‘Telangana Will Be The Worst Hit After The Split’
The former Andhra CM firmly believes that his party will be the “surprise package” of the 2014 general elections
Beside Poppy Fields
<i>Time</i> magazine photographer Robert Nickelsberg's camera captures it all in Afghanistan
Water For The Leeward India
As subsidies for the poor continue to be under attack, a ground-up report from 10-states shows how well welfare schemes have worked over the last 10 years.
Good Times Are Gone
To ban books on the basis of ‘hurt sentiment’ with no nod to scholarship or debate is untenable
Tight Right Manoeuvre
BJP needs all the help it can get, so it can’t rebuff MNS. But it can’t miff Sena either.
Bibliofile
Aleph has a new book by Wendy Doniger out this summer: <i>The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade</i>.
C Beckett b Pinter
Cricket, lovely cricket! And <I<>Wisden India Almanack</i>—poignant, joyful and indignant—has served it well.
Bettany Hughes
The award-winning historian’s show, <i>Divine Women, On Women in Religion</i>, goes on air from March 15 on BBC World News
Queen
Simplistic? Undemanding? Perhaps. But, ultimately, immensely warm and winsome, pressing just the right emotional buttons
Rome Diary
Rome looks like a vast clapped-out post-party set redeemed only by the sweeping majesty of its historic ruins.