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Looking Out The Window
Except on our ties with West Asia and jehadi terror, Saran’s lucid account correctly details our national interests, with an advocacy of a multi-polar world
Downtime In Tech Town
The biggest, TCS, has revised quarterly projections. Others are taking the same route.
Everything You Need To Know About Selfie Surgery
Bombarded by peer pressure and impossible beauty standards, Indian children as young as 15 are turning to cosmetic surgery
The Deluge That United
Kerala floods washed away social barriers as people across faiths and castes helped each other survive
Rocking A Hard Place
The BJP’s attempted Dalit outreach draws a backlash from its traditional elite-caste votebank
Leave! This Land Isn't Your Home
An infants rape allegedly by a migrant and local rage over joblessness trigger an exodus from Gujarat.
Uncertain Poise
Opposition unity may foil KCRs best-laid poll plans.
The Courts Went Tantri
The history of the blanket ban on women in Sabarimala is recent.
Asian Century Flirting
What will New Delhi do with Chinas call to check the US?
When The Void Won The Vote
As municipal polls are held after a gap of 13 years, depressed turnout in Kashmir speaks of alienation
Imagine There Is No Migrant
Anti-migrant biases arent limited to Gujarat. Such poor folk are targeted as outsiders everywhere.
big brother's bearhug
the inside story of the bid to supersede delhi's aam aadmi party-led elected government.
the dot boomers
on stage, he politely demurred when shashi tharoor, chairman of the jury, described him as a digital pioneer.
Narendra Modi's Mandarins
A close-knit team of bureaucrats enjoying the PM’s confidence is his trusted means to realise his vision.
Ilaiyaraaja- A King Without Royalty
Composer Ilaiyaraaja fights for his due, and the industry shows cracks.
Four Years Of 'Modinomics'
It’s time for an audit. How has the Modi regime fared on the economy? Even beyond DeMo and GST, it’s a patchwork quilt.
Uri Attack: How To Foil Pak Terror Plots For Good?
Avoiding reactionary retaliation, Modi government plans for a cold, calculated response to the Uri attack.
Surgical Strike: The Midnight Surgery
Along with punitive measures against Pakistan—a diplomatic offensive, boycott of the SAARC summit and talk of an Indus waters offensive—comes the ‘surgical strike’ across the LoC. India awaits a response.
Dystopia's Online. And it Will Not Die.
It’s the season of predictions, so let’s be audacious: twitter will be the human race’s #pathtosurvival
Did Advani Go Soft On Dawood Link?
Investigative journalist Josy Joseph’s book A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India reveals that intelligence agencies had given inputs of links between mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and Jet Airways promoter Naresh Goyal in the early 2000s. Many notes were sent to then deputy PM L.K.Advani, but nothing was done—even after the government was shattered by the Kandahar hijack. In fact, soon after the hijack, Goyal was given security clearance for Jet. The exclusive extract here shows the hold Dawood has over Indian business the questionable rise of Jet Airways and the politicians who benefited from it.
Surgical Strikes Will Affect The Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh!
Surgical strikes by the Indian army are set to affect the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
How Patidars Found Merit In Reservation
All along, the Patels of Gujarat had stood in opposition to caste quotas. That did not work, so they have started demanding OBC status.
The Great Job Chase
FDI’s up, so is GDP. And yet the demographic dividend lies untapped. Here’s why.
Arvind Kejriwal: St Teresa Of Calcutta!
One does not need any skill to serve the destitute, only a desire for service.
The Roaster Of Judges- It's A Relative Matter!
Keep those elevated from the subordinate judiciary out, and nearly half of India’s top judges are kith and kin of ex-judges and top jurists.
In Meluku, East of Eden
The Story of Spices is the Story of Temptation—and Human Civilisation’s Rise and Fall. A String of Fabled, Fragrant Islands Forms its Kernel.
The Hills Tied In Knots
A Bill In Matrilineal Meghalaya Bars Khasi Women From Inheritance Rights If They Marry Non-Khasis.
It's Personal Once Again
The Triple Talaq Bill Made Big Noise When It Was Drafted Last Year, But It Is Still To Serve Its Purpose.
Changing Gears
That our roads are getting deadlier by the day isn’t really breaking news. But no one thinks this fact will ever come home to roost. Well, in my case, it did – literally!
Charge Through The Cappuccino
Presenting Calcutta’s Cafe Positive, where young HIV positive persons deliver a strongish brew.