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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
POLITICS
Jagadish Shettar takes oath as the 27th CM of Karnataka
BJP high command inducts 34 ministers from warring factions, state party president yet to be announced

KARNATAKA
Deconstructing the defiance of Yeddyurappa
The BJP’s poster boy has access to Lingayat votes and enjoys the support of those indifferent to the Sangh


WATER CRISIS
Clear Solutions: Hope for the Yamuna?
Experts claim that the method of bioremediation can reduce Delhi's crippling water crisis significantly

TRIBUTE
Television's Hanuman passes away in Mumbai
Wrestler and actor Dara Singh, famous for playing Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, died after prolonged illness

OPINION
There are genders beyond the genders that we know
Why is it so important for society to constrict people in brackets of a man and a woman, asks Harish Iyer

TAMIL NADU
“We don’t eat their food, it is not untouchability, just our custom”
Upper caste parents refuse to send children to school because two Dalit women cooked the mid-day meal

UTTAR PRADESH
Mayawati’s comeback script boosted by SC clean chit
Verdict has given her a much needed political strength ahead of the Parliamentary elections in 2014

INDO-PAK
Pak offers joint investigation into Abu Jundal's revelations
Bringing the guilty to justice will be the biggest confidence building measure says India

ECONOMY
PPP: A check could go a long way in saving public money
Mahesh PS Gandhi suggests a drastic modification to the functioning of the public-private partnership

KASHMIR
Beyond that veil of normalcy, lurks danger
Jaibans Singh believes missing the noise beyond the peace in the Valley may be dangerous

EDUCATION
Getting down to creating a class
apart

Dimple Malik feels implementing the RTE act needs more than just good
intentions

CAMPUS
Discovering the delicacies at Delhi University
Katyayni Gupta and Soumitra Roy set out on a culinary quest to tell freshers about dishes they just can’t miss

BOOK EXTRACT
The gods of rock have
rolled and how!

It’s 50 years since the Rolling Stones debuted on stage. This extract peeks into the heady journey that followed

SPORTS
Has the Arjuna Award committee ignored Dipika Pallikal?
The nomination of the India No.1 and world No.15 squash champ runs into rough weather

 

  ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
The elephant has become a mouse
The new finance minister needs more than animal spirits to revive the Indian economy, says Bibek Debroy

MANIPUR
Why children are picking up the gun
By Ratnadip Choudhury

AGRICULTURE
Reaping Israeli Fruit on Indian Soil
Indo-Israel joint ventures have given a new fillip to agriculture in arid Indian states, says Kunal Majumder

OPINION
The Tragedy Continues
India should question the US judgment absolving UCC of its liabilities in the Bhopal gas tragedy

ELEPHANTS
Capturing Jumbos won’t stop conflict
Bengal’s belief that capturing a few jumbos will deter wayward herds from entering the state from Jharkhand is dangerously naive. The answer to the puzzle lies in Odisha

OPINION
Emergency Redux
The conviction of civil rights activists Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay once again highlights the blatant misuse of internal security laws

ENVIRONMENT
Military plans threaten two unique species
If the Coast Guard and Navy have their way, the Narcondam Hornbill and Nicobar Megapode will become history. Cara Tejpal reports

PROS&CONS
Why some Indians love moral cop Dhoble
There is a cultural divide that is deepening, and those who speak of freedom of speech might do well to listen to the other side for a change

FIRST IN TEHELKA
Why the Malegaon probe needs to go beyond Col Purohit
The Army Court of Inquiry proceedings into the Malegaon blasts have thrown up facts that TEHELKA had been pointing to all along

APPRAISAL
The Perfect Bureaucrat
Noted economist Abid Hussain was all for liberalisation long before others climbed onto that bandwagon, reminisces Nitin Desai


  INTERVIEW
‘As far as preservation goes, India is a disaster’
Conservationist Gurmeet Rai tells Revati Laul about the struggles to preserve our vast natural and cultural heritage from those who couldn’t care less

OPINION
Swimming with Crocodiles
The hipster bible VICE magazine claims to have put out a ‘subversivne’ guide to Karachi. But have they just recycled cliches, asks Ahmad Rafay Alam

BOOKS
A jihad Against Jihad
Maajid Nawaz was in thrall to extremist group Hizb al-Tahrir, a path that led to torture in an Egyptian jail. In this extract from his forthcoming book, Radical, he describes how he was recruited to the Islamist cause

BOOKS
A Thug’s Life
Martin Amis’ new novel satirises empty celebrity culture. But does Amis, a fixture on the celebrity pages himself, miss his target, asks Shougat Dasgupta

INTERVIEW
‘Islamism is inspired by European fascism’
In an email interview with CS Bhagya, author Maajid Nawaz discusses themes from his book, including fluid identities and Islam in opposition to Islamism.

FILM REVIEW - THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Spidey swings over the top
By Mona J

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘When musicians create, genres are irrelevant’ - Suman Sridhar, 29, Musician
By CS Bhagya

PERSONAL HISTORIES: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
‘I never forgave my father. But I didn’t stop loving him either’
By Anonymous

     
 



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