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Chelsea Clinton’s wedding

What might have the Chelsea Clinton wedding cost? Take a wild guess or google or, better, read.

09 August 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of an assistant director

“The key to a successful assistant director is finding the balance between getting work done and doing it yourself.”

09 August 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of an Anti-Corruption Bureau Officer

“Corruption amongst women in public life is high and increasing. They also get caught because they make stupid mistakes.”

29 July 2010
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Business
Of the Rich, for the Poor

Former McKinsey highflier Vikram Akula wants to redefine how microfinance works.

29 July 2010
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India’s $35 Tablet

A Taiwanese manufacturer has shown interest in producing the tablet.

29 July 2010
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True Life
The Sleep Wakers

Christopher Nolan isn’t the first to understand the significance of dreams. Francis Menezes, a dream therapist, succumbed to a long illness recently. But if he hadn’t paid heed to his dreams, his time would have come much earlier.

28 July 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Tibetan Monk

“While escaping from Tibet to India, it is common to lose one’s eyesight or a leg, due to the thick snow we have to travel in.”

23 July 2010
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Anti-Collision Devices

If two trains are too close to each other, the network activates the brakes.

23 July 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Postmortem Room Attendant

“We go out and get drug addicts to cut up the bodies. Since they are doped, they do not mind. We pay them a little for their dose.”

19 July 2010
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Business
The Money Illusion

Dhoni will have to shoot ads on all his off days for the Rs 210 crore.

19 July 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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