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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
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Indo-Iran Gas Pipeline

In 2009, after the Mumbai attacks, India withdrew from the pipeline, stating security reasons.

19 July 2010
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Business
Therapy for Retail

Organised retail is a $20 billion business, growing at 30 per cent.

12 July 2010
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India
India This Week

Jagan Reddy: Paternity Power Test; LCA High and a Shocking Low; Bharat Bandh: Losing the Plot; Right Note, Wrong Man

12 July 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Weight Loss Centre Masseuse

“After a while, massaging a body becomes an addiction. On my off day, my mind keeps saying, ‘Give me a body to massage.’”

12 July 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Slum Tour Guide

“Eye-gouging only happens when the lazier slum-dwellers, who would rather beg than work, request the operation.”

01 July 2010
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Confessions
Confessions of a Bribe Taker

“I never demand a bribe, I just verbally quote my price. If they give me something less, I take it without complaining.”

28 June 2010
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Indian Serial Killers

Thug Behram, of the Thuggee clan, reportedly killed more than 900 people with his ceremonial cloth.

28 June 2010

Authors

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 president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

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

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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