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The DD Kisan-Amitabh Bachchan Controversy

The advertising agency Lowe Lintas upped the budget from a planned Rs 4.02 crore to sign Bachchan on for Rs 6.31 crore to promote DD Kisan

23 July 2015
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Science
Sex and Happiness

More sex does not necessarily spell more happiness. It can make people feel worse

22 July 2015
19100
Stampedes in Religious Spots

State governments merely dole out compensation packages, apologies on Twitter and press conferences and empty promises of corrective measures

16 July 2015
19088
Science
The Ageing Conundrum

Some people can age three years in a single year

15 July 2015
19054
The Demise of the World’s Oldest Man

Most ‘oldest living persons’ happen to be residents of Japan, which at last count was home to over 58,000 people aged over 100

09 July 2015
19024
Science
Porn Is Not Addictive

The brain activity of so-called ‘porn addicts’ is the opposite of cocaine and gambling addicts

08 July 2015
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Mumbai’s Hooch Tragedy

Hooch was being sold in connivance with local cops and excise officials for some 30 years in the slums of Malwani, where the tragedy occurred

02 July 2015
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Science
Why Men Outnumber Women in Maths

Males are not more skilled, they just overestimate their arithmetic prowess

02 July 2015
18948
Real India
The Sopore killings

Lashkar-e-Islam first stormed the Valley with posters that threatened mobile network providers, asking them to wind up their operations

25 June 2015
18886
The FTII furore

Gajendra Chauhan’s FTII posting is viewed as politically motivated and students are worried that this might affect their creative freedom

18 June 2015

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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