ESSAY

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



ESSAY

JASWANT SINGH

Jasoldiering On

"So deep-rooted in me is my birthplace, I take Rajasthan with me wherever I go"

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009



ESSAY

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



ESSAY

JUG SURAIYA

Calcutta Chromosome

The city casts a spell so deep, the chronic attack of nostalgia transcends time and space

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009



ESSAY

BELINDA WRIGHT

The Belonging Heart

"Calcutta, Delhi, and then Madhya Pradesh—but home will always be a place in India"

Magazine | Jan 12, 2009



ESSAY

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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