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Can The Saffron CM Meet The Tough Challenges Of UP?

Can the Yogi Focus His Energies on a Development Agenda or Will His Hindutva Baggage Weigh Him Down?

Are You A Funny Girl?

More women should take up comedy as getting on stage and making people laugh is almost like a super power

The State Vs Women

The unchecked endorsement of toxic masculinity, upper caste hegemony and Islamophobia is extremely dangerous for women standing at the various intersections of gender, caste and religion

Banking On Deposits

Banking On Deposits

A Crisis In The Making

How a series of events in the 1980s fuelled the Ayodhya agitation

Interesting Roles Stopped Coming My Way

Speaking about her directorial venture, actor and filmmaker Konkona Sen Sharma says the shift has been organic for her

Riding a Tiger

The captain’s win in Punjab is the only bright spot in a desultory congress story, but even fulfilling poll promises will be an uphill task.

Visual Poetry

Priyanka Paul, 19

Here Comes The Bus

Arjun S., 17

Where India Stands After 3 Years of Narendra Modi At The Reins?

As he completes three years at the helm, Narendra Modi is on the cusp of joining India’s pantheon of great leaders

One Belt, One Foe

As a grim-faced Xi Jinping took the stage at the China National Convention Center on May 14, the Chinese president may have allowed himself a smile. Less than four years after he floated the idea of building ‘a new silk road’—similar initiatives by Europe, the US and Russia had largely fizzled out—here was Xi, being feted by 29 visiting world leaders, from Putin and Erdogan to Sharif and Wickremasinghe, as the new champion of globalisation.

War On Corruption: Demonetise the Babus

So long as bureaucratic and political venality is ignored, the war on corruption will remain a sham.

Mamata Banerjee Takes Aim At Narendra Modi And Demonetisation!

An eye on the big stage, Mamata takes aim at Modi, and demonetisation.

Driven, To Death

Rampant student suicides over the years put life at Kota’s fabled coaching institutes for medical-engineering entrances under a cloud.

Luxury, Made In India

Drawing on a fine historical legacy and a wealth of traditions, homegrown brands are shaking up the luxury market

The Killing Fields of Kannur

The chief minister’s home district accounts for nearly all the political murders in the state

All Roads Lead To Ram

The Ram temple can wait, but the UP government is pushing multiple projects to fast-track religious tensions in Ayodhya

War Against Cancer!

Research on the disease is at the tipping point of major breakthroughs. Advances in gene sequencing, innovative diagnostics open up a whole new world of possibilities for treatment in India 

Jobs On Sale

The Assam police busts a mega job scam. Coming in the first year of CM Sarbananda Sonowal’s government, it’s also being seen as a personal victory for him.

Still Born City?

The future of Lavasa, dream project of NCP strongman Sharad Pawar, looks bleak after its status as special planning authority is revoked

The Lost Sanskrit Treasues Of Tibet

How China is attempting to unravel the mysteries contained in 2,000-year-old forgotten Sanskrit texts, with little help from across the border 

The Top Is Only Halfway

Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai was disappointed when bad weather prevented his attempted summit of Mount Kanchenjunga during this spring’s climbing season in Nepal. But Vajpai, India’s only professional mountaineer, knows he’ll be back to take another crack at the third highest peak in the world. “It was disheartening, but not heartbreaking, because it was not for any technical reason [that the attempt failed], but because of the absence of a clear weather window. That factor is not in human hands,” says the 24-year-old, who returned to India recently after his month-long expedition.

India's SCO Gamble

India has taken a calculated risk by joining the six nation Eurasian security and economic grouping, the China and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Liquor Ban To Leave States High And Dry

The Apex Court’s prohibitory order along highways triggers a rare flurry of activity by State Governments desperate to find loopholes and exemptions that will protect the liquor trade—and their excise revenue 

India's Star Badminton Player P.V. Sindhu Stays On Top Of Her Game

India’s silver star has been on the rise since her run at Rio 2016. Now, she’s one notch away from the top

Can China's Plans To Build World-Class Universities Succeed?

Can China’s plans to build world-class universities succeed while the Communist Party maintains a tight grip on political and intellectual freedoms?

The Sense of a Beginning

The Talented Young Filmmaker Looks All Set to Enter the Big League With His Crossover Films 

A Mythologeek's Tale

Anand Neelakantan is a serious (and seriously good) writer. Five years ago, the 42-year-old published his debut novel, Asura: Tale of the Vanquished. It was an instant bestseller. Telling the story of the Ramayana from Ravana’s point of view, Asura was a smoother read than most mythological retellings. And both the story and the author’s research were deep enough to sustain readers’ moral quibbles with the author’s perspective. His next pair of books, the Ajaya series—telling the Kaurava side of the Mahabharata—was similarly notable. His PR folks estimate he’s sold a million copies of those three alone, all translations included.

Scent of Dissent

Sena MLAs get fidgety, say party leaders in state cabinet giving them the cold shoulder

Endgame for Jagan

Cancellation of his bail and the flight of his cadre could spell doom for the politician