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The Unending Nostalgia of Punjabiyat

Was there a shared Punjabi identity that united the region’s Muslims and Sikhs before the advent of British rule? Gandhi places too much faith in such a notion

Fujifilm X-M1

The brand’s smallest and lightest compact system camera for mainstream users

Sony Vaio Pro 13

One of the world’s lightest ultrabooks, it weighs just over a kilogram

The Value of History

There is a lot that Bihar can learn from its glorious past to solve problems currently plaguing the state

The Joys of Sex

More than three decades after it was written, Penguin publishes the ‘thinking woman’s Fifty Shades’. But it fails to live up to its reputation

BlackBerry Q5

A great entry-level BlackBerry 10 smartphone at an attractive price

Tall Tales

Hoping to ‘debunk’ myths about India’s growth, Bhagwati and Panagariya spin some fairy tales of their own

Chronofighter Oversize GMT +30 India

Graham’s dual timezone watch on the occasion of India’s Independence Day

The Pixellated Penis and Other Tales of Modern Censorship

Why fear of India’s obscenity law turned HarperCollins prudish on a recent graphic novel, but doesn’t stop the publication of explicitly illustrated versions of the Kama Sutra

Heaven, Hell and Earth

Amitava Kumar’s A Matter of Rats casts Patna in a triple role of memory, magnet and mundanity. It is a good book. With one more nudge, it could have been a great one

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