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Last Word Patrick French
Patrick French
Single? Not ready to mingle
Anuradha Sengupta in Kolkata and Kiran in Ankleswar are two among the thousands of single...
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Power Point K.S. Sachidananda Murthy is THE WEEK's resident editor in New Delhi
Sachidananda Murthy
All strike, no work
As one more Parliament session went down the drain, the blame game began immediately. The BJP has...
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PMO Beat R. Prasannan is The Week's New Delhi bureau chief
R. Prasannan
Bayonet-less to Lhasa
This writer, briefed by Beijing’s bamboo-curtain bureaucrats, and let loose on a long leash...
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mani-festo Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Waiting for ‘the end’
This week, what can I write about except Panchayat Raj? For, on April 24, 2013, National Panchayat...
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hawk eye Maroof Raza
Maroof Raza
Failing to learn from history
Military dictators of Pakistan, and General Pervez Musharraf in particular, have had a tendency to...
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Masala Musings Kishwar Desai is a writer, who has worked in print and television journalism. Her novel, Witness By Night won the UK's Costa First Novel Award in 2010
Kishwar Desai
Looking for Lancelots
Recently, while city-hopping to launch my new novel, I deliberately began to notice the behaviour...
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game seth and match Suhel Seth
Suhel Seth
Nation of gawkers
The terrible bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon have some compelling lessons for all of us. Lessons...
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Funda Mental Kunal Vjayakar is an actor, director, television personality and political satirist
Kunal Vijayakar
Bringing up uncle
Happy New Year!” It's my 11-year-old nephew calling early on the first day of...
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Schizo Nation Anuja Chauhan is a best-selling author, screen-writer and advertising consultant. She is best known for her novel, The Zoya Factor
Anuja Chauhan
Porn, police, and the uplifting illusion
So, 3D porn, huh. Did you even know it was out there? I didn’t. It’s been around since...
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The Sexes Shobhaa De is a novelist and social commentator with several best-selling books to her credit. She was editor at Stardust, Society and Celebrity
Shobhaa De
Gaga over Gala
Here’s a small test: Who is Omar Borkan Gala?If that name rings a bell, chances are you are a...
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Art to Heart Sanjna Kapoor
Sanjna Kapoor
Divine connect
I recently performed in Kerala to a very distinguished audience which included the great poet and...
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Diary of an Army Wife A series of accounts by the wife of a soldier
An Army Wife
Fauji doctor to the rescue
One feels a certain reassurance even in the uncertainty that comes with certain Army services. Take...
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Your Money Renjit C.S.
Renjit C.S.
Healthy option
All is well in buying health insurance till a claim arises. To bring in more accountability and...
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Guest column Kouchner is former foreign minister of France and founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres, an international organisation for medical humanitarian aid.
Bernard Kouchner
The Syrian volcano

We are told that we should avoid civil war in Syria, even as it unfolds before our eyes. We...
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Guest Views
2011 Annual
India needs to step in
The Arab Spring so far has hit countries with medium to low Indian population. The only exception...
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Last Word  |  Patrick French
Single? Not ready to mingle
Anuradha Sengupta in Kolkata and Kiran in Ankleswar are two among the thousands of single women—with or without children, divorced or unmarried—who face rage, hatred and threats of violence on a daily ...  »
Power Point  |  Sachidananda Murthy
All strike, no work
As one more Parliament session went down the drain, the blame game began immediately. The BJP has developed a reflexive action of killing the question hour and all other proceedings in support of its demand. The ...  »
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