Essays
‘You Are My Illegitimate Father’
Rohit Shekhar
For six years, he has fought in court to be recognised as ND Tiwari’s son. Any day now, Rohit Shekhar will learn the results of the DNA test
The Undefeated
She is India’s only known patient of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and has undergone eight surgeries so far. She couldn’t complete college because she was always waiting in doctors’ chambers. She lost her father as he couldn’t afford a bypass surgery. Payel Bhattacharya on the loneliness and anger of being the only one of her kind
The Revenge of the Mithun Fan
After his book on Disco Dancer described Mithun Chakraborty’s acting the ‘worst ever’ in Hindi cinema, Anuvab Pal got a letter from a certain Mimoh. Who took revenge in a way that can only be called ingenious
Pakistan’s TV Warriors
Pakistan’s new media is fearlessly taking on India bashers and those distorting history in ways that would have been seen as unpatriotic a few years ago.
The Metro Magnet
Delhi’s upper middle-class has never cared to be seen rubbing shoulders with the city’s plebeians who use public transport. Which is why it’s so surprising to see how well they have taken to the Metro
How My Conscience Was Abducted in Dantewada
In the garb of social responsibility, the Essar Group recently organised a storytelling festival for the ‘benefit’ of children in this Maoist-dense area. Apart from the organisers’ poorly disguised disdain for local artistes, what emerged most starkly was the stench of corporate propaganda
The Man Who Aced CAT Six Times
The founder of Mumbai’s Quoin Academy, which helps business school aspirants prepare for entrance exams, has aced the Common Admission Test six times in as many years. He is also the topper of Maharashtra’s MBA-CET. But Patrick D’Souza neither prepares for these tests nor wants to join a B-school
Reading in Sin
If sexual explicitness caused the most outrage in the early phase of book bans in India, there was a point after which it became almost entirely about religion
The Guru Ambedkar
BR Ambedkar chose a religion rather than a political ideology to empower India’s Untouchables for a reason
The Man Who Wanted to Wed 500 Times
Holder of world records for the most flags tattooed on his body, most straws stuffed in his mouth and longest non-stop scooter journey ever, Guinness Rishi explains his need to break and set new records
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