Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas came out at the peak of his career in 2009
03 March 2011In Italy, he told a room full of Italian women that he would help them find Libyan husbands
26 February 2011“At the beginning of every season, I pray that some players will fall ill so I can play, but it never seems to happen”
25 February 2011Not quite Detroit yet, but Chennai is well placed to become a global hub of the automobile industry
23 February 2011“Good looks get decent stories. I have practised a special smile for when I meet bureaucrats and politicians”
17 February 2011Wasn’t the telecom scam like the housing scam? And the loan scam?
17 February 2011“In the mating season, a secretion forms on the elephant’s forehead. We have to keep a safe distance.”
10 February 2011US diplomat Raymond Davis killed two armed men who attacked him in Lahore
10 February 2011A Pew Research survey in mid-2010 examined Egyptian Muslims’ views on politics and the role Islam should play in it. The findings are revealing.
04 February 2011The director of the British Museum managed to draw 18 million people away from their tellies, enticing them back to the radio. Here’s how
03 February 2011Brahma 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 is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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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