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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  

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Books
Lamentations of a Debonair Poet

The life of Adil Jussawalla and the despair of poetry in India

19 March 2014
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Voices
Next Time, Try Rush Hour

Tokenism and the pointlessness of Arvind Kejriwal’s train journey in Mumbai

14 March 2014
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Voices
On Humiliation and Its Spectacle

Good doesn’t necessarily follow from blackening someone’s face, even if it appears to be deserved

07 March 2014
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Voices
The Unwitting Reformer

The silver lining to Sanjay Dutt’s never-ending parole

28 February 2014
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Cinema
An Intelligent Man’s Guide to the Oscars

American nationalism and biopics dominate this year’s Academy Awards

26 February 2014
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Voices
A Tale of Two Shoe Throwers

And a ready reckoner for all those who want to follow them

22 February 2014
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Living
The Guru Delusion

What a book by Mata Amritanandamayi’s former personal assistant says about the pitfalls of faith

21 February 2014
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Books
The Advantages of Failure

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, on underachievement as a good thing

21 February 2014
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Voices
Success Crazy

The strange brouhaha over co-opting Satya Nadella’s achievement

14 February 2014
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Business
The Mindboggling Tax Cut

A radical zero-tax proposal that was first mooted in interior Maharashtra is now a national point of debate

11 February 2014

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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