Living

‘86% get HIV treatment because of Indian drugs’

Avantika Bhuyan

Michel Sidibé says UNAIDS aims to halve HIV transmission by 2015

Friendship, the Google Way

Rahul Bhatia

Google is playing the Pied Piper again with its new social networking platform, and its early converts are ready to bid adieu to Facebook. Not tearfully either

Where Queer is Cool

Pallavi Polanki

The Union health minister’s attitude to alternative sexuality is typical of a prejudiced majority. For queer students who suffer alienation or worse, relief comes in the form of a campus network

Playing for a Nobel Peace Prize

Charukesi Ramadurai

How seriously should we take people who design digital games?

The Future of Meat

Vijai Maheshwari

Coming soon: genetically engineered meat in a supermarket near you

Sitting with over a hundred people clustered around red felt-top tables, this enthusiast played a game that was neither the fabled Diwali matka of teen patti, nor Contract Bridge, but one that required as much skill as luck, or perhaps more.

The Grinders and the ATMs

Arindam Mukherjee

An American card game is drawing Indians of a certain disposition to casino boats in Goa: whizkids who insist that it’s a game almost entirely of skill

Clarion Call

PC Vinoj Kumar

Jayalalithaa’s offensive threatens the Centre’s cosy neighbourliness with Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka

The Sex Worker as Storyteller

Shahina KK

Nalini Jameela has already written a bestselling autobiography of her life in this shadowy industry. With her second book, due soon, she shares her insights not only into the behaviour of men, but also the art of storytelling as honed by her professional skills