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For a Moment of Statesmanship

With Rushdie, the government has again chosen the cowardice of practicality over the courage of morality

A Lot Like Rajiv

In his aptitude for flying, his ease in reaching out to people, and his desire to be ‘the regular guy’, Rahul Gandhi is quite like his father. An extract from Open staffer Jatin Gandhi and Veenu Sandhu’s hot-off-the press biography of the leader, Rahul

Terminal Decline

The Shiv Sena has rallied and riled Mumbaikars for half a century. But its end might be near

My Son, Not the Terrorist

An ageing rubber farmer, Gopinath Pillai, remembers the life of his son Javed Shaikh, who was killed in a ‘fake encounter’ and was known as Pranesh Kumar before he fell in love with a Muslim and converted to Islam

Wedding Knells

How and why marriage bureaus survive in the age of online matrimony

Too Smart for Europe

How Germany sees the Eurozone crisis. And why others demur

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

This generation has all but given up the right to have a love marriage

The King Who Was Not

The tragic life and death of a tribal monarch in Kerala

America’s New Iran Strategy

The goal of America’s latest sanctions is to reduce Iran’s export earnings drastically while shielding the global economy from oil price spikes

Sons and Brothers

Punjab elections of the recent past have been the usual Patiala Royals-versus-Badals clash. This time, there is intra-clan rivalry on display as well

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