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EDITOR'S CUT
The breached moat signals that something is shifting in Indian democracy
By SHOMA CHAUDHURY
  KINGFISHER SAGA
Decadence in business and ego sent Kingfisher Airlines hurtling to the ground
By SHAILI CHOPRA
  FIRST IN TEHELKA
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
KARNATAKA
Lokayukta orders probe into role of three ex-CMs in BMICP
Probe will investigate roles of SM Krishna, BS Yeddyurappa and HD Deve Gowda in allegations of favouring NICE

NORTHEAST
An accord for more violence?
The tripartite peace deal between the Centre, Assam and the Dimasa rebels might end up sowing the seeds of future ethnic conflict in the region


UTTAR PRADESH
Communal violence breaks in Faizabad, curfew imposed
Five cities in the affected, curfew imposed in Faizabad city after violence breaks during immersion of Durga idols

UNTOUCHABILITY
“Untouchability is an instrument in the hands of the upper castes”
Dalit & Tribal activists plan a “Dilli Chalo” campaign demanding an amendment to the Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act

KASHMIR
Killings of innocent people for political purpose unjustified: Geelani
Hurriyat G chairman regrets the killings and kidnappings in the Valley during the 1990s

TELEVISION
Satirist Jaspal Bhatti killed in road accident near Jalandhar
Bhatti’s comedy shows on television gained popularity for raising issues related to the common people

POLITICS
Digvijaya Singh seeks inquiry into allegations against Gadkari
Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily says no order issued, but will “look into alleged irregularities”

POLITICS
Anti-cellphone-for-women MP now says girls need mobiles
On Sunday Rajpal Saini had said: “Why do women need mobile phones? It distracts them”

POLITICS
Kejriwal is a megalomaniac with scant regard for democracy: Digvijaya
The Congress general secretary shoots off an angry letter to Kejriwal terming him ‘self-serving’ and ‘ambitious’

POLITICS
Lucknow Bench of Allahabad HC issues notice to news channel
A division bench comprising Justices Umanath Singh and Satish Chandra has asked the channel, to provide documents based on which the report was aired

HEALTH
Burnout in khakhi
Long hours at work, sleep deprivation or is it lack of discipline? What’s ailing the Tamil Nadu police force, asks Sanjay Pinto

BANKING
Was Vikram Pandit’s time up at Citi?
As Citi’s low-profile, highly controversial CEO quits in a sudden announcement, we delve into the key inflection points between Pandit and the rest at the bank

OPINION
At the service of their political masters
CP Bhambhri says India’s public bureaucracy is a ‘private’ organisation and there’s a rot within

OPINION
Early marriage is no deterrent
to rape

Ram Puniyani argues that such social evils are perpetuated to promote patriarchal hegemony

FILM RIVIEW
Bicycle Messanger’s Ride in hell happens all in a day’s work
Sadly, Premium Rush doesn’t even have the charm of bad movies conscious of their shortcomings

 

KASHMIR
The truth lies six feet under
2,156 unidentified bodies in north Kashmir. The families want answers, but the J&K government is trying to give the issue a quiet burial. Baba Umar reports

OPINION
Green Path to Growth
It is time businesses and governments placed an economic value on natural resources. By Nitin Desai

WHAT ON EARTH
The Unhappy Compromise
Having bulldozed green laws in the name of development, the PM makes big promises and a small investment in biodiversity. By Jay Mazoomdaar

LAND RIGHTS
‘In the amended Land Acquisition Act, democratic space is being shrunk’
Ulka Mahajan tells Revati Laul why the amended version of the Bill still has major loopholes.

RTI ACT
‘The RTI journey has shown us why citizens must remain vigilant’
RTI and socio-political activist Aruna Roy, 66, speaks to Shonali Ghosal about what the path-breaking law has achieved, how it faces the threat of dilution and how citizens must stay alert to protect the Act.

JHARKHAND
State ploy to silence a dissenting voice?
Tribal activist Dayamani Barla’s surrender and arrest jolts the land rights movement in Jharkhand, reports Soumik Mukherjee

PUNJAB
‘People will not fall prey to the Khalistan rhetoric’
Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill, who is credited with stamping out the insurgency in the trouble-torn state, tells Avalok Langer why such fears are unfounded.


ART
Lit By Fire
An Italian actress met an Indian nationalist in Mexico nearly a century ago and her photographs have endured time and other trials, says Ayan Meer

MUSIC
The Day The Music Lived
Sixty bands, six stages, 16,000 fans. At the Bacardi NH7 Weekender festival, Asif Khan sees each indie music star shine in the constellation

THEATRE
Coffee, Tea or Money?
The bitter dregs of Chinese Coffee are served with saucy soupçons of hilarity and a thick slice of reflection, says Aditi Saxton

BOOKS
Letters From the Fringe
A debut collection from Janice Pariat and short stories by Indian-American writer Tania James are studies in sorrow, loneliness, yearning and identity, says Shougat Dasgupta

BOOKS
Rhetoric of The other
A new book, edited by scholars Christophe Jaffrelot and Laurent Gayer, tells sobering truths about our fractured cities, says Kunal Majumder

FILM REVIEW - CHITTAGONG
Rebels With a Cause
By Karuna John

FILM REVIEW - AIYYAA
Dream Out of Sequence
By Sunil Mehra

FILM REVIEW - MAKKHI
Buzz Kill
By Anamika Chatterjee

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘In Sikkim, only money is respected, not art’ - Prashanth Rasaily, 36, Filmmaker
By Neha Lal

PERSONAL HISTORIES: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
‘She was an unpaid servant, the receiver of taunts and jibes’
By Anju Gupta

     
 



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