UPFRONT
OIL PRICES: A BURNING ISSUE PG 3
AAP: GOVT SERVICES COME HOME PG 6
INSIDE
Q
LEISURE
RUE BRITANNIA PG 52
& A: VICKY KAUSHAL PG 62
AIR ASIA
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TURBULENCE AHEAD
Controversies over a domestic tie-up with Air Asia threaten to crash the Tata Group’ s dream of a comeback in the aviation sector
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COVER STORY
FREEDOM AT LAST
The decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC was a legal reform waiting to happen. But plenty of unanswered questions remain
THE LANDSCAPE OF DESIRE by Madhavi Menon LOVE AFTER THE TIME OF 377 by Siddharth Narrain DRESS LIKE A QUEEN by Chinki Sinha
Cover photograph by BANDEEP SINGH
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The Telangana CM advances assembly polls by eight months, catching rivals unawares
GSPC
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KCR
FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE
SELLING A PIPE DREAM
With debts of Rs 13,000 crore, the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is in dire need of a bailout
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