Declassified CIA Document: Rajiv Gandhi Was Genuinely Interested In Developing Military Ties With US
The document said Gandhi "signalled that India was ready to enhance significantly its economic, particularly technological, ties to the United States and Western Europe."
Astad Deboo Diary
Choreography for films is totally different from doing it for the stage. After 30 seconds, it’s a cut.., says India’s foremost contemporary dancer
The Subcontinental Menu
A school that looks like a Railway Station; a 73 year old who studies in class 5. Read all the juicy gossip here...
Gandhi’s Spectacles
For Gandhi, the solution to sanitation and equality was the same: we should all become bhangis, the old term for cleaners, which has now become a caste slur...
Service, Then Jubilation
Young Indians are plucking gold at the CWG at will. Tougher challenges await them at August’s Asiad.
The Funny Bone Of Grey Matters
<em>Delhi Belly</em> to <em>Blackmail</em>, the verdict on ad man turned auteur, Abhinay Deo
2019: A Dalit Poll In UP
High expectations among UP’s Dalits and growing readiness to assert their rights have queered the BJP’s caste pitch just a year after the party’s never-before poll sweep
Not Exactly Virgin Soil To Plough
BSY is Karnataka BJP’s face in the battle for power. The party doesn’t want signs of its past mistakes to re-emerge.
Leapfrog? Just A Chimera Chase
A reworked bid gifts India the prospect of owning 110 medium-role combat aircraft. Nevertheless, the IAF may be down to 15 squadrons by 2032.
Water Flows Downhill
Completion of the Kishanganga hydro project gives India a key advantage over Pakistan
Just Pass The Wine, Comrades
The Left made a law that grossly undermined Bengal’s state election commission. As Trinamool unleashes pre-poll violence, an old tool comes in handy.
Squint Eye On The Postcard Boys
Can a government be serious about controlling the flow of fake news when its own supporters are among the main originators of misinformation?
Adversarial Embraces
A US law that punishes defence, energy partners of Russia worries India, but also ties Trump in knots
The Greater Kailash Of Garbage
There are time-bombs ticking in the capital—after all, there’s only so much garbage landfills can take. Swachh Bharat slogans won’t stop the volcanoes from exploding, as remedies and alternatives languish for lack of vision and funds.