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What difference did Darwin make?
Darwin made a huge difference to our understanding of who we are and where we come from by establishing that there’s no external design to the evolution of life, just infinite possibilites. A tribute on the bicentenary of his birth.
Personality


CONVERSATIONS
To find the right words
Well known author Vikram Seth muses about juggling with prose and poetry and what writing actually demands from him.


Interview

‘Writing is about creating kinship’
With his second book to be released shortly, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi opens up on The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay.


FACE TO FACE
‘I’m sensitive to sound’
With an Oscar nomination tucked under his belt, Resul Pookutty talks about “Slumdog Millionaire” and the art of picking and choosing sounds.


Travel


TIME OUT
Quiet pastoral charms
Yelagiri’s laid-back and relaxed feel takes a bit of getting used to, but it is also a blessing for those who want to be left alone.


Cinema

Sentenced to live
The recent Tamil film “Naan Kadavul” raises the question about whether suffering can be cinematically represented without becoming an irresponsible gaze.

MY TAKE
Orientalism for a global market
“Slumdog Millionaire” should be considered as one of the most gratuitous fantasies to be created about India in the 21st century, feels noted filmmaker


Columns

MEDIA MATTERS
By Sevanti Ninan
Quiet behemoth
PAST & PRESENT
By Ramachandra Guha
The good Indian
THE SHRINKING UNIVERSE
By Vijay Nagaswami
Sense & sensibility
FISCALLY FIT
By Shyam P.
Have you been cross-sold?
AFFLUENZA
By Hindol Sengupta
New visions of bubble-land
IN PASSING
By Suchitra Behal
Just another teen?
TINSEL TOWN
Behl tolls again


Urban Edge


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    Juice up your life
    Make 100 per cent fruit juice a part of your daily diet and watch the benefits pile up.


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