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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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Living
Confessions of an Amateur Cook

Experiments in the kitchen while reading Michael Pollan’s Cooked

21 August 2013
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Voices
The Superstar Deconstructed

Why the success of Chennai Express is not good news for Shah Rukh Khan

14 August 2013
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Before the Bend in the River

Vignettes from the village of Parli in Palakkad, Kerala

08 August 2013
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People Tweeting from Glass Houses

Shobhaa De and a few observations on cheap personal attacks

07 August 2013
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The Patriotic Ant Bully

On the idiocy of hitting a man for not standing up for the national anthem in a movie theatre

31 July 2013
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Voices
The English Non Goddess

The outrage Rajnath Singh’s statement on English has evoked shows our genius at turning slavery into a virtue

24 July 2013
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Saints, Miracles and Delusions

As Pope John Paul II is slotted for sainthood, some observations about miracles

10 July 2013
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The Thing About Human Dignity

Lessons about ourselves from the story of Narayan Pergaein

03 July 2013
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Sex, Lies and Gossip

Besides gossip, just what exactly does anyone have to show that Shah Rukh Khan got a pre-natal sex determination test done?

26 June 2013
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The Outsiders

If migrants are responsible for crimes in India’s cities, why are they always from the labour class?

19 June 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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