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Irom And The Iron In India’s Soul
IROM SHARMILA’S story should be part of universal folklore. In the tenth year of her epic fast, SHOMA CHAUDHURY tells you why READ »

Don’t Shoot The Messenger
Standing up for free speech and civil liberties should be the media’s priority READ>>

Why Bombs Explode
Everyone has miscalculated their role in Afghanistan. This might explain why Pakistan’s army has lost its taste for peace with India READ>>

The Tharoor running commentary
Criticism is fine when it is constructive and informed, says Ram Puniyani READ »

‘I’m Doing This For Me, Because I Need A Better World To Grow Up In’
Is 13. He is an environmental activist and lives in Delhi READ »

The Enigma Of Captain Cool
Kapil Dev’s hero and Ranchi’s favourite son, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s rise to the top is the story of smalltown India shining, says SURESH MENON READ »

‘Fonseka Damaged, Politicised The Army’
In an exclusive interview to INDERJIT BADHWAR, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa tries to make a case for his brother and the Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa READ »

Presumed Guilty
In the third part of our series on the dreaded special cell, BRIJESH PANDEY and PARVAIZ BUKHARI profiles two Kashmiris whose lives have been destroyed by false cases READ»

The Curious Incident Of The Underdog’s Defence
In a pro-rich system, Justice AP Shah always ruled pro-poor, pro-justice. Is that why he was not appointed to the Supreme Court? SHOBHITA NAITHANI profiles the outspoken man READ»

Attack On CRPF Camp Or Fake Encounter?
Did Lal Mohan Tudu actually die in a skirmish between the CRPF and the Maoists? READ »

Investigation
A Stain That Nirma Can’t Wash Away
BRIJESH PANDEY tracks the state suppression of protest against a proposed cement plant in Gujarat. Photographs by VIJAY PANDEY READ»

Fertiliser
The Allure Of Organic Manure
Indiscriminate use of synthetic fertilisers has caused immense damage to the soil. This is set to change, says BHAVDEEP KANG READ »

Tehelka Event
Balancing Change Continuous
The second discussion in the series commemorating five years of TEHELKA brought together an articulate panel that debated tradition, modernity and the Indian READ »

Cold Blood
‘Women’s Reservation Is An Evolving Process’
Despite doubts about its practical problems, Congress leader Manish Tiwari tells SHOBHITA NAITHANI that women’s quota is affirmative action READ »

	Crime
»	Hidden Hand Of The Law
	By RANA AYYUB

	Profile
»	‘Amar Singh Was An Inner Contradiction’
	By SEEMA MUSTAFA

Budget
Didi Vs Dada
Two Cabinet ministers delivered budgets in a crucial week. One merely thought of her state, the other for the entire nation, says SHANTANU GUHA RAY READ »

	Q&A
»	‘Give Me £1MN And Get 10% Of All I Make’
	By MANAV CHOPRA

	Automobile
»	The Hero On Two Wheels
	By SHANTANU GUHA RAY

Sports
Short Steps Out Of Long Shadows
Marathons might soon be a Rs 100 crore industry. A remote Maharashtrian camp is training rural youth to run their way to freedom, finds AASTHA ATRAY BANAN READ»

	Urban Lives
»	Slum Doggerel
	By TRISHA GUPTA
	Books
»	Come, Snob With Me
	By SHIV VISVANATHAN

Education
Too Tired To Teach
They travel long hours — on foot, carts and cycles, leaving home and kids. Photographer SHAILENDRA PANDEY tracks the lives of women teaching in government schools in rural Uttar Pradesh READ»

	Woman Empowerment
»	No Mad Women In The Attic
	By NEHA DIXIT

	In The Doc
»	Orissa’s Little Camera Strikes Home
	By AMAR KANWAR

Supreme Court's warning to the Chhattisgarh Government, by Neha Dixit

		Follow-up A murder riddled with holes The irony is that slain lawyer Shahid Azmi came to fame exposing police lapses, says RANA AYYUB Read »
		Opinion Ride — Up in Flames By SHAHINA KK Chithra Lekha is a subaltern who dared to speak — and faced erasure Read »


Women's Reservation ‘We may even have to do without the Act later’ Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tells SHOBHITA NAITHANI that women’s empowerment is impossible without the women's reservation bill Read »

Ship-breaking Troubled tales from the sea An international fact-finding team visited Alang and took note of how toxic-laden vessels were beaching in Gujarat, reports GOPAL KRISHNA Read »

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