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Akshay Sawai

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Sports
In the Line of Fire

What it takes for tennis umpires to keep their shirt on when adrenaline rushes drive players across the line of court decorum

08 June 2011
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Sports
When You See Kapil in Tears

Earlier this year, India’s former captain found his eyes welling up on television once again. Could it be the 1983 win getting eclipsed by World Cup 2011?

31 May 2011
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Art & Culture
Get up, Stand up...

‘Don’t give up the fight,’ commanded Bob Marley. As if on cue, India has a lively bunch of comedians standing up for our right to laughter. They make the perfect accomplices in our hunt for humour

25 May 2011
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Real India
The War against Shastrisms

Tired of tired commentary, fans are taking matters into their own hands

19 May 2011
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Sports
Heir Apparent

Novak Djokovic is throwing a serious challenge to not just his two greatest court adversaries but also tennis historians and writers trying to assess his place in the game’s Hall of Fame

19 May 2011
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Champions League Final

Interestingly, sometimes the champions earn less than the losing team

13 May 2011
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Sports
Somdev’s Lonely Struggle

At No. 70 in the world rankings, he is not exactly a hero. But it took something near heroic to get even here

06 May 2011
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Badminton and Skirts

Saina Nehwal feels the badminton federation will be forced to drop the skirts rule after a couple of months

28 April 2011
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Living
Even Heaven Has Its Flaws

McLeodganj/Dharamshala has all the signs of a tired tourist haunt: ugly neon signs, ungainly buildings and stories of drugs and whores. But the air is still crisp, the mountains majestic and the cake memorable

28 April 2011
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Sports
Destiny’s Captain

The best things about Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the things you don’t see

06 April 2011

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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