10 Blistering Blundering Barnacled Banks Crippled by bad loans and frauds, India’s banks face a crisis of confidence. The question on everybody’s minds: is our money in banks safe 16 Good Economics For Hard Times Esther Duflo, the youngest recipient of the Nobel in economics, talks about alleviating poverty, the state of the Indian economy and migration of people 28 Look Maa, No Googlies She calls him a ‘member of her house’ and he denies political ambitions. What is the truth behind speculation that Sourav Ganguly could be the ace up BJP’s sleeve against Mamata 52 It Takes A Village To Feed YouTubers’ Appetites It began as a cooking experiment in a Tamil Nadu village. Today, Village Cooking Channel has 1.6 million followers on YouTube and monthly earnings of Rs 4 lakh. 54 Art’s Loss, Theatre’s Gain An exhibition of theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi’s early paintings and drawings reveal glimpses of a mature artist imbued with intellectual confidence and artistic ambition 4 LETTERS 60 BOOKS 64 GLITTERATI 66 DIARY