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Haima Deshpande

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India
The Bal Thackeray Whimper

Unless the ageing leader pulls off a surprise this Dussehra, the Shiv Sena could well be history soon

09 October 2011
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Art & Culture
Make-Up Chauvinism

How the stranglehold of an all-male association bars women from becoming make-up artistes in Bollywood

16 September 2011
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Real India
Mumbai’s Star Paanwalas

One has a website and the other holds a Guinness record for his bell collection

04 September 2011
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India
The New Godman in Town

He is married with a daughter, likes to race his car, has 100 watches, 400 sunglasses, and almost the entire legislative assembly of Maharashtra seeks his ‘advice’. Bhayyu Maharaj, a stranger to Anna but the one who crucially mediated with him at the Government’s behest, is an unusual guru

02 September 2011
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India
The Tobacco Fight

The Chief Minister plans counselling sessions for ministers to quit tobacco

18 July 2011
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India
Suicide Bomber Theory Gains Ground

Speculation centres round wired body found at one of the blast sites

15 July 2011
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India
Suicide Bomber Theory Gains Ground

Speculation centres round wired body found at one of the blast sites

15 July 2011
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Living
Mumbai’s Food War

It’s out on the streets, and it’s all about laying claim to an authentic Maharashtrian snack for the masses

14 July 2011
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India
The Munde Muddle

Why the OBC leader wants to leave the BJP, but can’t

23 June 2011
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India
The Murky World of Crime Reporting

Mumbai’s police-underworld-media nexus is as venal as it is formidable. On his chosen turf, J Dey’s reputation of integrity would have been enough to make him a marked man

17 June 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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