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Their K-Pop Is Outta Tune

A flailing Pakistan fails to force Kashmir on the UN Security Council, and China reads a stern Indian message

Make No Mstake

Meet Shakti and Badshah, the drag kings who morphed from Durga and Bidisha, giving sexuality a fresh take in a not-so-liberal country

Bearer Of The Cross

BJP wooing Christian Mizoram with missionary cell

Does Sonia Still Have The Credentials To Rev­ive Congress?

Full speed ahead, in back gear...Congress’s old guard refuses to let go offthe past

India Does Not Need Anyone To Give It An Afghan Role. It Has One By Virtue Of Its History.

Ambassador Satinder ‘Sati’ Lambah was the key negotiator in the famous ‘back channel’ diplomacy with Pakistan that brought them to the doorstep of a famous breakthrough on Kashmir. Fast-paced developments in the region in the past weeks have yet again brought back focus on Kashmir and India-Pakistan relations. He spoke to Pranay Sharma on what is still possible. Exceprts from the interview.

Hope Turns Valley Aglow

Rajnath’s Kashmir visit lights up people’s mood. Tenacity alone can sustain it.

Black Spider Fuzz

Meet dark net, a new drug mule hidden from the law, thriving in the virtual underground

He Does It Without Boasting

In this collection of recent material, a master foreteller of economic phenomena dazzles with his unpacking of the complex interplay between polity and finance

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.