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Sagarika Ghose
Sagarika Ghose is a journalist and author. Her most recent book is Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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From the heart of the supercyclone, a cry: Pappu’s cool. And he can ruleSubscriber Only
April 22, 2004 00:00 IST
Giant blue waves roll in to the beach at Konarak and Puri. Up from the sandy soil rise the formidable spires of the Jagannatha temple, guard...
Thu, Apr 22, 2004A high school for hindutvaSubscriber Only
April 20, 2004 00:00 IST
Buried deep in the forests of north Orissa, is the Santhal village of Manoharpur. Deep, beautiful country with low emerald hills, still lake...
Tue, Apr 20, 2004The advocate fisherman, village computer queen and their CM ‘babu’Subscriber Only
April 16, 2004 00:00 IST
Metaphorically speaking, two figures step along with Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu wherever he walks. First, fisherman-cum-advocate A....
Fri, Apr 16, 2004‘I don’t have any fingers, but I can use the electronic machine’Subscriber Only
April 14, 2004 00:00 IST
Graham Staines, the Australian missionary who was burnt alive in Orissa along with his two sons, lived in a yellow painted cheerful cottage ...
Wed, Apr 14, 2004‘Here we believe in spilling our own blood. <i>Amra rakta debo’</i>Subscriber Only
April 12, 2004 00:00 IST
Up through luminous paddy fields, dominating the landscape of mud huts and strolling cattle, rises the giant yellow-painted Jamshed Ali Smri...
Mon, Apr 12, 2004No winners hereSubscriber Only
April 10, 2004 00:00 IST
The glamorous ‘‘water baby’’ of India and the fire-breathing peoples’ prophet of the NDA fight for the soul of the ...
Sat, Apr 10, 2004Everybody loves RahulSubscriber Only
April 05, 2004 00:00 IST
To travel with Rahul Gandhi to the Amethi parliamentary constituency, is to travel to the heart of feudal Uttar Pradesh. Vast, swelling crow...
Mon, Apr 05, 2004Jobless, Amethi youth throng RahulSubscriber Only
March 31, 2004 00:00 IST
As Rahul Gandhi kept up his jubilant run of his family’s political fiefdom travelling to Gauriganj and Jais, there couldn’t have b...
Wed, Mar 31, 2004‘I’m young, I have ideas, I believe I can bring change’Subscriber Only
March 30, 2004 00:00 IST
Setting off to make his political debut and launch his campaign in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi is freshly shaved, crisply clad in white kurta-pyjam...
Tue, Mar 30, 2004In the name of father, son and their ‘spirit’Subscriber Only
March 30, 2004 00:00 IST
Screaming down the dirt tracks of eastern UP, in a 12-car convoy, accompanied by about 400 motorcyclists, tricolour headbands and flags aflu...
Tue, Mar 30, 2004The enigma of arrivalSubscriber Only
March 04, 2004 00:00 IST
Over the last few weeks a range of luminaries have stampeded into the BJP and the party’s “untouchability” has come to a form...
Thu, Mar 04, 2004Mother of all weddings brought to you by father of the groomsSubscriber Only
February 11, 2004 00:00 IST
Move over Wajid Ali Shah, Subrata Roy Sahara is here. The wedding of Sahara chief’s sons Sushanto and Seemanto is a vast pschyedelic sh...
Wed, Feb 11, 2004All our sons and daughtersSubscriber Only
February 05, 2004 00:00 IST
Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi have condescended to step into the dirt tracks of Rae Bareli and Amethi and address a press conference. Impossible...
Thu, Feb 05, 2004On board Samjhauta, it’s a tale of compromiseSubscriber Only
January 20, 2004 00:00 IST
The Samjhauta Express may be the figurehead of the new breakthrough in Indo-Pak relations, but passengers complain there are far too many lo...
Tue, Jan 20, 2004On train to Pakistan, red carpet is bundled in red tape and dumped on back seatSubscriber Only
January 16, 2004 00:00 IST
Through the fog, with a chill wind clattering at the windows, a train leaps through the night, constantly hooting. The decorated Samjhauta E...
Fri, Jan 16, 2004Hindutva on the beachSubscriber Only
January 08, 2004 00:00 IST
New Year revellers are crawling back from the beaches of BJP-ruled Goa, having cast off their clothes and inhibitions for a few days of sand...
Thu, Jan 08, 2004Just Too Much In The PinkSubscriber Only
December 14, 2003 00:00 IST
Listening to former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto deliver a calm and measured lecture at seminars, another young woman comes to mi...
Sun, Dec 14, 2003The beginning of trust by Francis Fukuyama…Subscriber Only
December 13, 2003 00:00 IST
In The post 9/11 world, when weapons of mass destruction are seen to have combined with ‘‘Islamic terrorism’’, the creat...
Sat, Dec 13, 2003Power of ‘parkati’ womenSubscriber Only
December 08, 2003 00:00 IST
AS political pundits ponder why they were unable to predict most of the results of the assembly elections of 2003, and wring their hands abo...
Mon, Dec 08, 2003All the spin doctor’s menSubscriber Only
November 27, 2003 00:00 IST
For BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan, the Rajasthan elections are a road to political rehabilitation. In January, the snappily dressed, ...
Thu, Nov 27, 2003An outsider breaks inSubscriber Only
November 26, 2003 00:00 IST
Vasundhara Raje, BJP chief ministerial candidate in Rajasthan, is the classic outsider. In a purush pradhan (male-dominated) society, she is...
Wed, Nov 26, 2003Dara gets ready to take Hanuman’s name, enter his new akharaSubscriber Only
November 17, 2003 00:00 IST
Long before Arnold Schwarznegger, there was Dara Singh. And the pehelwan from Amritsar was not a mere governor of a province, instead he was...
Mon, Nov 17, 2003The good, bad and uglySubscriber Only
November 03, 2003 00:00 IST
As crucial assembly elections draw nearer, an essay by journalist Martin Jacques comes to mind. Over a decade ago, he wrote his famously con...
Mon, Nov 03, 2003I think therefore I’m notSubscriber Only
October 16, 2003 00:00 IST
Edward Said, author of the book Orientalism died recently. Orientalism is one of the few academic books to become a public best seller. It p...
Thu, Oct 16, 2003Ambedkar’s orphansSubscriber Only
September 03, 2003 00:00 IST
In UP, the dalit queen is gone, and the OBC chieftain rules. Yadav masses and the cocktail circuit are both dancing attendance on Mulayam Si...
Wed, Sep 03, 2003
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