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Haima Deshpande

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Real India
He Conquered, She Feeds

This 13th generation descendant of Vasco da Gama runs a restaurant in Goa

19 March 2012
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India
It’s Not Always Better in Goa

And certainly not in the arena of politics. However, with Remo Fernandes crooning to get Goans out to vote, the state’s poll scene is far from dull

01 March 2012
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India
Tourism Is Now an Election Issue

A few candidates are taking up the resentment of local residents against backpackers seen as contributing little to the Goan economy

23 February 2012
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India
Whose Mumbai Is It Anyway?

Instead of settling the issue of who rules Mumbai, the recently concluded civic body elections have thrown the field wide open

23 February 2012
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India
Hypocrisy Over Housing

Houses for former mill workers on mill land is a popular election issue. Why do politicians keep raising it even though the workers themselves have moved on?

27 January 2012
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India
Terminal Decline

The Shiv Sena has rallied and riled Mumbaikars for half a century. But its end might be near

18 January 2012
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India
The Enemy Within

Even with a pre-poll alliance, the Congress and NCP can’t stop bickering

13 January 2012
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India
‘If You Don’t Like My Face, Don’t look’

Stories of three women who survived acid attacks and burns to make a mark for themselves

07 January 2012
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India
The Scramble for Credit

In Mumbai everybody wants his own version of a new memorial for Ambedkar

23 December 2011
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Living
In Search of the Rs 5,000 Paan

The quaint shop in Aurangabad that sells a highly expensive paan formulated for an extraordinary purpose

23 December 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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