From an old index of scarcity to a new form of street revelry, a look at where the line is going
04 August 2012An Indian theme party in St Petersburg reveals just how well India’s soft power is working in these parts
18 November 2011Coming soon: genetically engineered meat in a supermarket near you
23 June 2011For my appointment to the sexiest job in Moscow, I had the godman to thank. So too, perhaps, for my stint being cut short
12 May 2011Pablo Escobar, the drug lord is dead. But his myth lives on, fanning out from his hometown of Medellin to conversations around the world
16 March 2011The former editor of Russian Playboy on Ukraine’s curious distinction of having the highest number of gorgeous women per square kilometer
07 October 2010Brahma 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 is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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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