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Manu Joseph

Manu Joseph became a journalist because he did not have to crack any objective-type entrance exam to be one. He is the author of two novels -- The Illicit Happiness of Other People, and Serious Men, his first, which won The Hindu Literary Prize and was one of Huffington Post 10 Best Books of 2010.

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The Worst Sachin Arguments

Remembering the most foolish things ever said about Tendulkar.

25 March 2010
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The Tax-Exemption Trap

The great trauma of claiming tax relief

11 March 2010
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The Myth of Sex Addiction

In a way, Tiger Woods implied that to be a normal healthy male is a psychiatric condition.

25 February 2010
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Falling for a Dumb Debate

The success of the Shiv Sena is that it makes us talk like Bal Thackeray, as evident from Rahul Gandhi’s collegiate statement about the statehood of NSG commandos.

11 February 2010
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An Acceptable Human Behaviour

After a calamity, people say and do things that would be hard to explain.

29 January 2010
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The Advantage of the Older Man

It is not fully understood why long-distance runners in their 30s are superior to younger runners.

13 January 2010
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Trauma of the Old Year’s Night

Expectations of fun and happiness at 31st night celebrations are high every year. But why do most people end up being so miserable?

30 December 2009
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The Instinct of Aamir Khan

How he understands his audience, how he uses his gift of curiosity, how he managed to tame the media and why he is a different man.

30 December 2009
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How I Loved the Recession

As the world economy slowly recovers, remembering the joyful consequences of last year’s financial crisis.

16 December 2009
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The Comic Side of the Right Wing

They are funniest when they do not mean to be so

02 December 2009

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

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 a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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