CATEGORIES

SIDDARAMAIAH ON THE BACK FOOT

The new carved rosewood door at the west entrance to the Vidhana Soudha, which greeted members when the House convened for the first day of the monsoon session on July 15, could offer no protection against the storm that was brewing within.

MALADIES GALORE

A ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, which thrives in warm freshwater bodies, has claimed the lives of three children while infecting at least one more over the past two months in Kerala.

SUKHU COMES OUT STRONGER

In mountainous Himachal Pradesh, dark monsoon clouds may have resulted in torrential rains, but the political clouds surrounding the chair of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu appear to have been dispelled for now.

UNABRIDGED DISASTERS

Politicians are always careful not to burn bridges with their electorate, but Bihar's collapsing bridges are making that unavoidable-one by one.

A PRE-POLL UNDERCUT

The Centre has widened the powers of the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) in Jammu and Kashmir, empowering the incumbent in matters that earlier needed concurrence from the state finance department.

A Plan For Your Lifestyle

Change your mindset to fit your shifting financial needs, rather than trying to fit your lifestyle into rigid rules to realise your financial dreams

CONSCIENTIOUS ASSETS

Mixing social responsibility and investing is an ethical way of making investment choices and has takers among a niche in the investor community

HIGH JUMPERS

They had never seen the inside of even a state legislature. Now they have catapulted to the national one

FLOOR-CROSSERS

The turncoats who clinched electoral wins after jumping ship and pledging new loyalties

BRIDGING THE GAP

Esther Duflo's Poor Economics for Kids is an illustrated children's version of the seminal economics text she co-wrote with Abhijit V. Banerjee

FROM DESK TO DAIS

Sa far, familiar with implementing policy, these former bureaucrats will now have an inside view of the legislative process itself

GODMEN, SHAMANS & CLERICS

From novice imams to suave dynasts to voodoo shamans to self-styled mahants, the whole gamut is on show in the House

WHAT IS AN ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE?

An instruction recording the medical care preferences an adult individual wishes to opt for if they become incapacitated, it guides the family and healthcare providers

THE WRITE PLATFORM

Formerly members of the Fourth Estate, they will now occupy the seat of Indian democracy

A HARVEST OF AMBITIONS

Sons of the soil come in various packages, union men to strongmen to Left veterans. What they have in common is a deep connect with the land

ROOTED IN THE MASSES

From raising farmers’ issues to rural jobs creation and MSP, these sons of the soil are aiming for change in Parliament

MAKING IT CONSUMER FRIENDLY

The new master circular on health insurance by the regulator repeals past circulars and is a step towards making insurance transparent and consumer friendly

EXTREME WINNERS

In Punjab and J&K, embers from a turbulent past burn bright again at the hustings

UPHOLDERS TO MAKERS OF LAW

It should be a seamless transition for these new MPs from courtroom drama to parliamentary negotiation

AN ESTEEMED FACULTY

School teachers as well as professors of business, computer science and cultural studies, they got out of classrooms, stepped into the hurly burly of politics and have landed first-time Lok Sabha success

HEALTHY CORPS

India’s health policies should benefit from the entry of these healthcare professionals from fields as diverse as cardiology, psychiatry, Ayurveda and homeopathy

IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE NOW

So far, the state was their playground. The June 4 verdict has elevated them to play in the nationals

THE SENIOR CLUB

At 70 years and above, this cohort may have made alate debut, but itis accompanied by a wealth of experience

SURPRISE ELEMENTS

Tireless party workers beavering away in the background, husbands/ wives of politicians or soldiers taking the political plunge, these new MPs were catapulted suddenly into prominence

SHIFTING HOUSE

Rajya Sabha veterans who have finally squared up to the ballot—and won—will be a welcome addition in the House of the People

HUMBLING THE GOLIATHS

Minnows, no-hopers, underdogs? Not any more. These new MPs are all claimants to the description that they have felled some of the mightiest political grandees of the realm

NEXT-GEN NETAS

Politics runs in their genes, as scions of political families carry forward their legacies

BEATING ALL ODDS

Women representatives who have risen from the grassroots to get a seat at the national table

VOICES FROM THE MARGINS

Some are political veterans, others relative newcomers. Together, they will represent the new face of their community in Parliament

REGALREPRESENTATIVES

Blue-blooded men and women who will bring royal flair to the House of the People