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Nature's Beauty, Man's Wrath
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Text and photos by Debarshi Dasgupta
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Kandhamal, now infamous for the Hindu-Christian riots of 2008, is a picturesque district in Orissa. Phulbani, the district headquarter, is located about 210 kilometres northwest of Bhubaneshwar.
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Other Photoessays
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Protests 2008
Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood
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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?
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Dubious Distinctions
Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.
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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
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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...
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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...
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The Nightmare Returns
An unprecedented series of co-ordinated terror attacks targetting Mumbai's iconic landmarks leaves over 100 dead. And yet the city's horrors do not end with the night.
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2007: Politics
Modi and Mayawati dominated the year. The Left paralysed the UPA on the nuke deal. BJP won Gujarat, Himachal and --with allies, the Akalis -- Punjab. The Marans fought, and the Gowdas dashed the BJP hopes in the south.
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2006: Politics, The Last Refuge
Bofors, Volcker, OoP, Buta Singh, Shibu Soren, Siddhu, the submarine scam and much else, but towering above it all was the Mandal Messiah II: Arjun Singh
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2006: India Grieved
Terror, tragedies and trauma are a mind-numbing reality of our callous national life—but some shock, startle and stay as defining images of the year.
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