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One up, two down, old habits die hard
In the dictionary of democracy, an election may be an instrument of power. In realpolitik, an election is that brief pause in between elections when politicians make contact with reality …
We didn’t start the fire? It was always burning?
A wave of fires have blazed through Southern India in the last fortnight. This satellite image, courtesy of NASA, shows the hotspots especially in the forests of the western ghats. …
Sri Sri Mahendra Singh and the Art of Giving
In the latest edition of Tehelka, Shantanu Guha-Ray goes to Ranchi to meet an electrician’s son whose motorcycles are worshipped, in true Ramayana style, by the devout when the bikes’ …