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The Forest Is Alive Behind The Firebreak

There’s a new Maoist general secretary, but guerrilla bases have shrunk, recruitment dried up. Will the change of guard affect the security forces?

I See Tripura As The Gateway To The Northeast

It’s easy to mistake Biplab Kumar Deb, 48, as an ordinary next-door neighbour.

Frying Pan To The Fire

What are the basic components of a good road trip? Well, a great car and good food! So, join us as we drive thousands of kilometres through multiple states in search for some mouth-watering delicacies.

Last Resort, Run To The Temple

Realising that 2014’s development mantra works no more, the Sangh parivar’s Mission 2019 brings unabashed Hindutva to the fore—Ayodhya’s big again.

M-Theory In Two Nutshells

Existence, God, the future, time travel, survival on earth—some of the oldest, and newest, queries are tackled here. Only a genius would attempt it with such concision.

Idealism Forged In Intensity

A glittering international career draws to a close; Gautam Gambhir steps out of his crease for social work

A Rough Road Via Kartarpur

Beyond the barbed wires, barbs fly between the Punjab CM and Sidhu

Welfare Warfare

Buoyed up by popular schemes, TRS crushes a flailing Opposition

Congress Is Back With A Bang

The ‘semi-finals’ went to the Congress, rousing it from four years of gloom. Its colours now reappear in heartland India, hitting the BJP in its own stronghold: 2019 looks a more open game now.

Steel Your Car With Zinc Coat

Centre drives plan to make galvanised steel mandatory in Indian automobile production.

Hedging The Bahujan Bet

Despite bagging little in recent polls, Mayawati is very much in the big one.

Every Section Of Society In MP Is In Distress

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath has frequently been endowed with epithets such as ‘doer’ and ‘go-getter’ in his political career going back over four decades. He is the seniormost member of the Lok Sabha, having represented Chhindwara constituency in Madhya Pradesh nine times since 1980. On his hands is the unenviable task of wresting Madhya Pradesh from the BJP—the first time he is leading his party’s campaign in a state election. It is a huge challenge to dislodge Shivraj Singh Chouhan from the CM’s post, which he has held for the past 15 years, while also contending with the challenge from within the Congress—after all, it was the young Scindia scion, Jyotiraditya, who was being groomed for a leadership role in the state. At the same time, this is perhaps the best chance to defeat the BJP in a direct one-to-one fight, with anti-incumbency at an all-time high. That is why Madhya Pradesh is seen as the true marker to gauge the public mood in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Prejudice, Pride And A Chopper Override

A man is in jail due to the CM’s fallout with a former partyman.

Flaying Jats Of Haryana Theatre

INLD splits as Chautala’s eldest son Ajay forms new party, declares war against brother Abhay.

The Bill Pecks A Raw Wound

Youths pick up the gun again in Assam to signal ULFA’s revival amid outrage over citizenship bill.

Not Just Islomania

India is on top in its rivalry with China over influence in Maldives.

To Stop The Next Kasabs

War today has mutated; it now comes in many forms. Once it used to have a beginning and an end—truce and peace would follow war. Terrorism, its most dreaded modern mutant, breaks that template. It has the feel of a permanent war, one without end or armistice. November 26 is a day to remember one of the biggest terror strikes India has seen—big on spectacle like 9/11, and almost equal in its disruptive nature, if not the number of people who lay dead at the end. One decade since that November day, it’s a time to mourn the dead—a staggering 166 civilians and security personnel—and to take what appears in the retrospective lens and apply it to the future. The best way to honour those dead would be to ensure the mistakes that brought it about, or aided it, are never repeated. are we ready to face a new, morphed form of violent terror? Before we look at the gaps in our fences, we must crack the code of terror, put its rubik’s cube squares in a pattern.

Laloo Prasad Yadav- Absentee Kingmaker?

The prisoner-patient of fodder scam taint may be at his weakest today, but his boast that you can’t take Laloo out of Bihar still rings a tad true. The old warrior seems nowhere close to exiting 2019’s election chessboard.

Bombay Bus Going Bust?

Mumbai’s Iconic Best Bus Is In Troubled Waters.

Achtung G-Men​​​​​​​

After a painfully long wait, BMW’s entry-level G Series – the G 310 R and G 310 GS – are finally here. So, do they live up to the hype?

Are You Hit By The Pink Tax?

Women Do Not Just Earn Less Than Men For The Same Work. They Are Also Fleeced More In The Market.

Asian Games 2018- Champions Of Their Own Making

A trickle of precious gold at the Asiad could herald a gush of metal. Remarkably, our athletes are backed by self-serving official apathy, callousness and greed.

Viscera Of The Living Past

Tactile and conceptual. A new wave of museums shakes off the mothballs.

Narendra Modi- India Hasn't Been The Same Since...

Once an outsider to Delhi’s power corridors, Modi learned the ropes like an apprentice and took the world by storm.

Legend Of The Renunciate

Sonia Gandhi’s story is extraordinary on every level. Fairytales do no justice.

Chasms Of Middle Earth

The unscripted reign of the commons’ king and the crossroads he stares at.

A Real Ageless Copter

Swashbuckling hitter, unwavering skipper, fit as a fiddle at 37...and there’s still more to Indian cricket’s Dhoni era.

Karunanidhi: Episodes From The Script

The Dravidian veteran’s influence on Tamil society and politics was unique. He practised realpolitik, masterminded reforms, stayed on course during adversity and played patriarch.

Tipu Of A Thousand Rocket

Mysore rockets found in a Shimoga farm pique interest in the 18th-century innovation.

Sanctuary Makers

The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue near Kaziranga in Assam is the guardian angel for animals and birds in peril, especially during floods.