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Contents | MAGAZINE | MAY 23, 2011 Current Issue MAY 23, 2011 Regulars Delhi Diary The need of the hour is some honest introspection. But it seems the citizens of Pakistan are unable or unwilling to face that reality and its consequences for them. BY VINOD MEHTA Glitterati The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news Polscape Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas Letters Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats MOVIE REVIEW Stanley Ka Dabba A delightful yet moving film on the trifle of an idea, but why must a film with children has to always come with a message attached? NAMRATA JOSHI MOVIE REVIEW Shagird Nana Patekar plays to the gallery and brings a smile to the audience's faces but the movie soon turns into gimmickry than fun. NAMRATA JOSHI 10 QUESTIONS Sarla Razdan Sarla Razdan on her mouth-watering debut,Kashmiri Cuisine Through The Ages. SHEELA REDDY GOSSIP Bibliofile No successor yet for Ravi Singh of Penguin while the gap between prize juries and the common reader widens OUTLOOK Cover Story ASSEMBLY POLLS Summery Executions It's a mixed result for the UPA: at least a presence everywhere, a routed Left, an ineffectual BJP. Andhra is its only big worry. SABA NAQVI ASSEMBLY POLLS Satrap Junior Will Jagan's start be the Congress end? MADHAVI TATA TAMIL NADU Chennai Super Queen Jayalalitha has returned in a mandate against corruption and cronyism. Weaknesses she's prone to. PUSHPA IYENGAR PUDUCHERRY The Motorcycle Man Rides Again The AIADMK wave propels Congress rebel and ex-CM Rangaswamy to victory WEST BENGAL Red Dusk A new colour, a promise of renaissance. Mamata has to redeem her pledge, the Left can learn from the long making of its hubris. PRANAY SHARMA KERALA Down To The Wire The Congress-led UDF scrapes through DEBARSHI DASGUPTA ASSAM Trifecta On The Luit Veteran savvy and economic growth helps Gogoi do a Sheila PRARTHNA GAHILOTE National AYODHYA: SC ORDER Repeat The Question The Supreme Court puts on hold a partition that no one wanted ANURADHA RAMAN UP: FARMER'S CRISIS An Expressway To UP Riding pillion on the farmers' crisis, Rahul steals Round 1 in UP battle PRARTHNA GAHILOTE AVIATION: HELICOPTERS An Aging Swan Pawan Hans badly needs new choppers AMBA BATRA BAKSHI International PAKISTAN: OSAMA The Sole Spokesman Except JuD, other militant outfits have refrained from direct sympathy for Osama AMIR MIR BIN LADEN: THE HIDEOUT A Moveable Kingdom The 'mansion life' was a frugal one for Osama and extended family MARIANA BAABAR AMERICA: VOICES That Faraway Hyper-Dystopia The American street opens up on Pakistan ASHISH KUMAR SEN OPINION The Funambulist State Questions of balance will let Pak generals brazen out Abbottabad PERVEZ HOODBHOY THE SECRET DIARY OF Barack Hussein Obama "Presidentji," he drawled, "I suggest you immediately seek the help of Amar Singh, the politician, who is an expert with all things phon(e)y." AJITH PILLAI Business AGRICULTURE: GM CROPS Just A Clever Comma? The GM crops debate rages, but pressure is on to end the moratorium LOLA NAYAR BLACK MONEY: HASAN ALI The Glint Of A Void Has Hasan Ali really stolen from the Nizam's treasures? MADHAVI TATA OPINION SUBRATA N. CHAKRAVARTY A Hot Tip For Icarus On whom will the dust of Raj Rajaratnam's crumbling kingdom settle? Society OPINION VIDYA SHAH The State Of The Arts How to stop our patchwork cultural fabric from ripping at the seams PROFILE CHERYL D'SOUZA And She Wore Iron Cheryl D'Souza, unlikely green warrior, takes on south Goa's mining mafia AIMEE GINSBURG MIND YOUR BODY RUJUTA DIWEKAR The Goodness Of Ghar Ka Khana Pursuing fads like besan today, veggies tomorrow and juices the day after, are not just an insult to your stomach and brains but also to your mother. Arts & Entertainment TAGORE: ART Poet, Transfigured A new Tagore meets the world: non-verbal, and full of querulous lines ARPITA BASU Songs Of Influence Books REVIEW Yankee Hindutva Strikes A study on Bible-thumping activism ignores titular faultlines, concocts plots couched in anti-imperialism GITA RAMASWAMY ON BREAKING INDIA: WESTERN INTERVENTIONS IN DRAVIDIAN AND DALIT FAULTLINES BY RAJIV MALHOTRA AND ARAVINDAN NEELAKANDAN REVIEW Finding Metier Studded with many a queer realisation--not least those about sexuality, vengeance, parents, power and about the makeup/pretence by which we all get by. SHALINI MUKERJI ON BLUE BOY BY RAKESH SATYAL REVIEW Crystal Clear Far from a brisk how-to-solve manual, it is not even straightforward chick-lit. But it offers unexpected delights and a dollop of charm. JAISHREE MISRA ON THE VAGUE WOMAN'S HANDBOOK BY DEVAPRIYA ROY Previous Issue MAY 16, 2011 Archive Yearwise 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 10 Years Back MAY 21, 2001 Special Issues