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Shubhangi Swarup

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Art & Culture
The Last of the Aryans

Nobody knows of their real origin or if they are indeed Aryans. But, regarded as long-lost members of a purebred ‘Master Race’ settled in the Himalayas, Brokpas attract curious visitors, some of who try to satisfy their fantasy of having pure Aryan babies

03 August 2011
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Living
Where are the Birds Going?

One Northern Shovelor went to Bihar instead of the Arctic. The patterns of bird migration in India are going awry

01 June 2011
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Living
A Fruitful Holiday

Picking apples, nicking them, discovering quaint characters, savouring shakkar paaras and milking cows in Thanedhar

28 April 2011
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Living
Another Kind of Arab Spring

Jordan is a desert land windswept with whispers of religious and historical grandeur more than of rebellion and political grandstanding

27 April 2011
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Books
Reading in the Time of eReaders

You can change text size, you can carry a library in your bag. Yet, what it really takes to get hooked is not the gadget, it’s a good book

14 April 2011
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Living
New Shots on the Block

Drinks that liven up parties nowadays have names hard to get your tongue around. Try slurring over absinthe and Jäger bombs, for a start

06 April 2011
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Art & Culture
Death Becomes Them

The story of a troupe of dance refugees from war-torn Iraq, one of whom performs with a bullet inside him

03 March 2011
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Art & Culture
The Art Commune

Between the recession and the deep blue sea takes place the RPG Art camp, the oldest of its kind in India

09 February 2011
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Art & Culture
‘My Name is Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan’

The actor traces his roots in conversation with Open

27 January 2011
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Art & Culture
The Kingdom of Khan

They have ruled Bollywood for as long as you can possibly remember. Plain coincidence?

27 January 2011

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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