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Gifts from a film fest
The former, a French-German-Belgian psychological thriller starring Isabelle Huppert, is based on the rape-without-tears bestseller Oh... by Philippe Djian
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Garbage in, garbage out
Politicians are not the only ones who make unreasonable demands about proof. Social scientists, especially economists, also do the same thing
Kishore Singh: Catering to her whims & fancies
All those men whose wives are content with a bauble or two, they have it easy
Geetanjali Krishna: The age of the devotional deejay
At the dawn of this brand new age of the devotional deejay, I mused that I urgently needed to invest in some noise-cancelling headphones
Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Monarch nonpareil
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej never visited India, but his ties with the country, though not always friendly, ran deep
Upping the game with Grover's latest
To my mind, the wine appeared to be still quite young and I think it will benefit from at least one year of bottle ageing
The power of the beast
The lion has been the insignia of kings and generals throughout the world
Uniform Civil Code and its impact on UP elections
By tossing the fire-cracker of a common civil code in the air, the government has also thrown a challenge to the Congress
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A good monsoon
But farmers need strategic market intervention
A dubious distinction
Centre and states need to work together to reduce hunger
Daniel Gros: The cost of overhyping globalisation
The problem lies in a lack of understanding of what drove trade growth over the last few decades
Shyam Saran: Changing dynamic in India-China relations
To restore a semblance of equality with Beijing, New Delhi must build economic and security capabilities and close the power gap
A K Bhattacharya: Shastri: India's forgotten reformer
Shastri took the first big step to transform India's agriculture, the benefits of which his successors reaped in plenty
Parthasarathi Shome: Water wars: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
History shows that if wars over economic issues are not contained, they can escalate into ethnic conflicts. India should be wary
Surinder Sud: A game changer for small farmers
Medicinal and aromatic species can be grown as solo, mixed or inter-crops without expensive cash inputs
Deepak Bhojwani: The importance of being Chile
Chile is an influential, progressive country and an attractive destination for Indian outbound investment. We need to increase our contacts with it and focus on our complementarities
T C A Ranganathan: Quo vadis, globalisation?
Few analysts have reflected on how much of India's success was due to globalisation. To continue on that path there needs to be cross-party support for open markets
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A how-to for everything
For most of these holidays, I keep myself from doing things by reading hundreds of WikiHow posts, and even using a dozen or so