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February 2010
The Road Back from Ayodhya
The Muslim quest for inclusion in the new India
Basharat Peer
Congo’s Contradictory Superlatives
A Missile in the Living Room
Dispatches From a Gated Community
Perspectives
Politics
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Commentary
Why India should avoid being on the wrong side of history in Sri Lanka
Vinod K Jose
Government
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Commentary
Don’t expect Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to deal with India’s myriad fiscal problems with bombast and hype
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Religion
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Commentary
The Indian debate on one of the world’s most pressing issues remains puerile and timid
Sadanand Dhume
Politics
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Commentary
Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to India ended up in candy-covered promises, but both countries still have to walk the talk
Subir Bhaumik
Politics
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Commentary
Amar Singh has resigned from the Samajwadi Party but his political and financial clout is far from finished
Neerja Chowdhury
Politics
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Commentary
Jyoti Basu, the architect of the Indian parliamentary Left, has left a complex, and confusing, legacy to his party
Subir Bhaumik
Reporting & Essays
Religion
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Reportage
The Muslim quest for inclusion in the new India
Basharat Peer
Literature
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Books
Limitations of form, setting, theme and language plague our recent English fiction, which mostly speaks from and of a sterile, English-only world
Hartosh Singh Bal
Conflict
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Photo Essay
Continued chaos in the resource-rich eastern frontier
Walter Astrada
Labour
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Reportage
In the race to modernise before the Commonwealth Games, Delhi’s trashpickers are being left behind
Mridu Khullar
How a Mughal siege relates to a Navajo ambush
Dilip D'Souza
Books
Literature
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Books
Take a trip to native-colonial Bhuleshwar to appreciate the tussles between remembering and forgetting that have inflected Bombay’s cosmopolitan soul
Rahul Srivastava
Literature
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Books
Some excellent writing as well as some serious editorial grandstanding
Nakul Krishna
Editor's Corner
Media
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editor's pick
The Great Wall Against Free Information
Sumati
Arts
Film
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Essay
A quiet but exciting revolution in contemporary Tamil cinema
Pradeep Sebastian
Arts
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Essay
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial explores the nature of authority
Sonam Joshi
Arts
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Essay
Richard Bartholomew’s photographs open the door to the inner self, bringing the world close to the human eye
Rosalyn D'Mello
Film
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Essay
3 idiots proves that a simple story, well told with an underlying social message, will always find an audience
Naman Ramachandran
Film
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Essay
Nine could have been a great deal more, but it’s still highly enjoyable in parts and intriguing throughout
Jennie Kermode
Fiction & Poetry
The House Of Fear
Ibn-e-Safi
Apologies To Suicides
Kyla Pasha
Letters from
Sports
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The Lede
The 21st winter Olympiad is the first in history to be co-hosted by aboriginals. What do they get out of it?
Arno Kopecky
Communities
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The Lede
In China’s Uyghur autonomous region, the petroleum and development only flow one way
Joshua Kucera
