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The Question

An extract from Martel’s novel, within which is incorporated a play about a donkey (Beatrice) and a monkey (Virgil).

‘We’re Far Less Cynical about Animals than Humans’

Yann Martel on his fascination with animals, the Holocaust, and his new novel.

‘Indian Writing in English has Become Boring’

Hanif Kureishi on writing, racism and radical Islam.

Encounter of the 3D Kind

What is all this noise about 3D TV? Will it happen? Should you buy one? It’s everywhere, even in this magazine, and you must have thought, ‘Wow man, all geeks and newspapers are talking about it, and it is about time I changed my old TV’. Well, sit down, take a sip of that green tea, and read this. Trust us, it’s not that obvious.

The Mahabharat Retranslated

When a renowned free market economist takes to translating an entire epic from the original classical Sanskrit, his passion can only be marvelled at.

The Truth is Out There

Anne Applebaum believes there are many more Gulags that need to be written, and also that her book may not end such tragedies.

Contrarian Cash

Michael Lewis on the oddballs and wiseguys who saw America’s financial crisis coming and made whopping fortunes betting the other way.

HTC Legend

Though not radically different from the HTC Hero, this one is designed to impress everyone.

Olive Zipbook

If you can’t wait for 3G, or would rather have a CDMA data connection, try this EVDO-R enabled netbook.

A Tawaif’s Tale

Vikram Sampath on the challenges of researching a book on 20th century singer Gauhar Jaan.

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