All hail the new paper Tiger
So far, my life hasn’t changed at all,” says 34-year-old Aravind Adiga, two months after becoming the fifth writer of Indian origin to win the Man Booker Prize. Soumya Bhattacharya spoke to Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga.
Slowdown has no impact on rural India
The Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) is an autonomous body functioning under the rural development ministry.It is a major promoter of rural development in India. Director-general V. Venkatachalam spoke to Gaurav Jha on a range of issues.
My God and I
I do not have a particular God I believe in. In fact, I believe in them all — which is another way of saying I believe in the power of God. And indeed, if I’m honest, I only turn to him when I need him, writes Karan Thapar.
A hundred miles
VVS Laxman will go down in history as one of the finest batsmen India ever produced, but even now, having just completed 100 Tests, he has travelled a long road. He talks about landmarks in a chat with Pradeep Magazine.
Teotwawki: the movie
I would definitely give Teotwawki (The End Of The World As We Know It) a five-star rating. It has a plot with twists and turns guaranteed to make your hair stand on end, fast action, nail-biting suspense, writes Manas Chakravarty.
Don’t let it be a closed & shut case
Japanese student Kota shinozaki has been missing from Agra since September 5, 2006. The investigation was handed over to the Agra police the same month, but little happened thereafter, writes Jyotirmaya Sharma.
Counterpoint: After the blasts
Instead of wasting time on debates about Pota and Shivraj Patil’s clothes, let’s get to the heart of the problem: why don’t our intelligence agencies ever know anything? writes Vir Sanghvi.
Seven days that shook Amerika
Economists say these measures are essential to keep intact America’s god-given function in the global economy as consumer of last resort, writes Manas Chakravarty.
US-based Indian filmmaker Mira Nair says the West is now ready to embrace a well-structured Indian film.
As terror wounds heal, families forge bonds
They share mattresses while sleeping in the hospital corridors, wash their clothes together in common bathrooms and share pickle and gossip over home-cooked meals. More than a month after 26/11, as the victims recover at JJ Hospital their relatives have bonded big time, reports Alifiya Khan.
Clear and future danger
The new year began with Israel and Hamas back at war. No prizes for guessing that the Palestine-to-Pakistan danger zone will dominate headlines for all of 2009. But there will be new twists to the red-alert region: falling oil prices, political turns in the US and Iran. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri takes stock...see graph
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