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TCA Sharad Raghavan

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True Life
Shooting Stars in Leh

Bollywood loves shooting in Ladakh, and Odpal George makes it possible. He shares all about the crazy demands directors make, and the life-and-death crisis that befell the shooting of 3 Idiots in this cold desert

31 March 2011
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Cinema
A Tamilian in Bollywood

Actor Madhavan on his harmless stalker, weight issues and sexy vegetarians

10 February 2011
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Business
City Versus City No More

Compact sedans in India tend to yield better profit margins than subcompacts.

31 December 2010
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Art & Culture
How Kanye West Was Won

Delhi-based artist Archan Nair’s work with a Brooklyn photographer has caught hip hop mega star Kanye West’s eye

23 December 2010
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Books
Gargantuan Effort

Bestselling author Ken Follett on the pressures of writing chartbusters, the effect of JK Rowling on the world, and the five greatest books of all time

16 December 2010
Confessions
Confessions
Confessions of a JNU guard

“According to the rules, we have to stop them, but many couples get angry when they are caught in the act.”

26 November 2010
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Art & Culture
Dynamic Static

Sound artist Jason Kahn engages eardrums at the Crafts Musuem with his white noise installation.

20 November 2010
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Lawn Bowls

The British monarchy banned the game since it thought it was distracting people from archery.

14 October 2010
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Art & Culture
Reflecting Reality

This French artist spent a year with the glass makers of Firozabad to create an installation inspired by the pavements of India.

08 September 2010

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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