HEADLINES
All-party delegation to visit Jammu on August 9
Inflation climbs to 12 per cent
One killed in fresh Nandigram violence
Pak ruling coalition to impeach Musharraf
SC judge refuses to hear graft case against judiciary
TN minister sacked over abduction charges
Cash-for-vote sting tapes doctored: BJP MPs
Mayawati to put up more of her statues
Ishant rested, Harbhajan and Dhoni back for ODIs
 OPINION
PREM SHANKAR JHA
Cut The Nose To Cure Cold
India literally imported global inflation. Why beat domestic growth for it?
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
PHOTOFEATURE
Week In Pictures
J&K continued to burn and simmer under curfew over the Amarnath land issue, sting remained king in the cash-for-vote scam, India got the nod from IAEA, 146 people died at Naina Devi temple stampede and other pictures from the week July 31-August 5, 2008
Web | Aug 05, 2008
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CITY SNIPPETS
Chennai Corner
Jayalalitha should be gloating over the rap on the knuckles for the CM, but she is curiously silent. What is more, she seems to be reluctant to return to the rough and tumble of politics in Chennai, four months after she went and took up residence in her house in the Ooty hills at Kodanadu estate...
PUSHPA IYENGAR
Web | Aug 07, 2008
 LAST PAGE
Kumaon Diary
The young man informed me that he was a "dubbul MA in Ingliss and Hindi literature" "So what do you do?" I asked him. "What is there to do here?" he countered. "Nothing," he muttered sullenly.
IRA PANDE
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OLYMPICS: ARCHERY
Taut As A Bow String
Vardhineni Pranitha takes aim at an archery medal in Beijing, inspires an Andhra hamlet
NITYA RAO
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008 |
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 OPINION
VIJAY K. SAZAWAL
Jammu V/s Kashmir
How a simple administrative matter was mishandled and how competitive politics led it to snowball into a violent stand-off, unleashing dangerous communal passions.
Web | Aug 07, 2008
 COMMENT
AJITH PILLAI
Life For Land
Omar Abdullah's much feted speech has become a spur of sorts for Hindu outrage in the Jammu region. Perhaps what has stirred people is the public suicide by Kuldeep Verma-Dogra in Jammu's Parade Ground. Being seen as an extreme reply to Omar's claim...
Web | Aug 07, 2008
 OPINION
RAJINDER PURI
Achtung! Here Be Demons
If Musharraf has the army and ISI by his side no politician in Pakistan could prevent him from an adventure in Kashmir. It is in this context that India must respond to the domestic crisis in Kashmir.
Web | Aug 06, 2008
 OPINION
ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN
Reclaiming The Paradise Lost
The issue at stake is not some facilities for the pilgrims or lack thereof. The crucial question is whether governments will take their decisions on merit or vacillate whenever faced with communal threats.
Web | Aug 06, 2008
FOR THE RECORD
'Use Of Forest Land For Non-Forestry Purpose'
The memorandum for submission to the cabinet clearly indicates that the PDP ministers were very much in agreement with the land diversion and had not only been consulted but its deputy chief minister had even specifically offered clarifications thereon
MADHAV LAL
Web | Aug 06, 2008
 OPINION
RAJINDER PURI
War On Terror?
What a nice sounding phrase! It provides good copy to headline writers in the media. But do politicians really believe we are facing a war unleashed by terrorists? And why is India losing it?
Web | Aug 05, 2008
 VIEW FROM BRITAIN
GEORGE MONBIOT
Coal Scuttled
Whether we prevent runaway climate change largely depends on whether we keep using the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel. The more coal is burnt, the smaller are our chances of future
Web | Aug 05, 2008
 INDO-PAK
KANCHAN LAKSHMAN
Heavy Weather Ahead
By shifting the theatres of violence from J&K to elsewhere, Pakistan looks for greater 'deniability', while furthering the communal divide, but it not a radical departure or even as a nuanced reorientation of the ISI/jihadi agenda
Web | Aug 04, 2008
 OPINION
B. RAMAN
Difficult To Decipher
A re-look at the three messages, purported to be from 'Indian Mujahideen' received by some sections of the Indian media on November 23, 2007, May 13, 2008, and July 26, 2008
Web | Aug 04, 2008
 VIEW FROM ISRAEL
URI AVNERY
Hollow Time
I have never been captivated by the charms of Ehud Olmert. I have followed his career from the moment he appeared on the stage to the moment he announced his resignation....
Web | Aug 04, 2008
OPINION
B. RAMAN
Olympian Worries
Chinese Ministry of Public Security was taken by surprise in Tibet in March. Now, it has been taken by surprise by the Uighur terrorist strike. Its continuing weaknesses should be a matter of concern to the organisers of the Olympics.
Web | Aug 04, 2008
 FOR THE RECORD
ASHOK ARGAL
The Case Against Amar Singh
'Sushri Uma Bharati released the CD after meeting Shri Amar Singh. Both of them should be summoned before this Committee. Shri Sanjeev Saxena is under the complete control of Shri Amar Singh...'
Web | Aug 03, 2008
 FOR THE RECORD
SOMNATH CHATTERJEE
'One Of The Saddest Days Of My Life'
The Speaker finally breaks his silence on his summary expulsion from the CPI(M): 'I feel that I owe a duty to the members, supporters of the CPI(M) and to the citizens of the country to inform them as to how the present situation has come about'
Web | Aug 01, 2008
 APPRAISAL
HARKISHAN SINGH SURJEET
The Marxist King Maker
They called him "the pragmatic Marxist leader". Some called him the Machiavellian Marxist. But 'Pappaji', who came to prominence first as London Tod Singh, found his true calling in dealing with coalition politics at the centre...
AGENCIES
Web | Aug 01, 2008
 BANGALORE BYTE
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
Then And Now
Is it just me or do you too feel that for a change there was less stereotyping of the Muslim image this time, and there was a greater effort to see a terrorist as a terrorist, independent of any religious and cultural affiliations?
Web | Aug 01, 2008
CITY SNIPPETS
JAIDEEP MAZUMDAR
Kolkata Korner
I knew I was right about my assessment that Kolkatans would panic, over-react and retreat into a shell if any calamity befalls the city. On Tuesday night, an e-mail warning of serial blasts in various parts of the city sent Kolkata into a tizzy...
Web | Aug 01, 2008
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GUJARAT BLASTS
The Pox And After
In the face of a mindless horror, Gujarat holds it together. The blasts probe, though, is a different matter.
SMRUTI KOPPIKAR
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
LOCAL HAND
Heat From Home Fires
It's no longer the foreign hand alone in terror attacks: sleeper cells are doing it on their own
SAIKAT DATTA
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
TERROR & ISLAM
Birth Of The
Septic Fringe
The educated radical comes to haunt India and its Muslims
SABA NAQVI
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
GUJARAT BLASTS
Tomorrow Is Just Another Day
Karnataka's anti-terror cell is a joke at best. The July 25 blasts too hasn't shaken it up.
SUGATA SRINIVASARAJU
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
POLITICS: AAM ADMI
What's The Good Word?
Election 2009 on mind, UPA prepares a face to meet the voter who matters
ANURADHA RAMAN
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
NUCLEAR DEAL: TIMELINE
The Split-Second Paper Chase
New Delhi needs the N-deal fast. In election-bound US, the odds, at best, point to a photofinish.
ASHISH KUMAR SEN
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
UGANDA: INDIANS
Coming Home To Africa
Thirty-nine years after Idi Amin, Indians are flocking to Uganda
SANJAY SURI
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
SERVICES: MIDDLEMEN
The Vanishing Middle
It's innovate or perish for the old financial services middlemen
ARTI SHARMA
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
BUSINESS: TRADEMARKS
Thou Shalt Not Xerox
Names count for a lot—as tooth and nail fights over trademarks show
PRAGYA SINGH
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
OLYMPICS: CONTINGENT
Freebooters?
Some names on the list are inexplicable
ROHIT MAHAJAN
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 INTERVIEW
'Right People Are Going'
The sports minister, however, is very blase about the whole support staff controversy
OUTLOOK
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 GURU
DADA J.P. VASWANI
Shaper Of Souls
He is 90, but still going strong in his work
SNIGDHA HASAN
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 KERALA: SYNCRETISM
Sisters Of Mannarkad
In this pocket of Kerala, local myth fuses Goddess Bhagavati and Mother Mary into family
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
REVIEW
The Multi-Layered Terrorist Cake
So warns the Pakistani author, and advocates the need for holistic solutions
Ayesha Jalal on Descent Into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid
AYESHA JALAL
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
REVIEW
Before Simba Became
Just An Animatron
On the trail of the Asiatic lion, from the shikar days, the first conservationists to present-day efforts
Raghunandan Singh Chundawat on The Lions Of India by Edited by Divyabhanusinh
RAGHUNANDAN SINGH CHUNDAWAT
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
REVIEW
Critic's Isms
Indispensable to anyone seriously interested in
the films of some of our eminent directors
Bhaichand Patel on Seeing Is Believing—Selected Writings On Cinema by Chidananda Das Gupta
BHAICHAND PATEL
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
REVIEW
Plain Jane Tale
The plot is tedious, the dialogue gauche, the characters unconvincing
Manjula Padmanabhan on Families At Home by Reeti Gadekar
MANJULA PADMANABHAN
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 GOSSIP
Bibliofile
So what is it between His Salmanness and Amit Chaudhuri? And between Shobhaa De and Amitav Ghosh? And the IWE and the Man Asian Literary Prize?
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
MOVIES: MUMBAI
Bam Bam Bambai
Moving images of a city on the move. The auteur finally gets Bombay.
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 MOVIE REVIEW
Mission Istaanbul
It makes a mockery of the tragic reality of global terrorism. It reduces every person, event and institution to a mere caricature
NAMRATA JOSHI
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 10 QUESTIONS
HEMA RAMAKRISHNA
Hema Ramakrishna
The playwright and litterateur on her play Sanctuary, a reinterpretation of the Ramayana
PAROMITA MUKHOPADHYAY
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 Glitterati
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news.
 GOSSIP
Polscape
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas that you've gotta know.
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 COLUMN
RAJINDER PURI
Bull's Eye
New Delhi should dispel hopes of early normalisation of ties with Beijing. China does not seek a settlement. It wants surrender
Magazine | Aug 11, 2008
 RANTS & RAVES
It's Prime Time
Published letters from the magazine
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