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“Yes, Sushma Swaraj did help, but I would have got the papers anyway”

“I’m Going to Take the Bull by the Head and Go for a Total Clean-Up”

16 Jul, 2015 - 23 Jul, 2015
Vol 07 | Issue 30

STORIES IN THIS ISSUE

When Gawker Became the Gossip

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Narinder Batra, President of Hockey India

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EL Doctorow: History’s Darling

Rajni George

Return of the Irani Café

Lhendup G Bhutia

Abdul Kalam (1931-2015): The Center of Gravity Man

Vijay K Soni

Dr Abdul Kalam taught millions of youth to aspire, dream and actualize their hopes

A Portrait of Yakub Memon

S Hussain Zaidi

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Ullekh NP

Sitaram Yechury incurs the displeasure of party leaders who want action, not talk, as the new chief goes ahead with plans to hold a plenum in November, just months ahead of crucial polls in Kerala where it is battling against heavy odds to wrest power from the Congress and in West Bengal where it is struggling to retain its second position

Lait Modi: “Yes, Sushma Swaraj did help, but I would have got the papers anyway,”

James Astill

Saving History from Historians

Murali Balaji

The late Marxist historian DD Kosambi continues to wield tremendous influence on the study of Hinduism. But his disciples have disallowed any rational critique of the man and have zealously ignored the religion’s diversity

Of Shashi and Shanta

S Prasannarajan

Tharoor and Kumar are united by a familiar trait of controlled democracy

The Case for Evicting Ganpati

Madhavankutty Pillai

If God is everywhere, he doesn’t need to be on the streets

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