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Roti, Kapda Aur Porn
Adam Matthews
As 3G rollouts in other countries show, adult content is definitely a big driver of consumption
‘India Botched Up Operation Purulia’
Peter Bleach breaks his long silence on the arms drop story. The official account has it otherwise.
Exorcising the Ghost of Geronimo
More than the sobering effect an ill-advised codename might have had on giddy Americans celebrating the Osama killing, it was a reminder of the country’s own historical injustices
Marketing Brand Rahul
Not so long ago, he was a mascot of the youth. Now he wants to be seen as the voice of the aam aadmi. Great branding it may be, but success is harder fought
A Cut above Modern Medicine
A coin, a blade, and in the balance, life. How dais can teach modern medicine a thing or two
My Experiments with Facebook Activism
Forced by the authorities to abandon his social work in Dantewada, he tried his hand at online activism. The story of his disappointment
How to Save a Sanctuary
The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka has been notified as a tiger reserve. While this tag will fetch extra conservation funds for the sanctuary, it threatens to displace Soliga tribals from their ancestral habitat. New generations of Soligas may not be content with their forefathers’ way of life, but this forest will lose its soul without them. And India will lose one of its best opportunities to try out a model of coexistence between wildlife and eco-sensitive people
Or Try This for Corruption
While the great Indian middle class obsesses with cricket and corruption, an epic three-way battle is unfolding in forests across the country. It is time to take notice, and a stand. Because, more than anything else, the outcome of this tussle will decide India’s future
Let Justice, Not Populism, Prevail
The Allahabad High Court’s verdict was a classic case of exceeding the brief
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