The Sene Patis Lose Their Marbles
In coastal Karnataka, the original ‘Hindutva laboratory’, the people finally get sick of Sangh parivar excesses
How The Southern Portal Crashed
Yediyurappa’s hubris helps mark the end of a discordant five years of saffron rule
A New-Found Agency?
Is the CBI really targeting UPA ministers without fear or favour, or is there a twist to its recent fervour?
Bread Lines
After falling over an altered CBI report and a railway racket, the Congress sees the Karnataka win as a reason to get up and keep hobbling on
‘A Crime, Not An Auditing Mistake’
The <i>CobraPost</i> editor on the “odd” reactions to his sting operation, dubbed Red Spider
‘Maoist Violence Is A Legacy Of Past Govts’
The Chhattisgarh CM since 2003 exudes confidence and says he will win a third term.
The Medium Becomes The Managed
How chit funds bought newspapers and TV channels and wielded them to their advantage
Prawns Malabar Curry? Yes!
A new restaurant at Colaba that serves dishes from the entire western coast
House Of High Points
Retains the flavour of stately Bengali prose and follows the structure of a grand opera.
Dream Whirligig, And Com Joshi's Lensman
One is a living, dancing choreography on art paper. The other a sweeping, solemn document of a grainy epoch—of a country's contortions at a sudden bend of history.
Raj Chetty
The Harvard economist on winning the <i>John Bates Clarke Medal</i>, or the <i>Baby Nobel</i>.
Shobdo (Sound)
A touching story that delves into the mind of an artist who can’t understand why society considers him crazy
Hotel California (Malayalam)
A comedy of errors that has its moments. But the director fails to do justice to the script
Pawan Kumar Bansal
I am proud that senior railway officials were keen to enter the Railway Board and prepared to pay for it
Shanghai Diary
So few Chinese speak English that it’s impossible for a foreign visitor to get by even in Shanghai.