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FEBRUARY 2010

Cover Story & Featured Stories

"There is no Constitution in Chhattisgarh anymore"

Anybody can be picked up, branded as Maoist and jailed, beaten up, smashed, charged with dubious cases, ordinary people are killed, tribal women get raped and assaulted.....
Harsh Dobhal Dantewada/Delhi

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Hardnews Exclusive: Opium of the rich

There is a mountain of historical evidence to prove that the ballooning opium production and trade in Afghanistan is not possible without support of the Americans and the British
Sanjay Kapoor 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

Editors Guilt

Sanjay Kapoor

It is a touch funny to see many media professionals expressing righteous indignation over how politicians and political parties bought editorial space during the last general elections.

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

Karzai’s Kickback

Organised corruption, drug-trafficking, warlords and terrorism. And the most corrupt are those responsible for upholding law and order
Mehru Jaffer Vienna

A document of hope

Editorial: February