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Was This Man Framed?
VK Shashikumar
The question why Madhu Koda was charged with money laundering is as unsettling as the supposed evidence against him. Speaking to Open, Jharkhand’s former Chief Minister is loud and clear that he is a victim of corporate greed in conspiracy with venal politics
“Why Am I in Jail?”
“Where is the evidence against me?,” asks former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda in the first on-record interview since his arrest.
Unethical Proposal
A doctor’s fight to stop the Indian Medical Association from endorsing PepsiCo brands Tropicana and Quaker Oats as health products
“Put the Lokpal Bill to referendum”
Prashant Bhushan, one of the chief architects of the Jan Lokpal Bill, speaks to Open in its defence
How to Buy a Business Jet
Posing as a serious customer, one man sets out to buy a Gulfstream private jet
The Man Who Cracked a Lottery
Toronto resident Mohan Srivastava figured out a way to look at a draw-of-luck ticket and tell if it was going to win
No City for Young Women
Delhi as India’s ‘rape capital’ is a sensational label that rings true for reasons both heinous and heartless. One woman’s effort to understand why so little is ever done about it
The Sai Succession, Act II
Sathya Sai Baba claimed to be Shirdi Sai Baba’s reincarnation. The question of his own succession, though, will be hotly contested
Happy Hours at the Anna Carnival
The mela around the televised Jantar Mantar fast-unto-death had just about everything to keep our urban ‘revolutionaries’ occupied, including a food fest
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