They have names like Jesus Christ, Elephant Tamer and Newly-Wed Woman.
01 July 2010Why does Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja seem so secure? The ‘code division’ and ‘multiple access’ intricacies of Tamil politics.
06 May 2010How an idealistic couple is changing the lives of a tribal population in a rural outback of Tamil Nadu.
15 April 2010With no Armenians left in Chennai, an Anglo-Indian takes care of this community’s historic 298-year-old church.
17 March 2010Entertainment in Tamil Nadu is almost entirely motivated by politics, and the DMK is nowhere near loosening its grip on audiences.
17 March 2010The Kerala government is doing a deft balancing act of selling booze and opening de-addiction centres at the same time.
10 March 2010If you want the services of Chennai’s M Samson, all you have to do is log on to tuktastic.com.
04 March 2010What does it take to start a revolution, then turn your back on it? What does it mean to believe, then to disbelieve? Former Naxalites on why they left the red path.
25 February 2010Fashion students come to this school dropout to learn the art of making saris and shirts from aloe vera and banana.
17 February 2010A small but immensely popular eatery in Kerala serves food made by some home experts—three housewives.
13 January 2010Brahma 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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