Elephant’s Slow March
It’s a tough call for the BSP: the closer it gets to Muslims, the more it alienates upper castes
Lotus Blooms In The Family Cracks
How the SP’s anti-BJP rhetoric and the BJP’s anti-SP stance could cost the BSP dear
The Belchi Moment
After the 2014 Lok Sabha polls not a single opportunist from the Congress party has quit or crossed over to the BJP side. Why?
The Potholed Catwalk Of Banaras
Beyond the glamour and hype of celebrity designers, handloom is still a dying craft of poor weavers
Loose Screws In The Tata Wheels
Behind Cyrus Mistry’s booting out was his doggedly independent action, and Ratan Tata’s intolerance of it
The Dharma Of Instant Karma
Never confined to ‘disturbed areas’ alone, excesses are becoming increasingly normal in every sphere of policing
Melbourne Diary
The market square is full of people fitting the “all is well” mould. But I see the emptiness that needs filling...
Anchor, Old Man And The Sea
After Arnab Goswami’s resignation from Times Now, a storm of what-next rumours
Her Majesty’s Knights In Sullied Armour
£5 mn can buy permanent UK residency for wanted crooks. No wonder arms dealer Sudhir Choudhrie, defaulter Vijay Mallya and scamster Lalit Modi live honourably in London.
Remembering The Map Makers
On November 1, 1956, India’s cartography was remapped by picking up the fragments of feudal principalities and building on the ruins of British presidencies.
“Some (Maratha) Leaders Are Playing Caste Politics”
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on the reason behind the Maratha protests and his vision for inclusive growth in the state
Great Wall Around A Lotus Blossom
The India-Japan summit is ripe with possibilities, but China casts an unblinking eye on proceedings
Boys Don’t Want To Be Gentlemen
Hockey stutters; cricket reigns still. Spurred by foreign action on TV and domestic leagues, football is conquering India’s young.
Ashutosh Gowariker
The director of <em>Lagaan, Swades</em> and <em>Mohenjo Daro</em>, is now hero of a Marathi film, <em>Ventilator</em>. It’s produced by Priyanka Chopra and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar.
Bibliofile
Chetan Bhagat's runaway blockbuster and another quiet yet surprising exit in the publishing world
Riding The Mind On Mode Zero
It is the search for the origin of zero, without which it is impossible to imagine the modern day world