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The unconscionable hotness of Niira Radia
The new book on Radia paints her as a ruthless sexy siren who seduced hapless politicians and businessmen to line her foreign bank accounts. So why aren't we outraged?
The face of Bhopal that still haunts
The Supreme Court decision is just the latest twist in the Bhopal gas leak case. But the reason the case still haunts the public imagination might be because of one iconic photograph.
Five myths about Pakistan
An influential book puts forward five controversial reasons why the debate around Pakistan needs a new perspective. Reasons that have critical implications for India and the US.
West Bengal elections epochal change for under-30
One of the key offenses of the Left Front, it seems, is the fact that it has been around for too long and like its most recognizable faces, has aged, not very gracefully at that. We realize that Bengal needs a facelift.
Too young for Facebook! 7.5 million users not even teens
The social networking site, which does not charge any fee for membership, has users even below the age of 10
How the Ayodhya dispute can be solved. Permanently.
Forget mandir-masjid politics. What Ayodhya needs, and can profit from, is an IPL franchise.
You said it - We read it
Comments, tweets and the conversation on the site is key to everything we do. Here is a compilation of some tweets and comments that caught our eye.
Pakistan media grades Gilani speech a flop
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani might just have the world's most thankless job. His much awaited speech to the Pakistani parliament about the Abbottabad debacle was a perfect example of that. It pleased no one.
Death and afterlife: where science meets faith
The intellectual history of the West reveals why no good can come of either pitting Science against God or wedding the two in unholy matrimony.
Thank you for the overwhelming Day 1 reactions!
We have read a lot of your comments and feedback. Here are a few answers....
Rescuing Tagore from the Bengalis
Are the Bengalis doing enough to preserve the legacy of the legendary poet?
A poem in memory of Tagore
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of India's most revered poet, here is an exquisite translation of one of Rabindranath Tagore's more modern poems.
Marxists caught in time-warp as Mamata juggernaut rolls by
Bengal's Marxists are trapped inside their own Time Machine that has got stuck in a hoary past populated by Marx, Mao and the peasant revolution. This is why they are unable to counter Mamata Banerjee's eloquent call for paribartan (change).
The Kanimozhi defence: I'm just a girl!
Playing the gender card won’t work for papa Karunanidhi’s favourite little girl. Indian politics rarely reward defenseless damsels.
Osama's death prompts Hollywood rewrites
Osama-inspired Hollywood films that have long been in the works finally find closure in his death.
Why Americans love JNU and its Corolla Commies
The latest WikiLeaks cable reveals why the bastion of the Left is much-admired by the very capitalist pigs it claims to abhor.
Webcam spying case: Authorities charge Indian American with hate crime
The case raises as many disturbing questions about the double-edged role of technology as it does about bigotry.
Mistress of choice
Choices are points we operate life from, says Sheena Iyengar, who reads few coincidences in her own story.
Hold your horses cowboys, India-Pak not same as Pak-US
Tempting as it is to go the US-way, India cannot locate and liquidate. India must choose 'boring' and engage with a complex Pakistan in nuanced ways.
Greg Mortenson: one more fake American memoir
What a bestselling author caught faking his memoirs can learn from our Indian writers.
Bin Laden's death & implications for Jihadism
While the average Pakistani may not care too much about bin Laden, public sentiment is running very high against US operations in Pakistan, and this operation could serve to inflame such sentiments.
Why the Wall Street Journal can never be like WikiLeaks
It's hard for a multi-billion dollar media company to truly protect its sources, or inspire trust that it will.
Late-night woman worker = slut
One of the men grabbed the bike’s handlebars. He pulled Rinku off the bike and poured alcohol all over her; they beat her brother up. “Oh are you a big shot gangster now?” they yelled. “Show us your gun then.”
Sexing the Mahatma
Time for a Gandhi tax. Why, the man’s selling US presidents and fountain pens. In fact, sales are what the Great Soul controversy is all about. Use him as you will, but he is our property
Why no girl wants to be Kate Middleton
A new British survey shows nine of ten women don't envy her future daughter-in-law's ascendance to royalty.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer prize winner, laadla beta
A doctor AND a Pulitzer winner. Keeping up with the Mukherjees just got a little harder.
Anand Giridharadas Answers India's Call
Giridharadas came to India to work for McKinsey and Co. He stayed on to write for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. That allowed him to have a ringside view of this changing India.