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Elections

The Oddballs

A large number of candidates—85 per cent in 2009—lose their deposits. So what’s the attraction to contest?

Apr 28, 2014

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uttar pradesh

It’s Muslim Vs Muslim Out Here...

More than being united against Modi, the Muslims in Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur are divided over others

Apr 28, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
interview

'Talk About Things You Will Do, Don’t Insult Individuals'

The former President speaks on the two-party system, election funding, and the shrill campaign

Apr 28, 2014

| Satish Padmanabhan
essay

The Whispers In The Weathercock’s Ears

Many paradigm changes have been at work since the 1950s. They will mark their imprint on Elections 2014.

Apr 28, 2014

| Dilip Padgaonkar
telangana

Roll It And Smoke

In Telangana’s first polls, the heart says KCR, the head Congress

Apr 28, 2014

| Madhavi Tata
vidisha

Whose Battle Is It?

This BJP candidate doesn’t want the Modi wave to propel her

Apr 28, 2014

| K.S. Shaini
madurai

Southern Stunts

With Azhagiri’s ouster, AIADMK men are having a free run

Apr 28, 2014

| Minu Ittyipe
- In The ‘Others’ Column
nilgiris

It’s Call Collect

Sitting MP ‘Spectrum’ Raja still the man to beat in the hills

Apr 28, 2014

| Minu Ittyipe
- 'Give Me The Evidence'
Tamil Nadu Diary

Bring Out The Coffee Dawaras

Is Jayalalitha making a pitch for prime minister this time? Take the party’s slogan ‘Tamil prathamar aagavendum...

Apr 28, 2014

| Suhasini Haider
mumbai ne

A Lady Amidst The Aam Aadmi

The indefatigable Medha Patkar dons the Aam Aadmi Party cap to channelise electoral politics towards the many causes she espouses

Apr 28, 2014

| Javed Iqbal
- ‘Everyone Needs Support, Not Just Slumdwellers’
mumbai

Techniques Of Choice

Mumbai’s Gujaratis back Modi; its Marathis dither over three options

Apr 28, 2014

| Prachi Pinglay-Plumber
dumka

Tied To The Stake

In Dumka, Shibu Soren faces Babulal Marandi, and possible ruin

Apr 28, 2014

| Suman Shrivastava
nostalgia

The TRPs Of A Democracy

Elections were a media event then; now they’re just another bit of news

Apr 28, 2014

| Namrata Joshi
bollywood

One Reel For Politics

The Dev Anand-led party was a well-intentioned flop

Apr 28, 2014

| Rajkumar Keswani
srirampur

Calling Jimmy

For political success, music is the mantra that Bapppi Lahiri chants

Apr 28, 2014

| Dola Mitra
transgenders

Singing It Loud

The SC verdict has set transgenders ‘free’. It grants them a political role beyond symbolism.

Apr 28, 2014

| Neha Bhatt
Web Exclusive: Mainpuri

Citadel Unchallenged

Mulayam's constituency gets uninterrupted power and water when the SP is in power, while Mayawati’s regime deprives it of electricity for hours each day.

Apr 28, 2014

| Abhijit Mazumdar
Web Exclusive: Interview

'Yes, There Is A Modi Wave'

The senior BJP leader refused to discuss anything specifically about Kanpur

Apr 28, 2014

| Abhijit Mazumdar
Web Exclusive: Interview

'I Don't See A Major Political Challenge From AAP'

NCP leader and Sharad Pawar's daughter on the prospects and challenges for her party

Apr 28, 2014

| Prachi Pinglay-Plumber
essay

Hear That Hollow In The Drumbeat?

The Modi hype is relentless. But some of our institutions of democracy are still fragile for us to risk a firebrand leader.

Apr 28, 2014

| Pranab Bardhan

Reviews

Mirror On A Full Moon

This Q and A book allows Waheeda Rehman to show her personas—as actress, star, Everywoman, luminous beauty

Apr 28, 2014

| Sathya Saran
Review

Reading Between The Buttons

Written like a ready reckoner of issues that should have mattered and set the agenda for this election

Apr 28, 2014

| Lopa Ghosh

Last Page

Delhi Diary

I felt I could do the unthinkable, i.e. vote BJP. Then just a week before polling date, the old Modi reappeared...

Apr 28, 2014

| Vinod Mehta

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Feroze Abbas Khan

The director of the critically acclaimed Gandhi: My Father talks about his upcoming socio-political satire, Dekh Tamasha Dekh

Apr 28, 2014

| Siddhartha Mishra
Gossip

Bibliofile

Ravi Singh quits Aleph and new books by Vaiju Naravane and Ranjit Hoskote

Apr 28, 2014

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The Secret Diary of

Jashodaben Modi

What kind of adadhiyo (half shirt) does he wear now, tight over his 56-inch chest.

Apr 28, 2014

| V. Gangadhar
movie review

Bhoothnath Returns

It may sorely try your patience, but it does make eminent sense too.

Apr 28, 2014

| Namrata Joshi