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HMG-doping
Weightlifters and Dope

Lax enforcement has led to Indian weightlifters regularly testing positive for banned substances.

20 September 2010
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Art & Culture
Get It Right

We couldn’t prise the patented haleem recipe of out of anyone’s lips. But here’s a version

17 September 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Matrimony Service Provider

“Some clients are delusional about their personality and looks, and get offended when we match them with similar people.”

09 September 2010
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Football Romps

Wayne Rooney’s romp with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant is the latest in an indeterminably long line of marital indiscretions by high-profile football players.

09 September 2010
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True Life
No Country for Love

Priyanka Verma was forced to go into hiding with her husband Ujjwal after her uncles ordered her ‘honour killing’ for marrying outside her community. The couple have been on the run for nearly six months now, constantly shifting cities and hotels to avoid being hunted down. Out of money and exhausted living the life of a fugitive, Priyanka says she’ll not live in fear anymore.

08 September 2010
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Sports
Ball Fixing Live

No other sting operation or investigation of its kind has managed to nail cricket’s cheats so conclusively.

02 September 2010
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Business
Hero with or without Honda

The 12-million-bikes-a-year Indian market shows no signs of cooling, and as the market leader, Hero Honda is well placed to flourish in a country with rising rural incomes.

02 September 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Chef

“Many people who have eaten Sanjeev Kapoor’s food aren’t impressed. But the man can rake in TRPs and sell books.”

02 September 2010
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True Life
In Mother We Trust

A year after completing school, Magdalene Polton, the daughter of a rich landowner in Bengal, became the second nun to join Mother Teresa in her mission to serve the sick and the poor. Now, at 82, Sister Gertrude, as she came to be called, is the only surviving member of this original group. She recalls the early days when they would beg each day for the poor, but struggle to feed themselves, surviving solely on the strength of prayer.

01 September 2010
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India
Membership and Elections

Membership is kept open for 30 days in a state or union territory.

30 August 2010

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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