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Lhendup G Bhutia

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India
The Last Days of the Telegram

They say even the Great Indian Uprising of 1857 failed because of the telegram. As technology gallops onward, a 150-year-old tradition bites the dust

20 June 2013
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Sports
‘BCCI President’, ‘Srini Sir’, ‘Psychopath’

Understanding India’s most infamous cricket administrator, N Srinivasan

30 May 2013
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India
Dumb and Dumber

Stealing sperm, trying to rob the Reserve Bank of India, selling a stolen motorcycle back to its owner… these criminals are so stupid that they are an insult to crime

22 May 2013
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Real India
Living on the Other Side

Residents of a housing society in Mumbai have to pay a toll to enter its premises

15 May 2013
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Living
Inside Scoop

The joys of artisanal ice-cream

15 May 2013
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Living
The Place to Fix Dog Cancer

Inside India’s only cancer treatment centre for animals

02 May 2013
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India
The Strange Trajectory of an Agitation

After Ajit Pawar’s urination comment, a group protesting shoddy drought relief finds unexpected momentum

24 April 2013
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Living
What Chefs Make of Food Reviews

With a dash of mild contempt and benign tolerance for the writer’s ignorance

22 April 2013
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India
Life Around a Cancer Hospital

Scenes of survival on footpaths and at ramshackle guest houses

11 April 2013
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True Life
The Hills Go Red

Memories of an agitation unsettling the calm of Kalimpong and of a human head on a lamppost

11 April 2013

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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