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Maharashtra: Maximum Mess
A fortnight after the assembly election results, Maharashtra is under central rule. And there is still no clarity on who could form a new government.
The Temple Panchang
The Ayodhya verdict puts a legal seal on the goal of the rath yatra that led to Babri Masjid’s demolition. What does it mean for the future of the BJP-RSS and of Indian democracy?
Jacquard Chic Sikh
The community is upholding its traditions of sartorial excellence while incorporating the latest trends
The Guru's Islam
Nanak’s God was close to the Islamic idea, but mulla and qazi left him cold
Sant And Sinner: An Evil Spawn Of Politics
Bhindranwale distorted Nanak’s teachings, Congress encouraged his violent ways
Road To Khalsa
Talk of a ‘pacifist’ Gurunanak and ‘militant’ Gobind Singh oversimplifies Sikh history
Mumbai Marathon
BJP, Sena face-off stretches government formation in Maharashtra
Hall Of Whispers
Pakistan’s interest in the Kartarpur corridor reeks of a sinister plan to revive Sikh militancy
Akhand Path
From the earliest days of the Gurus through the zenith of Ranjit Singh’s empire, the colonial era and as part of the mosaic of an independent India, Sikhs have always hewed close to a proudly distinct identity and culture
Download The AAP For Free
With a lot at stake, Kejriwal woos voters with freebies ahead of next year’s assembly polls
Jat Boy Is A Front Sticker
Kingmaker, Deputy CM...Devi Lal’s great-grandson Dushyant Chautala adds inches to his 6’4” frame
Fresh Guard
Sourav Ganguly has impeccable credentials as cricketer-captain and is worshipped as an icon in Bengal. As the BJP craves a viable face for its banner before the 2021 assembly polls, Sourav presents an obvious choice. It is for the new BCCI chief to take it or spurn it.
EPS Finds His GPS
With decisive victories in the TN by-elections, the ‘accidental CM’ has proved naysayers wrong
Camera Obscura
Karnataka assembly bans private TV crews, photographers
Statesman, Do Look In
The opposition plans a march to topple him and the economy is sick. That’s a handful for Imran.
Lights, Camera, Challan!
Cameras across Delhi are catching traffic rule violators unawares. VIPs and other important people are no longer able to bully past helpless police personnel.
Why Modi And BJP's Trajectory Is Heading North After The 2019 General Elections?
The assembly results hold long-term lessons for both the ‘nationalist’ BJP and a top-heavy, clueless Congress
Blood Rots The Apples
J&K’s fruit trade takes a big hit from lockdowns, protests and now killings
Tell Us When The Whistle Blows
Accusations of auditing malpractices rock Infosys’s boat
Cracker Of A Green Diwali
Hunt for safe fireworks throws up a few options. The festival will tell if they stay with a bang or just bomb.
‘The Thackeray Legacy Is Something To Be Proud Of'
This Shiv Sainik wants to forge new paths while being rooted in his family legacy.
The Chennai-Chungking Express
After Kashmir, the Modi-Xi informal summit stabilises ties, injects momentum needed to wrestle prickly issues down
The Church Is Mine
A 2017 SC order revivifies an old turf war between Kerala’s Malankara Orthodox and Jacobite churches, as passions inflame over right to worship, burial rights
Dying Paper Society
In its 100th year, Samaja is mired in controversies
Scent Of Saffron In Den Of The Tiger
Sena plays second fiddle as BJP goes for the kill in Maharashtra, again
Bandipur's Bandobast
In men versus wild, politics over a nightly ban on traffic along a highway through a national park
The Great Indian Ripoff
In the bazaars feeding a billion people and selling anything under the sun, it’s hard to tell the real from the impostor. Choose carefully.
Zero Budget, A Green Thumb?
Cow dung, urine and neem...still, back-to-basics farming may not be the cure its advocates plough
Cyanide Jolly, Meal By Meal
Murders by poisoning and a female ‘serial killer’, with dollops of scandal, are riveting Kerala
Extreme Dangal
BJP’s star wrestlers enter poll ring. Congress battles its own demons.