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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
Between Cricket and Cancer

Yuvraj Singh’s account of how he got into the game and battled cancer is a surprisingly engaging read

24 March 2013
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In the Rape Court of God

PJ Kurien is at the Vatican with the Pope while the Suryanelli rape case victim is asked to stay away from church

20 March 2013
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Failing to Escape

If Bitti Mohanty had made a clean break from his past, he would never have been caught in India. But then, that is almost impossible to do

13 March 2013
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The Man Who Makes People Disappear

And the mystery of how US-based privacy expert Frank Ahearn’s name came to be associated with the film Zila Ghaziabad

13 March 2013
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Art & Culture
The Gypsy Chronicles

Are Europe’s Roma descendants of India’s scheduled castes and tribes? Or of Mahmud of Ghazni’s prisoners-of-war?

08 March 2013
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Ram Gopal Varma’s Double Role

The mystery of whether the maker of The Attacks of 26/11 is the same person who made Shiva

06 March 2013
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Life of Pi Theory

Why average novels are fodder for good movies but great books fail on screen

27 February 2013
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The Killer Cops Who Refuse to Fade Away

A builder’s murder captured on camera serves as a reminder of what happens when encounter specialists run amuck

20 February 2013
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Land of the Trampled Dead

Why a stampede does not register in India

14 February 2013
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Don’t Say ‘No’ When You Want to Say ‘Yes’

Why those who decry the ordinance on sexual violence make no sense

06 February 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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