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“I call IRAN a short-term society”

Homa Katouzian, 67, author of The Persians, says that to know Iran is to see the land and its people from an Iranian perspective.
Mehru Jaffer Vienna

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Welcome to Hotel Silk Road

A Japanese woman journalist brings delicate Japanese cuisine into the ravaged and beautiful landscape surrounding the historic Bamiyan Valley where once the great Buddhas stood
Aunohita Mojumdar Kabul/Bamiyan

Health is not the only DISEASE

Nepal’s flourishing ‘76 million dollar-a-year’ AIDS industry aside, most young women were turning widows in a western mountain district with no clue as to how to fight this apocalypse. Until, a group of idealists arrived with the best in healthcare
Anil Bhattarai Toronto/Kathmandu

An akhara of aspirations

Young wrestlers in the invisible margins, ignored by the sports establishment, prepare for another year of reckoning and recognition
Akash Bisht Delhi

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SP’s new road map

There is a wave of jubilation among the workers of the Samajwadi Party over the exit of powerful General Secretary Amar Singh
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow
The idea of Injustice

Every word in this cover story is stretching the threshold of disbelief, desperately seeking the wisdom of a constitutional democracy, subverted by those who are extracting the final juices of democracy
Amit Sengupta Delhi
The Hashimpura massacre

So what about justice for 42 Muslims killed in Hashimpura by the PAC — 22 years ago?
Akash Bisht Delhi
Judgement Day

Haunted by scams, absolute lack of transparency and accountability, and a pronounced anti-poor stance, it’s time to open the tightly shut windows of the higher judiciary in India
Prashant Bhushan Delhi
New prism for India’s Afghan policy

The level of goodwill that India has attained among the common Afghan is commendable. But such gains need to be supplemented by adapting New Delhi’s broader strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan
Zorawar Daulet Singh Delhi


Batla House encounter fake?

Digvijay Singh revives allegations surrounding genuineness of Batla House encounter
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Picked up randomly, tortured, branded terrorist, acquitted with no evidence...

In many cases, the people are picked up off the streets with no explanation for their arrest. Numerous experiences testify to this illegal detention
Harsh Dobhal Delhi
Not easy for women in a Police Station

If educated women or those from influential families find it difficult to engage with the police, what can poor women in the margins do?
Sumiran Preet Kaur Delhi
This sun refuses to set

Never reconciled, in their loved land, born from the pangs of history, the Telangana movement resurrects in the hearts of young students like fire and fury, waiting to become rivers of self-respect and equality. Will it, this time?
Manjusha Madhu Hyderabad
Rape on the mind, murder in the eyes

There have been reportedly more than 260 encounters in Manipur in 2009 alone
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Chronicle of a murder foretold

It took 25 years to register a case against Congress politician, Sajjan Kumar, widely accused to be the leader of a mob in west Delhi which burnt, looted, raped and killed Sikhs
Amit Sengupta Delhi


The other Ruchikas

The revelations of Ruchika Girhotra’s case left the entire nation shocked.
Akash Bisht Delhi
Kalyug: Descent into darkness

Between democracy and darkness stands the judiciary. It stands heads and shoulders above the judicial systems in Asia. But it is in rapid decline. Ahead is pitch darkness
Colin Gonsalves Delhi
Now, a farmers’ suicide SENSEX

Nearly 2 lakh farmers committed suicide in India since 1997. The share of big five states accounted for 1,22,823 suicides in this 12 year period
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
All Izz Well

What’s added to the fun is the filmmakers have taken all the Bollywood clichés and turned them around just as their 3 idiots would
Sonali Ghosh Sen Delhi

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Circle of Unreason by Amit Sengupta
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Hot Head by Sanjay Kapoor
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Angst in My Pants by Rupa Gulab
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