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Real India
Believers Only

An ordinance by the Kerala government cunningly bars opposition MLAs from temple trusts

05 November 2012
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True Life
A Passion for Football

Santhosh Kumar lives two lives and does not even wear a mask. As an auto-rickshaw driver in one and a no-nonsense, FIFA-accredited referee in the other

19 October 2012
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India
Slap a Case, Ruin a Life

After 18 years of humiliation, Dr Nambi Narayanan, an ISRO scientist falsely implicated in an espionage case, has finally been vindicated

04 October 2012
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India
First Strike

The State’s response to the Koodankulam nuclear plant protest is outright brutal

20 September 2012
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Real India
Blame It on Gandhi

The CBFC denies certification to a Dalit film because it allegedly denigrates Gandhi

17 September 2012
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India
The Man Who Prayed Too Much

The mysterious death of Satnam Singh Maan, a spiritual ‘schizophrenic’ arrested for an alleged attempt to murder godwoman Amritanandamayi

30 August 2012
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True Life
From the Autopsy Table

Dr Shirley Vasu, one of Kerala’s top forensic surgeons, on living in the company of corpses for over 30 years

19 August 2012
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India
Dread and Belonging in Kerala’s Party Villages

The state’s Kannur district is riddled with villages that are dominated by a single political party. A closer look at this peculiar phenomenon

04 August 2012
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India
Reality Television Shock

On a popular Tamil show, a 17-year-old girl reveals that her father has killed three people. And it turns out to be true

25 June 2012
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Real India
Politicians in Kerala Jails

The CPM has the largest number of workers behind bars, followed by the BJP-RSS

12 June 2012

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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