Our Top 12 Magazine Stories Of 2015

1. Wrecking News

Harangue-happy Arnab Goswami is unfortunately becoming the template for TV channels, where noise more than news dominates

Anuradha Raman, March 2015

2. Why Christianity Failed In India

Christianity, a threat to Hinduism? Data and historical evidence prove otherwise. 

Tony Joseph, April 2015

3. Smriti, A Fading Memory?

From being the party and the PM’s blue-eyed girl, the Union HRD minister seems headed for a fall from grace

Saba Naqvi, April 2015

4. The Story I Did Not Report In ’84

A book extract from Sanjay Suri's 1984 The Anti-Sikh Violence And After
 

Sanjay Suri, July 2015

5. Things That Can And Cannot Be Said

John Cusack in Conversation with Arundhati Roy
 

John Cusack, November 2015

6. No Jottings, The Babu Has Left The Building

It’s not even been a year but it’s almost a bloodbath at the HRD ministry as officials, fed up with Ms Irani’s brazen antics, rush for the exits

Mihir Srivastava, April 2015

7. Shuffled Off Somewhere, Have You?

He's gone now, and with him perhaps the era of the intractable, unpredictable, idiosyncratic editor.

Arundhati Roy, March 2015

8. ‘I Wouldn’t Trust Her With Jam And Pickle Ministry’

Madhu Kishwar on Smriti Irani's ability to talk without conveying anything.
 

Uttam Sengupta interviews Madhu Kishwar, April 2015

9. So Richie Rich? Have Another One On Us

Corporate karza maafi reaches new heights, social spending new lows
 

P. Sainath, March 2015

10. In Cold Blood

Was Hashimpura a revenge killing? Did Rajiv Gandhi’s PMO ignore the state CID note? A tale of subterfuge.

Pavithra S Rangan, April 2015

11. The Great Passionist

Nine back-to-back hits behind him, Rajamouli fuels India’s costliest film, Baahubali, with manic commitment.

Madhavi Tata on SS Rajamouli, June 2015

12. Confessions Of A Killer Cop

A former ‘encounter specialist’ reveals in chilling detail how the Punjab Police eliminated hundreds in staged killings at the height of Sikh militancy

Kanwar Sandhu, December 2015