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Food inspectors: More teeth please

Haima Deshpande in Mumbai and Anil Budur Lulla in Bengaluru

Food inspectors say they’re up to the challenge of keeping people safe, even taking on powerful business interests—if only they were better equipped for it

Millionaire Matchmakers

Sonali Acharjee

Champagne soirées, luxury sailing trips and vintage masquerade balls. Dating cliques play Cupid to urban India’s well off

Lalit Modi: The cost of a fugitive

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

How a disgraced cricket czar in exile, an indiscreet foreign minister and a royally aloof chief minister have created the first big moral embarrassment for the Narendra Modi Government. The inside story

The legend of Bihar School of Yoga

Ullekh NP

India’s most revered yoga centre abhors publicity and turns away casual seekers. Ullekh NP in Munger chronicles the legend of the Bihar School of Yoga

The epic riddle of dating Ramayana, Mahabharata

Sunaina Kumar

The dating of the Ramayana and Mahabharata is a project that attracts intense debate as passionate pursuers apply new techniques to look for answers

O Rajagopal: Kerala’s permanent BJP candidate

Shahina KK

In Kerala, BJP has just one face: O Rajagopal, an 84-year-old who is contesting yet another election despite eight earlier defeats

Clowning Glory

Haima Deshpande

Or: It is pure fun after office hours. Open in Mumbai meets a different set of comedians

Deception diets: The Zen of Zoodle

Sonali Acharjee

Now eat your cake and lose weight. Deception diets, the latest in food faddism, use optical illusion and intelligent food pairings to help curb hunger pangs