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Rahul Bhatia

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Real India
Justice in Clothes

A shop in Mumbai which tailors clothes for lawyers and judges turned 100 recently

15 October 2009
ramsay
Art & Culture
Future of the Ghost Movie

Tulsi Ramsay, the father of Indian ghost dramas, explains the rules of the game

02 September 2009
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Art & Culture
The Curious Case of Shobhalal vs Shobhalal

What happens when your identity is stolen and used by another man? The true story of one Shobhalal is behind the film, Mohandas, which premieres 4 September

27 August 2009
christo
Living
While Bob Christo has a Brownie

You knew him as the villain’s firangi henchman. But what was he doing before that? You won’t believe it. He tells all in a book he has written

26 August 2009
ear-ordinary
Art & Culture
Ear for the Ordinary

In a film, you hear sounds other than dialogues and music: the hum of a lift, a sofa creak, a dog bark. These sounds come from improbable places. They are works of invisible artists called Foleys

19 August 2009
superstar-problem
Art & Culture
The Superstar Problem

Some film makers hope for the day when producers and the public will be liberated from the ‘star’. (By the way, we carry this essay only because a Hrithik interview fell through)

13 August 2009
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World
The Tweets of a Revolutionary Week

How the foot soldiers of a social networking website took the place of reporters on the streets of Tehran, and why this transformation in conflict reporting should annoy despots everywhere

29 June 2009
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World
The Freak City

Dubai is astonishing. But sometimes, when you are standing there, you expect a man’s voice to suddenly shout ‘pack up’, and everything to disappear

19 June 2009
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India
At Long Last

The Bandra-Worli sea link, the country’s most astonishing bridge, is ready to open after an astonishingly long wait

19 June 2009
(L to R) Rishi Wadhera, Pankaj Jayaswal & Saket Sinha
Art & Culture
How They Made Total Ten

For weeks we followed the production of a low-budget film inspired by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Here it is, the insanely comic making of a tragic film

18 June 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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