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The Man Who Dares to Bare

Pallavi Polanki

On the fifth anniversary of India’s Right to Information Act, it’s time to ask: does it work? Judge from the story of one of India’s bravest RTI activists, Kheemaram, who has filed nearly 400 applications, shaken up his village and suffered a series of attacks and death threats

Wrong Again on Kashmir

The Centre’s interlocutors lack what is needed for useful talks

Man Who Can’t Stay Aloof

Bhardwaj: Karnataka Governor, Congress headache

Of the BJP, by the BJP

The politics of pelf returns to haunt Karnataka’s ruling party

Such a Long Journey

From the book by Rohinton Mistry

Sena’s Literary Pursuit

Aditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena’s new cub, engineers another shameful act of censorship

The Tigress Who Stalks

The story of Machli, the world’s most famous tigress, is nearing an end. A tribute

A Fertile Mind

Robert Edwards’ Nobel Prize speaks not only of his genius, but also of how well test tube babies have been received worldwide. It has taken time, and when faced with early opposition to his work, it helped that he never lost his sense of humour.

My Settlement with NewsX

Television channel NewsX was a high-profile venture with Vir Sanghvi at the helm. But all of a sudden the promoters turned against the journos. Its executive editor was called to the office basement, intimidated, presented with a resignation letter to sign and threatened with a string of charges that belatedly included surfing porn on the office laptop. Then came redemption

Brown Hopes in the Ring

South Asian candidates are standing for US Senate and Congress elections in impressive numbers. The chances of most, however, are dulled by factors beyond their control

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