Another blast of questions
‘Leads’ and ‘progress’, we have heard them all. But do we have an investigative system in place?

Into this Universe, and why not knowing
The verse that made a cliché of the Rubaiyat in the western world was ‘A book of verse, a jug of wine, and thou’. As for us, I dare not speculate on how many ‘painting classes’ that young Indian ladies went to, writes Renuka Narayanan.

Muslims face the anger for the folly of a few
Vir Sanghvi, in The balancing act (Counterpoint, September 28), rightly pointed out that no society can survive if it negotiates with terrorists or addresses their agenda.

Drowning in the dozen reality shows
Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina is novel because it features cricketers. They’re paired with, er, haseenas, but the show works only because of the cricketers, writes Poonam Saxena.

Pappu can pledge
Mr Yadav has pledged Rs 4 crore towards Bihar flood relief efforts, despite most Bihar MPs, including his MP wife Ranjita Ranjan, keeping their MP Local Area Development Scheme booty locked in tight.