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Jasmeen Patheja: A Space Odyssey

Sonali Acharjee

From setting up tea parties on lonely streets to encouraging mid-afternoon snoozes, she works to help people overcome their fear of public spaces

Abdul Kareem: At Home in the Woods

Madhavankutty Pillai

Pained by rampant deforestation, he has created a private ecosystem

Cool Executive Officers of IT

Lhendup G Bhutia

Young, college drop-outs, casual, competitive, and reasonably arrogant. A new breed of CEOs is set to rule the technology sector

Genetic Profiling: Is it all in the DNA?

Ullekh NP

A Bill seeks to make genetic profiling mandatory for the fight against crime—and generates a debate about the clash of ethics, freedom, science and data

Bihar: Land without Justice

PR Ramesh

As Bihar is set to become a defining battle for Narendra Modi, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, the political cartel of backward castes faces a mortal threat from the underdogs

Dr Rajan as Fixer-in-Chief of Fault Lines

Aresh Shirali

Whether Raghuram Rajan will hold sway over the proposed panel remains an open question. The smart money, though, is on his tipping the balance if it’s split down the middle

Animal Healers: The Pet Whisperers

Sonali Acharjee

Crystal therapy, white angel magic, colour cleansing, tarot reading and aura correction. Certified healers now offer a variety of treatments just for animals

Sridhar Vembu: The Code Breaker

V Shoba

How a philosophical technologist shaped the arc of India’s most successful software products company

Open lists a few parliamentarians who could take a tip or two from Nehru to revive Indian Parliament as an effective instrument of democracy—and to save the country from the brink of economic and political disaster

Human Trafficking After the Nepal Quake

Kumar Anshuman

Sex traders are on the lookout for potential prey in the ruins of quake-ravaged Nepal, and the country’s border with India has made it easier for human trafficking