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India This Week

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By George, This is Some Catfight; Deve Gowda’s Dastardly Speak; A Vidarbha of Their Own; Hand that Rocks the Caste Cradle; and HC Raises the Bar for Judiciary

Wizard of Unknown Knowns

Jaspreet Singh

There is a reason that Slavoj Zizek has been described as the most dangerous philosopher in the West. To grasp the danger, listen up, and listen close.

Fresh Geek Salad

Anil B. Lulla

A surprising number of recession-hit IT professionals in Bangalore are rebooting their careers by starting their own restaurants.

“Keynes Is Your Classic Middle of the Roader”

TR Vivek

Sixty years after John Maynard Keynes's death, his brand of economics, known as Keynesianism is back big time.

India This Week

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CRPF Seeks Police Protection; Left Red-Faced; There Goes the Thakur; Rogue Policemen; The State as Accomplice

Cyberabad as Hyperabad

Anil B. Lulla

The Telangana agitation has the city in hyperventilation mode on both sides of the divide. What’s hurting badly is Brand Hyderabad.

Saving Our Neck

Jaideep Mazumdar

This narrow strip of territory in West Bengal is vulnerable to geopolitical strife that could give us national nightmares.

The Hangman of Jalgaon

Haima Deshpande

If Ajmal Kasab has changed his mind about being a martyr and hopes to live, tough luck. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has secured the highest number of death sentences in the country, 37.

From INC to Congress Inc.

Hartosh Singh Bal

It was a party of educated professionals once, and Rahul Gandhi wants to make it so again. But his father before him had tried, and he will succeed only if he finds a new way to do it.

Buckwheat Noodles with Nori Seaweed

Ninad D. Sheth

If you think vegetarian food is about paneer and dal, you’re from another age. It’s now haute cuisine, costs a bomb, and comes from the most unlikely of food cultures. Welcome to the new pinnacle of luxury.