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| The fast lane to glory |
| Fasts are the flavour of the season. But are they mere gimmicks or noble exercises in self-sacrifice? As Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi goes hungry for the second day, V. Kumara Swamy and Sonia Sarkar deconstruct the politics of televised fasts |
| The three days in Narendra Modi’s calendar should be marked out in red. For when the Gujarat chief minister fasts, he is clear about one thing — the duration. Not for him an indefinite fast that may spiral out of control. If his hunger strike in... |
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| No sindoor please
| | There was anger in Manipur last week. It wasn’t because an innocent civilian was shot dead by trigger-happy soldiers — as has... |
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| The Crescent and the Valley |
| In the spring of 2010 violence in Kashmir, having touched a 20-year low the year before, began to rise once again. Day after
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| Wanted: A good girl |
| Ranbir Kapoor is in denial mode. All that he is ready to admit is that he is currently single. The actor also likes to stress
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| Spreading the fashion |
| social media |
| I follow your Twitter and see you’re in New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. I’m a big fashionista myself and
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| Kangana in a bind |
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| You hear of stars from the same sex having ego battles if they’re ever put together in a film. Whether it was Sharmil
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