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Confessions
Confessions of a Burkha Maker

“The burkha has undergone a change. Educated women have helped us turn it into a fashion accessory”

13 May 2011
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Dorjee Khandu

Khandu was the fifth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and leader of the Congress in the state

06 May 2011
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Living
Where to Go

17 getaways from the daily news

28 April 2011
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Confessions
Confessions of a surrogate protestor

“After a while, you do feel restless. People who sit next to you are sometimes not fully aware of the cause they are protesting for or against”

21 April 2011
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Paul Valthaty

“A delivery hit him straight in the eye. For the next year or two, his vision was... disturbed”

21 April 2011
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True Life
To Catch a Flying Snake

Intrigued by the question of how a limbless, rope-like animal can ‘fly’, Dr Jake Socha films snakes in mid-air motion for his lab. Sometimes, it all goes well; at others, it takes, a ball-point pen to rescue his staffers from fierce snakes

20 April 2011
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Confessions
Confessions of a Surrogate Mother

“I am scared that what I have done is a very bad act. God will punish me for it. It is a secret that will remain with me and my husband”

14 April 2011
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Poonam Pandey

We know that Pandey was hospitalised after Dhoni and his boys bled blue for her

14 April 2011
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Confessions
Confessions of a ticket examiner

“I have to collect a minimum of Rs 35,000 a month in penalties. Targets often turn railway officials cruel”

06 April 2011
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ICC World Cup Trophy

In this case, ‘replica’ does not mean ‘fake’. It means they got a trophy, identical to the original

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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