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Pratik Kanjilal
The writer is Associate Editor.
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Breaking Down News: Close Shave With FameSubscriber Only
April 22, 2017 02:48 IST
As breathless TV studios recovered from the impression that Vijay Mallya was on his way to Tihar, along came Sonu Nigam with a pair of scissors and became the story of the day
Sat, Apr 22, 2017
Not Just a Bad Guy
April 17, 2017 13:12 IST
Hindu-Muslim polarisation, she reminds the reader, is a modern game, with modern trophies and payouts which medieval India did not anticipate.
Mon, Apr 17, 2017
Speakeasy: Dream a little dream
April 09, 2017 00:15 IST
Five writers weave a fine web of magic realism and try to catch the future of the real-world archive in it.
Sun, Apr 09, 2017
Woman on Wanderlust
April 08, 2017 01:47 IST
Travel expands the horizon, but the mileage may vary. This collection of excellent travelogues by Ritu Menon can help you ramp it up
Sat, Apr 08, 2017
Working Paper: People’s History
April 01, 2017 00:30 IST
They concern economy, technology and the environment, rather than accounts of who begat whom and who smote or blinded whom.
Sat, Apr 01, 2017
Working Paper: Caste Decoded
April 01, 2017 00:26 IST
India’s Untouchables is a fine introduction on for Western readers, exploring the reality of a system which the emancipated world rightfully finds revolting.
Sat, Apr 01, 2017Breaking Down News: Switch Off, Tune InSubscriber Only
April 01, 2017 00:00 IST
The growing popularity of stand-up comics has been fed by divisive, illiberal politics. Drama, the universal specific for catharsis, is trying to break out of its niche by streaming to homes.
Sat, Apr 01, 2017
Speakeasy: Remembrance of Pages Past
March 26, 2017 00:00 IST
Even though they may be losing out to print, ebooks are the future because they archive the time gone by.
Sun, Mar 26, 2017
Breaking Down News: The Bubble BurstsSubscriber Only
March 25, 2017 03:36 IST
While the Mumbai studios battle over Yogi Adityanath, the restrained reaction to the Westminster attacks offer a refreshing contrast to American hysterias
Sat, Mar 25, 2017
Speakeasy: Let’s Talk TrashSubscriber Only
March 12, 2017 12:13 IST
The East Kolkata Wetlands has been critical to the city’s survival. Can it save itself from the onslaught of development?
Sun, Mar 12, 2017
Breaking Down News: Surveillance and the Pollster-geistSubscriber Only
March 11, 2017 00:09 IST
Astrologers and pollsters can both befuddle with their predictions, and how to say ‘No’ to the spy in your toaster.
Sat, Mar 11, 2017
The mind works in mysterious ways
March 11, 2017 00:00 IST
Lewis met Kahnemann only in 2007, 11 years after Tversky died, and the idea of a book came even later. He confesses to the feeling “that this story did not require a writer as it did a stenographer”.
Sat, Mar 11, 2017
Breaking Down News: Donald’s Day OutSubscriber Only
March 04, 2017 00:52 IST
How children and presidents can lower expectations and overdeliver, and why India's youth deserve a big thank you
Sat, Mar 04, 2017
Speakeasy: The One Before Bond
February 26, 2017 00:01 IST
It is time to resurrect Mickey Spillane, the legitimate foreparent of James Bond.
Sun, Feb 26, 2017
The bicycle chief of Uttar PradeshSubscriber Only
February 25, 2017 00:31 IST
These are times when political interviews are pedalled, TV outrage peddled and feet-made bread isn’t much to be shocked about
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
Speak Easy: Whose Line is it Anyway?
February 12, 2017 00:00 IST
The English language and its glorious capacity to assimilate.
Sun, Feb 12, 2017
Breaking down news: Wiki wrath and post-Hitler TrumpSubscriber Only
February 11, 2017 01:33 IST
The post-truth landscape just saw Wikipedia ban Daily Mail as a reference source and the first, inevitable signs of a Trump-Hitler comparison.
Sat, Feb 11, 2017
Breaking Down News: The Greatest ShowSubscriber Only
February 04, 2017 00:33 IST
Like in a kung fu tournament, a lot of the budget action happens around the ring, not in, and this year, the unfortunate passing of E Ahamed sparked off a ringside match.
Sat, Feb 04, 2017
Speak easy: Hitting the Bull’s Eye
January 29, 2017 00:00 IST
A 1940s Tamil novella can explain why jallikattu inspires such passion.
Sun, Jan 29, 2017
Breaking down news: The motormouth raceSubscriber Only
January 28, 2017 02:01 IST
As post-truth clouds gather, the world needs more voices that tell things as they are
Sat, Jan 28, 2017
Shelf Life: Your money’s worth
January 28, 2017 00:44 IST
Though economics is the only social science to depend heavily on math, almost as much as some of the pure sciences, the book is an eerily easy read.
Sat, Jan 28, 2017
Of Yaks And HacksSubscriber Only
January 21, 2017 02:20 IST
In a sharp letter to Donald Trump, American Press Corps asserted their rights, laying the groundwork for an intriguing battle ahead
Sat, Jan 21, 2017
Speakeasy: The Signs Are Here
January 15, 2017 00:01 IST
A new Sanskrit book in parallel text throws open possibilities of intuitive accessibility.
Sun, Jan 15, 2017
Shelf life: Princess diary
January 14, 2017 02:00 IST
The latest is her biography of Babur’s daughter Gulbadan, which drops the sentimental “rose” from the original title: Portrait of a Rose Princess at the Mughal Court.
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
Shelf life: The ghost of yesterday
January 14, 2017 01:50 IST
Particularly interesting are the general and railway budgets of the 70s, which suggest that in part, the Emergency was a reaction to an economic downturn.
Sat, Jan 14, 2017Journalism of Courage
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