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April 2012

Supply Demand

Life in the capital’s expanding market for high-end sexual commerce

Mehboob Jeelani


Democracy by Fragments?

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  • The Lede

    • Sports / The Lede Packing a passion for kabaddi, a group of Mexican women makes it to Patna Sophia Manuel, Aliza Grossberg
    • Film / The Lede The tongue-tied director of Paan Singh Tomar chats at a crowded multiplex Rahul Bhatia
    • Labour / The Lede A boatbuilder’s unyielding commitment to a once-profitable trade now in deep water GBSNP Varma
    • Technology / The Lede A workshop on editing Wikipedia entries about India starts with street food Krishn Kaushik
  • Perspectives

    • Politics / Commentary With state parties capturing a greater slice of the electorate, their self-interests pose an even greater threat to good governance Christophe Jaffrelot
    • Sports / Commentary For the BCCI, what it does with cricket is none of your business Rahul Bhatia
    • History / Commentary The history of modern Indian architecture was brought down at the recent India Design Forum Isha Singh Sawhney
  • Reporting & Essays

    • Business / Reportage Life in the capital’s expanding market for high-end sexual commerce Mehboob Jeelani
    • Education / Reportage Coaching and poaching in a Rajasthani city transformed by the business of aspiration Dilip D'Souza
    • Economy / Photo Essay Of salt and tears in the Andes Karla Gachet, Ivan Kashinsky
  • Books

    • Literature / Essay How we live multilingually and what this says about our language and literature Rashmi Sadana
    • Literature / Books Mehrotra’s book, with its fascination for upper-class pleasure-seekers, fails to be a convincing portrait of the urban young Annie Zaidi
  • Editor's Corner

    • Sports / editor's pick Editor's Pick Caravan Circulation Help
  • Arts

    • Arts / Essay Into the world of a reluctant icon Caravan Circulation Help
    • Film / Essay As of late, Rabindra Sangeet has emerged in unexpected places, whether covered as club song or voiced by Amitabh Bachchan. Does Tagore’s music, as he had hoped, stand the test of time? Sumana Roy
  • Fiction & Poetry

    • Engglishhh© Altaf Tyrewala
    • Five Poems: Plans, Return, Places, Crossing the Street and Kamakhya Amlanjyoti Goswami
  • Letters from

    • Television / The Lede An anodyne Turkish soap opera casts Kurds in a gentler light—but evades the politics of the city Jenna Krajeski
    • Education / The Lede Shedding the vestiges of the old regime, schools in Libya restart on a new note Jenny Gustafsson
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