A lot of haute air
The big question of the week. What do 33 designers, 42 models and 24 fashion shows spread out over seven days add up to? Going by the fare on offer at the just-concluded Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW), not much.



Here we go again
Has George Fernandes done it again? In appreciating BBC journalist Humphrey Hawksley's book Dragon Fire, a realistic work of fiction depicting nuclear war in 2007 between India and China on the one hand and India and Pakistan on the other.



Don't level down, level up
The row over the recommendations of the 11th Finance Commission suggests that remedies for the deepening economic inequality between states must be found outside existing institutions and practices.



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