God’s Own Country Spirit
They have names like Jesus Christ, Elephant Tamer and Newly-Wed Woman.
01 July 2010
Out of Thin Air
Why does Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja seem so secure? The ‘code division’ and ‘multiple access’ intricacies of Tamil politics.
06 May 2010
Doctors on Call
How an idealistic couple is changing the lives of a tribal population in a rural outback of Tamil Nadu.
15 April 2010
The Armenian Representative
With no Armenians left in Chennai, an Anglo-Indian takes care of this community’s historic 298-year-old church.
17 March 2010
Propaganda on a Screen Near You
Entertainment in Tamil Nadu is almost entirely motivated by politics, and the DMK is nowhere near loosening its grip on audiences.
17 March 2010
God’s Own Drunk Country
The Kerala government is doing a deft balancing act of selling booze and opening de-addiction centres at the same time.
10 March 2010
A Rickshaw with a Website
If you want the services of Chennai’s M Samson, all you have to do is log on to tuktastic.com.
04 March 2010
Once a Comrade
What 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 2010
Plant Couture
Fashion students come to this school dropout to learn the art of making saris and shirts from aloe vera and banana.
17 February 2010
Mistresses of Spices
A small but immensely popular eatery in Kerala serves food made by some home experts—three housewives.
13 January 2010
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
Makarand R Paranjape, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is the author of ‘JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil Wars’. Views are personal.
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