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WHAT ON EARTH
A Grand Joint Misadventure
By JAY MAZOOMDAAR
 
SERIES At The Heart Of It with Shoma Chaudhury Tehelka presents The Music Project In Conversation with Writers Cinema & Me: The Movies That Made Me
KERALA
Alleging factionalism CPI(M)
MLA quits

R Selvaraj resigns saying that the CPI(M) was “hunting and humiliating” him and his family for no reason

UP ELECTIONS
Will Mulayam anoint Akhilesh successor?
Cadres and leaders push for SP’s heir apparent to be given the post; Mulayam tightlipped about choice


MIDDLE EAST WEBLOG
Global March to Jerusalem flagged off from Delhi
The Indian leg of the Global March to Jerusalem begins from Rajghat; bus carrying delegates to Wagah flagged off

ECONOMY
See flower industry as an agriculture-based sector
The flower industry should be viewed as an agriculture sector, which is the backbone of the economy

THEATRE
Wartime weddings coupled with a bunch of memories
The play looks at mixed feelings of Iraqis, both liberals and extremists
alike

BOOK REVIEW
A book the older generation would have loved to read
There are stories around us, happening and disappearing like bubbles emanating from a glass of soda

SLY CULTURE
Of the Butterfly Generation and the wait for the President
Madhuri gets candid, Vidya’s on a roll and cinematic musings on freedom and sports


 
  KOODANKULAM
The German Hand. And the Doctor’s Googly
This is called moron management. Instead of debating nuclear safety, India’s Prime Minister is trotting out conspiracies

IN COLD BLOOD
‘I challenge the PM to make all the evidence public’
Anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar tells Jeemon Jacob that the Koodankulam agitation is funded only by local people

BIHAR
The New Ambulance Chasers
With politicians vying to bag ambulance service contracts, the losers seem to be the states and poor patients, says Sai Manish

POLL VAULT
A Tug of War for Jat Votes
The alliance with the RLD has not stopped the Congress from trying to siphon off Jat votes. Kunal Majumder reports

KARNATAKA
Idol Worship Sparks Buddhist Fury
Dalit organisations and monks claim that Hindu groups are trying to appropriate a historical Buddhist site in Gulbarga. Imran Khan reports

KOODANKULAM
‘Funding NGOs? I was living on $10 a day’
When TEHELKA tried to contact Rainer Sonntag Hermann via email, he replied, “The last two nights I had no bed and I’m very tired now. So, please allow me some time to rest. I need some time to think.” Hours later, he opened up to Jeemon Jacob about his stay in Nagercoil and his deportation.

PROS&CONS
EU carbon tax will ground more flights, cure no ills
Airlines feel the EU’s unilateral decision to levy a carbon tax will trigger a trade war that will cripple an industry already struggling to stay afloat



  PAGEANTRY
Neighbour’s Beauty, India’s Prize
Miss Pakistan is coming to Chandigarh this year. Baba Umar finds out why Pakistan’s beauty queen cannot be crowned at home

SEXY
Who’s Afraid of Being ‘Sexy’?
Celebrating or deconstructing the word is unlikely to change our attitudes towards women or sex
 
CINEMA
Why Bollywood Doesn’t Flop Anymore
Hindi cinema is no longer a business of hits and misses. Sunaina Kumar finds out what has suddenly turned the industry into a safe bet

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
I won’t laugh! Don’t ask me
A stand-up comedian in India has to do a complicated little dance with his audiences, says Papa CJ

BOOKS
A Dilemma Ignored
A new book has some uneasy answers to the lukewarm international response to climate change, says Meher Engineer

FILM REVIEW - TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA
Jab We Kidnap
By Mona J

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘If my mind isn’t free then I cannot be an artist’-Seema Kohli, 51, Artist
By Aradhna Wal

PERSONAL HISTORIES:STUDENT ACTIVISM
‘My RTI queries blew the lid off the sad state of affairs’
By Adil Hossain

     



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