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The Seven-Year Itch
Jatin Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi loyalist Pulok Chatterjee replaces Manmohan’s man TKA Nair. But that alone isn’t enough to fix the PMO
Identity Crisis
Doubts have suddenly been cast on the ‘miraculous’ discovery of a new species of macaque in the Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal. The scientists who found it are not amused
Mr Prime Minister, You Are Defaulting
For all his reformist credentials, the PM is in danger of being remembered as a failure on the issue that matters most—inflation
Unfriendly Allies
The DMK and Samajwadi Party reaffirm their support to the Congress, but make it clear that all’s not well with the relationship
Over to Oversyllabic Sibal
Every time Sibal speaks on the 2G scam, he contradicts either his Cabinet colleagues or the CBI, or the CAG...
The Math Doesn’t Add Up
Even after the protests, the enhanced rate that Noida farmers are getting for their land is only a fraction of what it costs to buy land in the township
With Wal-Mart Knocking on Your Door
India is finally ready to let foreign multi-brand retailers in. But the conditions being proposed betray a multiplicity of hesitations
The Capitol Hill Trail
For two decades, Ghulam Nabi Fai funded Kashmir militancy right under Washington DC’s nose. The game is up
Cat among the People
Snow leopards share a particularly punishing habitat with people in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, with resources scarce and vegetation sparse. The conventional conservation model of separating wild animals and people simply does not work here. India’s green establishment is showing signs of accepting this reality, if only grudgingly
Rigour Mortis
The pursuit of justice in Mumbai’s terror cases demands an investigative thoroughness. Which, for all practical purposes, seems dead
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