How Modi Got His May Back
Saffron morale gets a boost as RSS groundwork and a pragmatic outlook on finding allies pays off for the BJP
"No Other Government Has Done So Much In Just Two Years”
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on the party's massive victory in Assam and its policies on Dalits beef and Nehru
Either A Fist Or A Shake
The CPI(M)-Congress tie-up’s result in Bengal may be grist to Karat’s mill, but the pull of reality may defy him
Congressed!
Is it the end of the road for the Grand Old Party of India? Party leaders speak of the decline, the insipid leadership.
Winners Take The Decade
A contrast in method and style, Mamata and Jayalalitha have few peers in understanding mass electoral psychology
"Workers Ought To Earn More, So We Give Them The Chance To Do Overtime"
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya on how the government has given unions a greater role in consultations
They Empty Cinder Out Of Their Shoes
The Honda Motors plant in Rajasthan tells a story of ill-treatment of workers who are young and vulnerable to a corporation with huge resources
'RBI Job Is A Call For Others To Make'
Chief economic advisor at the finance ministry, Arvind Subramanian talks about the health of the Indian Economy
Foreign-Returned Curry Chameleons
The prodigal restaurateurs are returning—with labours of love recognised by international foodies
X-Ray The Skies For A Good Sign
The gloom of ‘India Inc’ gives way to wary optimism about investment and reforms enabled by the monsoon
In Pursuit Of Malice
Saving reputations from free speech since 1860, defamation law gets another leg up
Siddhant Shah
The art and disability access consultant on his initiative Abhaas, where everyone can feel art—his tactile reproduction of art’s master-works.
Bibliofile
Functions at the President's estate, Veteran editor H.K. Dua starts writing about his eventful journalistic career and Anton Chekhov on the novel
Their Names Written In Wax
The story of how women musicians made the transition from salons to recording studios.
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Dangers Of Soul Loss And The Need To Reorient
Most people of varied religions do believe in the soul, as it is apparent we have a body. Thus energy and matter!
Azhar
Seems like an attempt to narrate the player’s side of the story, finally exonerative, but with a happy ending.
The Sked
An art exhibition with images depicting silence, Ilaiyaraaja concert in Chennai and a play in Calcutta on the life of Dr Mahendralal Sarkar
Basel Diary
The notion of national and anti-national, a big deal in the India of 2016, seems rather alien to life in the world’s only tri-national city
No Woman, No Cry
Male Indian politicians behave like most Indian men—wives and mothers are meant to stay in the background.