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“The Truth will Come Out”

Rahul Pandita

In an exclusive interview with Open, Home Secretary GK Pillai makes it plain that much more startling information is yet to emerge from the Radia tapes. Answering questions on a range of issues, from the right to privacy and tackling of Maoists to human rights and police reforms, he makes a frank case for what needs to be done. Excerpts:

The Money Trail

Dhirendra K. Jha

The few Radia tapes that have emerged shed light on how the media and government are influenced. The ones that remain with the Centre reveal disturbing flows of money.

Adrift in Andhra

Rahul Pandita

Maoists know the importance of the state. Could the same be said of the Centre?

At a Complete Loss

Jaideep Mazumdar

Thirty-three years of uninterrupted Left rule in Bengal has left the state’s finances in a mess

Long Live Balasaheb

Haima Deshpande

Shiv Sainiks believe that their party’s fortunes will revive soon. Not because of the infusion of fresh blood in the party’s leadership, but because 83-year-old Bal Thackeray’s health seems to be improving.

What in God’s Name is This?

Huma Imtiaz

Aasia Bibi has been sentenced to death under Pakistan’s dubious blasphemy laws. Her case could hasten the country’s slide towards a closed society.

Real Estate Must Get Real

Ninad D. Sheth

There is hope that exposure of dodgy players will lead to a better market.

Two Journeys, One Box of HIV Medicine

Sharleet Mahal

Presenting two stories that tell another tale.

Suhaag Raat: Then and Now

Shubhangi Swarup

Some things have not changed: little or no sex. It’s just that friends now insist on making it more memorable than the newlywed would like.

Aruna’s Keepers

Priyanka Borpujari

Last Saturday, Aruna Shanbag, a former employee of KEM Hospital, Mumbai, completed 37 years as its ‘baby’. This is the story of the nurses and doctors at KEM who have taken care of one of their own ever since that fateful evening of 27 November 1973 when Aruna was raped and strangulated by a ward boy.