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Binayak & Ilina Sen
Remarkable life, remarkable times
The remarkable life and times of Dr Vinayan have been brought to life in a publication Vinayan:...
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Power Point K.S. Sachidananda Murthy is THE WEEK's resident editor in New Delhi
Sachidananda Murthy
Non-plying captain
Despite Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s prodding, the Congress is reluctant to hold...
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PMO Beat R. Prasannan is The Week's New Delhi bureau chief
R. Prasannan
Jaguar lies and plane truths
ongress leaders are outraged. Their dear departed Rajiv Gandhi was called an arms agent by a...
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mani-festo Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Rahulisation and its discontents
Those who expected Rahul Gandhi to fill their bulging coffers with lip-smacking gifts of economic...
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hawk eye Maroof Raza
Maroof Raza
Battling the Maoists
The Maoist insurgents have been expanding their footprint across India’s heartland over the...
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Masala Musings Kishwar Desai is a writer, who has worked in print and television journalism. Her novel, Witness By Night won the UK's Costa First Novel Award in 2010
Kishwar Desai
Gutting Orwell's Bihar home
Eric Arthur Blair, famously known as George Orwell, the brilliant novelist who wrote both Nineteen...
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game seth and match Suhel Seth
Suhel Seth
Nation of gawkers
The terrible bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon have some compelling lessons for all of us. Lessons...
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Funda Mental Kunal Vjayakar is an actor, director, television personality and political satirist
Kunal Vijayakar
Bringing up uncle
Happy New Year!” It's my 11-year-old nephew calling early on the first day of...
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Schizo Nation Anuja Chauhan is a best-selling author, screen-writer and advertising consultant. She is best known for her novel, The Zoya Factor
Anuja Chauhan
M goes missing
Slightly perplexed by how Narendra Modi is taking all the credit for the ‘Gujarat business...
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The Sexes Shobhaa De is a novelist and social commentator with several best-selling books to her credit. She was editor at Stardust, Society and Celebrity
Shobhaa De
Follow your art
I met a fascinating European lady at a friend’s home recently. As we got talking (after I had...
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Art to Heart Sanjna Kapoor
Sanjna Kapoor
The best gift ever
The best gift my parents ever gave me was… a home in Goa. When I was three, the Love House...
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Diary of an Army Wife A series of accounts by the wife of a soldier
An Army Wife
The Good Samaritans
After a year of experiences that translated to more madness than sanity, there is nothing as...
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Your Money Renjit C.S.
Renjit C.S.
Healthy option
All is well in buying health insurance till a claim arises. To bring in more accountability and...
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Guest column Kouchner is former foreign minister of France and founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres, an international organisation for medical humanitarian aid.
Bernard Kouchner
The Syrian volcano

We are told that we should avoid civil war in Syria, even as it unfolds before our eyes. We...
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India needs to step in
The Arab Spring so far has hit countries with medium to low Indian population. The only exception...
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Last Word  |  Binayak & Ilina Sen
Remarkable life, remarkable times
The remarkable life and times of Dr Vinayan have been brought to life in a publication Vinayan: Jeevan, Vichar, Sangharsh brought out by Govind Prasad Sharma and his colleagues on his fifth death anniversary on ...  »
Power Point  |  Sachidananda Murthy
Non-plying captain
Despite Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s prodding, the Congress is reluctant to hold regular meetings with its allies. A promise was made to Mamata Banerjee (when she was still in the UPA) and Pawar last ...  »
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