To Italy On A Bullet
The Ducati takeover could give wings to Siddhartha Lal’s heady ride with Royal Enfield
A Message From Mahishmati
<em>Baahubali 2</em> is a global phenomenon. It might pump fresh ideas into the tired genre of Bollywood fantasies.
Champions Won’t Quit
Talk of a Champions Trophy boycott and calls for more money raged. Then, the CoA came, and with it, wisdom.
13 Cooks Too Many
The Congress hopes against hope for the entire Opposition to agree on a candidate for president
The Subcontinental Menu
A power garden to ward off evil eye, taste of the Yogi mango: get all the juicy gossip from the neighbourhood...
Prickly Pride And A Suicide
The Dalit identity was one thing the judge played to his convenience. In the end, it proved disastrous.
‘$570 Million Is Only A Mirage’
Former CAG and now the head of the SC-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), Vinod Rai talks about his plans to reform the BCCI...
End Of A Dream
Kapil Mishra’s charges conclusively prove that the AAP is now just another political party, that too a below average one.
Court Of The Absurd
In mythology, the Sun God’s son is a tragic hero. But Justice Karnan, the first HC judge to be awarded jail term for contempt of court, has set a sad precedent.
Mirror, Mirror, Who’s Worse?
BJP’s strategies for capturing Bengal—development and communalism—are in Mamata’s playbook too
No Escape From This Slave Trade
Placement agencies are trafficking agencies. Instead of curbing the sale of girls, rape, and the sale of their babies, the government seeks to legalise the agencies.
Democracy Begins At Home
Decay is a biological reality in the life of parties. But why is AAP beset with a credibility crisis so soon?
Their Book Of Revelations
Southal’s Punjabi widows lead lives of abject pettiness, yet explode into lurid sexual thoughts when prompted. This novel unearths their buried desires.
Lattice Of Lyrical Majesticity
The royal masque in Akbar’s glittering court at Fatehpur Sikri is occasion for Sealy’s exquisite poem-prose, decorated with words, absences and old longing
Kashmir Diary
Former Northern army chief Lt. Gen (Retd) D. S. Hooda on what motivates soldiers to live under rigid conditions in Kashmir, what motivates them to lay down their lives...
Leap Over The Fourth Wall
The incredible story of Shivaji Underground, its inspired, unschooled cast, superb mentors and bravura performances
A Quick Visa To Nirvana
No rules exist in this game of spirituality. Fly and meet the yogi in his abode, where maximal joy is served out with a dash of Hindu mysticism he picked from India.
The Centre Holds Fair For France
Fear of the far right propelled Macron to the presidency. His En Marche! has to prove its mettle now in the parliamentary polls, and then in governance.
An ‘Alien’ Flashpoint
Opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill becomes the first major hiccup for the BJP government in Assam
From Pebbles To Bullets
Turmoil is back in Kashmir’s apple countryside after a long gap. The fresh spurt in violence is distinctly Islamist.
Cops Call It Forced Surrogacy
Trafficked, traded, enslaved, raped and made to conceive babies for adoption. Adivasi girls are turned into baby-making machines that fetch Rs 1-4 lakh per child.