JUNE 2009

Cover Story & Featured Stories

A caring State

100 Days PLUS

LEFT scripted its DEFEAT

Midnight’s CHILDREN

The defeat of TRIUMPH

The MAYA of Statues

Celebs DON’T SELL & Pappu DIDN'T VOTE!

Hindutva’s terror trail

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Beating back the Taliban

Beena Sarwar

Two young girls in colourful salwar kameez, dupattas draped casually over their shoulders, walked the opposite direction. Another woman went alone, a black chaddar over her blue salwar kurta

Come home Dr Sen…

Amit Sengupta

Because, in his freedom also lies our collective redemption

US of South Asia: Can it be a reality?

The future of this region lies in the twin movements of decentralising all forms of centralised power while putting.......
Satya Sivaraman Bangkok

Flower Power, Soft Power

South Korea is redefining the rules of democracy by rejecting hard economic and military might and adopting aesthetic and humanist principles, including universal human rights in Asia
Satya Sivaraman Gwangju South Korea

Investing, with love

Mehru Jaffer

When I went to Hyderabad in the summer of 2004, I was exposed to a foreign culture for the first time

Bitter brew of power

Sanjay Kapoor

If there was one big issue in the 2009 general elections, then it was power shortage

Did Prabhakaran surrender?

Intelligence sources do not rule out the possibility of Prabhakaran being killed on May 13 ......
Hardnews Bureau

Time for TOUGH DECISIONS

With inefficiency prevailing in the power sector, from generation to distribution, bringing in changes is a big challenge
Noor Mohammad Delhi

Ray of Greatness

On his 88th birth anniversary, remembering Satyajit Ray. And the making of his first classic in black and white, Pather Panchali…
Arup K De Kolkata

Incurable poll fever

Rupa Gulab

Some suffer from pounding headaches after listening to politicians’ lies, some fly into violent rage at the helplessness of it all

Enter the DRAGON

India’s domestic compulsions barred it from being seen as an active ally of the Rajapaksa........
Brajesh Kumar Delhi

Gurkha residency UK in a fix

The British people are sympathetic to the Gurkha issue but Prime Minister Gordon Brown has failed to gauge the public mood
Sophia Furber London

Rites of PASSAGE

Stand up for yourself. Refuse to be ragged. If your heart tells you what is happening is wrong, you must then fight it
Anjali Nayar Delhi

Fantasia Fantastic

Puppetry is not a dying art form. Instead, it’s flying high on the strings of imagination
Reema Gehi Mumbai