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The Serial Killer Who Wasn’t

Lhendup G Bhutia

Ravindra Kantrole, accused of being Mumbai’s ‘Beer Man’ and acquitted in 2009 of serial murder, has opened a fast food stall while his lawyer has scripted a movie on his story

India’s Most Shocking Smuggling Racket

Hartosh Singh Bal

The arrest of Uzbek smuggler Olga Kozireva 12 years ago brought to light one of the most brazen illicit operations this country has ever seen. But those likely to get away are the government officials who were bribed with money and sex to look the other way

Appeal from the Heart

Haima Deshpande

Uddhav Thackeray’s three blocked arteries bring him closer to estranged cousin Raj

A Chief Minister Unmasked

Rahul Pandita

The Bathani Tola massacre and Nitish Kumar’s apathy

Euro Lovers of the World, Unite!

Aresh Shirali

Does the euro’s design have a fatal flaw? The currency itself looks marvellous. And if it’s a question of economic elegance, it wins on first principles

What the Stars Are Foretold

Aastha Atray Banan

If Anaita Shroff Adajania and Niharika Khan get to tell Hrithik Roshan or Vidya Balan what to wear (and what not), there’s a good reason. They are Bollywood stylists