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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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A Thing of Evil Beauty

And yet, lingerie mannequins in Mumbai have a right to life

11 February 2014
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Books
Don’t Step Over This Moral Line

Using intriguing illustrations, Michael Sandel, author of What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, shows how markets are creeping into places they have no business being

01 February 2014
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A World without Omens

What it foretells when strange things happen to the Pope and no one is unduly worried

30 January 2014
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Right to a Decent Execution

What the Supreme Court’s guidelines about death-row convicts tell us

23 January 2014
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Blood on the Tracks

Mumbai’s fatalistic acceptance of suburban railway deaths

16 January 2014
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Not Just a Moral Question

On the anger prompted by a court’s observation that premarital sex is wrong

11 January 2014
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Drinkers of the Body’s Tonic

The community of people who consume their own urine every morning to boost their immunity

26 December 2013
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A Tale of Two Rape Cases

And the questions they raise about the definition of rape where consent is given

25 December 2013
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Can I Lie on My Passport Form Too?

Devyani Khobragade was arrested in the US for lying on her visa application form; maybe that’s a privilege all Indians should claim

18 December 2013
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Who Exactly Is Cruel Here?

The obtuseness of the mob that hounded a boy who kicked a cat

11 December 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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