The Sultan’s Scimitar
After the failed coup, the purge. Turkey’s president, Erdogan, shows a heavy hand.
The Cow Protector’s Justice
A brutal public beating of Dalits by gau rakshaks in Una sets off protests across Gujarat—the BJP feels the heat
The Game’s Afoot, Go Go Go!
Augmented Reality takes a springing leap ahead as Pokemon fans scurry about for monsters
A Pied Piper Called Pikachu
By combining cuteness, nostalgia and Augmented Reality, Pokémon GO has taken over the world
Mundra: The Port Of No Call
Neither the state govt nor the Centre, neither the UPA nor the NDA, has acted against Adani Port’s depredations
Hand-In-Hand... If Not Hand-In-Glove
When it comes to personal favours, rival politicos have a ‘mutual understanding’
‘Saffron Men In Key Positions, Won’t Go After The Sanstha’
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on the Sanatan Sanstha and its banning
‘The Sanatan Sanstha Preaches That Self-Defence Is The Need Of The Hour’
Abhay Vartak, spokesperson of Sanatan Sanstha, which has been charged with the Dabholkar and Pansare murders on the ways of his creed
Eternal Hypnosis Of Hindu Devotion
With the left-behind kin of Sanstha members taking on the outfit, will those allegedly behind Pansare and Dabholkar’s murders finally be put out of action?
When Youth Questioned Power
The SC verdict has its origins in the joint PIL of these two trailblazers
Noteworthily Spoken
Right-wingers lead a crowd who want Gandhiji out of rupee notes. They have their icons ready.
The Catechism Of Control
How an autonomous TV channel created to project vox populi from the ranked benches of Lok Sabha was brought under the govt’s thumb
A Jet Propelled By Don Ibrahim
An exclusive extract from Josy Joseph’s book on Dawood's hold over Indian business and the questionable rise of Jet Airways
Margaret Alva
Margaret Alva, who worked under four PMs and was governor of four states, talks in her autobiography, <em>Courage & Commitment</em>, about her journey as a politician
Bibliofile
Upamanyu Chatterjee becomes a full-time writer at long last, the Snowden-Roy-Cusack conversation in book form and why A. Raja's book plans are shelved for now
Prakton
The script ventures into didacticism and dishes out a moral that makes women’s empowerment look like a social inconvenience
Ice Age Collision Course
Overpopulated by a cast of delightfully daffy animal characters and a visual quality that’s pure eye candy.
The Sked
A treat for lovers of Indian dance forms, a compilation of works by students of the Delhi College of Art and a play set in '40s India
Trinidad & Tobago Diary
Only one Indian author has won the Nobel for literature. Trinidad and Tobago, with a population of a little over a million, has achieved this feat twice
In Praise Of Amitav Ghosh
For stepping outside the margins of fiction and taking up the very real issue of climate change
Across The Line
Tendulkar's willingness to allow brands to exploit his “highest civilian honour” proves that Mammon can blind even a Master with the keenest of eyes