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EDITOR'S CUT
Sovereignty in India has historically been seen as belonging not to the people but to the State
By ASHOK MALIK
  SIVAKASI
Six years. 84 accidents. 185 lives. And a story unchanged for
50 years
By TS SUDHIR
  TAMIL NADU
Koodankulam fishermen caught between the devil and the deep sea
By NITYANAND JAYARAMAN
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
UTTAR PRADESH
Mulayam Singh Yadav calls parliamentary board meeting to plan next move
Hints at continuing support if PM agrees to roll back FDI in retail and fuel price hike decisions

ASSAM
Brahmaputra overflows, floods seven districts in Assam
Thanks to a late monsoon, Assam is now battling fresh floods that affect more 1.5 lakh people


TEHELKA ARCHIVE
Friction in the Alliance
With the TMC and the Congress crossing swords over issues like LPG hike and water accords, the UPA's cup of woes is running over, says Ashok Malik

JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Bharat bandh: While Jammu comes alive with protests, Srinagar remains calm
The nation-wide bandh called by the NDA had little impact on the daily lives of people in Srinagar

PROTESTS
Anti-Islam film fuels anger in the Valley, protestors pelt stones
Mob burns a vehicle in Srinagar, protests reported across the Valley; US consulate in Chennai shut over similar protests

CONSERVATION
The Agarwood trail: Coming out of the woodwork
The MoEF has issued an inquiry into the questionable decision to re-export the rare and expensive Agarwood

TIGER TOURISM
Tourists don’t kill, or save, tigers
The tiger tourism debate excludes the traditionally excluded but the new MoEF panel must protect conservation’s biggest stakeholders, says Jay Mazoomdaar

KOODANKULAM
Anti-nuke protesters plan to intensify their struggle
Arrest warrant issued against PMANE leader Udayakumar, TN police block Achutanandan from entering the state

TERROR ARREST
Police’s request for 14-day extension of terror suspects’ custody granted
The request came after police found that accused Mohammed Akram had plotted assassination of a Hyd-based lawyer

KASHMIR
No need for US citizens to leave Kashmir: Geelani
The separatist leader flays govt cleric for making ‘stupid’ demands, says ‘western guests are always welcome’

LABOUR
All he wanted to do was go home
Non-existent debts, torture and brutal attacks are some of the means that a brick kiln owner in J&K employed to keep her bonded labourers from leaving. Niranjan Sahu, a survivor, tells his story

INTERVIEW
‘The idea that they are not safe any more has taken seed in Muslim communities’
Political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot tells Ayan Meer how Muslims are being forced into self-segregation in Indian cities

FILM REVIEW
Arbitrage: Sympathy for the
devil

In his latest outing, filmmaker Nicolas Jarecki makes a human out of a corporate vulture, says Ajachi Chakrabarti

ART
‘Gujarnica was a product of my emotional outburst’
With the verdict on the Naroda Patiya case out recently, Yusuf Arakkal tells why he chose to express himself on canvas

TEHELKA BLOG
Announcing the Tehelka Blog: No taboos. No filters. No holds barred.
This space may not represent the official Tehelka view on an issue but it is a space for you to engage with our reporters, to let us know what you think.

 


  PROFILE
The Gavel Sounded Right
Jyotsna Yagnik, who delivered the historic Naroda Patiya judgement, sentencing Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani to life, is no stranger to difficult cases, says Ajachi Chakrabarti

  PAKISTAN PERISCOPE
Spinning the peace roulette
Apart from the political leadership, there are additional actors in Pakistan who are betting big on the success of the Indo-Pak peace process. By Ayesha Siddiqa

  WHAT ON EARTH
Can jumbos be saved?
Our policies are shy of even considering the cost of saving 30,000-odd elephants in this resource-starved country
By Jay Mazoomdaar

  APPRAISAL
Dr Verghese Kurien: From milk to management
An IRMA alumnus remembers the visionary white knight who also nurtured one of the best rural management schools in the country

OPINION
Legitimising domestic violence
Karnataka HC Judge K Bhaktavatsala was taken off the division bench hearing family court matters for his controversial remarks on domestic violence, but should he be allowed to continue at all, asks Vidyut Kale

CORRUPTION
‘Bureaucratic corruption is more rampant than political corruption’
Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal tells Kunal Majumder how corruption is bred in us, and how to cure this ill.

TAMIL NADU
The rise and fall of Madurai's Granite Mafia
The two-decade long reign of the mining barons in the region has come to an abrupt end, after a former district collector’s letter to the chief minister was leaked to the media, reports Jeemon Jacob

TEHELKA IMPACT
Green panel takes note of Tehelka’s exposé on mining inside Kaziranga

BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS
Amit Shah In The Docks
Refer to ‘CBI chargesheets Amit Shah and 20 top cops for fake encounter’



  TEHELKA ARCHIVE
RK is Running Again
I’m not afraid to surrender. I’m not afraid to be called an asshole, to be shouted at by the director, to be laughed at. I’m quite shameless says Ranbir
By Gaurav Jain

  PARALYMPICS
Red Tape Trips Medal Hopes
Top officials of the Paralympics Committee vacationed in London, at the expense of Paralympians geared for the defining event of their lives, says Nishita Jha

 

BOOKS
‘History needn’t be kind. It needs to evaluate’
In an interview with Kunal Majumder, Nayantara Sahgal attempts to decode the facets that made Indira Gandhi a figure whose place in history continues to be ambiguous.


  BOOKS
A Wry Read on Royalty
Ruskin Bond’s newest book is a detached and amused look at a decadent queen and an age long gone, says Aradhna Wal

FILM REVIEW - TO ROME WITH LOVE
Mailing It In
By Aditi Saxton

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘Internet is still a scarce luxury in India’ - Anshul Tewari, 22
By Esha Vaish

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘The slower we travel the more we appreciate what we’re seeing.’ - Tony Wheeler, 65
By Sudha G Tilak

PERSONAL HISTORIES: EDUCATION
‘Advocates of a secure life deplore my uncertain existence’
By Urvashi Sarkar

     
 



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