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Unearthing a Gory History
Jaideep Mazumdar
In 1857, the Raj erased a town of 5,000 people, in a bloody massacre, to punish them for killing six British officers.
Operation Cleave Ho
With a nod from the Congress, an RJD leader rebels against Lalu Prasad. This is an event that reveals a somewhat unsettling aspect of the grand old party’s gameplan to win Bihar.
The Farce of Talks
What has New Delhi achieved in 60 rounds of talks with the Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM?
All That I Didn’t Know about the Andamans
Hostile tribes, human safaris, earthquakes by the month, seaplanes, micro volcanoes, jobless elephants and really stupid tourists
Great Indian Money Illusion
Graph gazers say you should be pleased. India is nearing double digit economic growth once again. It’s boom time. But if that only makes you wonder which planet they are from, you are entirely justified. Here is why you are not as well off as the GDP graph suggests.
Revolutionary Road
A fact-finding team from the Human Rights Lawyers Network visited Jharkhand, a state where Operation Green Hunt is underway. This is not a story about what they found, but an inside view of such a mission.
Cuisines by the Sidewalks
When you have around 145,000 street vendors serving over 230 varieties of dishes—tasty, hygienic and dirt cheap—to nearly 10 million customers daily, it is a phenomenon by itself.
Dude, there’s a bit of F1 in my car
It is expensive and time-consuming, but road cars are borrowing from Formula 1 technology to make your commute zippier. And then there is the reverse transfer of technology—road cars are ahead of race cars in many areas and F1 has to catch up.
Six Feet Under
Esther Browne took up her father’s profession, and became India’s only female undertaker. Here’s how she goes about her job.
Non Argumentative Indians
If you expect youngsters in Parliament to rejuvenate Indian democracy, prepare for disappointment. Their record so far offers no inspiration.
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