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Madhavankutty Pillai

Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai  

Voices
Notes on a Public Beating

The absurdity of a VIP line in places of worship

01 October 2015
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India
Trapped by Triple Talaq

A survey reveals that a huge majority of Muslim women in India want to see the end of the unilateral oral divorce and other such injustices of the religion’s personal laws

30 September 2015
19676
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A Comedy of Terrors

On the choices that AR Rahman faces

24 September 2015
19616
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On the Kumbh Waterfront

Holy dip or drinking water—it should be easy for a government to choose

17 September 2015
19554
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The Meat Is Not On

Mumbai’s temporary ban on meat to humour one community sets a poor precedent

10 September 2015
19492
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How Not to Look at the Past

And not rename roads that don’t need to be renamed

03 September 2015
19444
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A Life Less Ordinary

Being Ajay Mafatlal in the life and times of India

27 August 2015
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Books
The Long Journey of Ravan, Eddie and Their Creator

The final novel in Kiran Nagarkar’s trilogy takes his protagonists to the frenetic world of Bollywood and beyond

26 August 2015
19380
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Return to Sender

On the reinstatement of a moral policeman in Mumbai

20 August 2015
19328
India
Father Davis Chiramel: The Priest Who Gave His Kidney

His kindness and enthusiasm have set off a movement of organ donation

12 August 2015

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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