Unapologetically Brown 

Hari Kondabolu is among a growing breed of assertive, political, south Asian comics taking the world by storm.

Custom Fit

Fitness enthusiasts in India are done with staid gym workouts. Today, they opt for global fitness trends, a mix of high- and low intensity fitness forms, to make working out more fun.

Political Security First

Political Security First

Polo, Unpolished

At a buzkashi match, both players and viewers can leave behind the present, and transport themselves to a medieval past. Which life is harsher?

To Bring Peace, Taliban Must Join The Government

INTERVIEW - Abdul Hakeem Mujahid, member, High Peace Council executive

Funny Side Up

Funny Side Up

Seeing Off Red

Meet Sunil V. Deodhar, the brain behind the BJP’s campaign against the left

Eastern Promises

Improving ties with the ASEAN may help India strengthen its position in the region, but there are kinks to iron out

Yogi Adityanath's Challenges

Hindutva posterboy Yogi Adityanath has emerged as a star chief minister. But, with power comes great responsibilty.

Wounds Time Can't Heal

Months after 21 people went missing from Kerala, their loved ones continue to hope against hope.

Love Bards

In a first, the relationship between Rabindranath Tagore and Victoria Ocampo will be portrayed in a film.

No Bench For Women!

Gender discrimination runs deep in the judiciary. There are not enough women lawyers and judges in courts today. Though that might change with more and more girls passing out of law colleges, what needs change is the attitude towards them.

Modi's Master Stroke?

While the economic gains of currency demonetisation will take time to be seen, Modi's political gains are immediate.

A Happy Exit

Arvind Panagariya set course for a $15 trillion economy dream

Lost Glory

The Nizams were India’s wealthiest royal family. Not any more

Waiting Game

With the CoA stepping in, and with the BCCI likely to get a better revenue deal, India is unlikely to pull out of Champions Trophy

Tincture of time

Dr DINESH ARAB He is chairman, department of medicine, and director, division of cardiology, at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach in the US.

Division Of Gains

The BJP is cashing in on the disunity among opposition parties.

Aiming High

Jeffrey Archer wants to create something bigger than Kane and Abel.

The State Is Complicit In Creating Terrorists Like Omar Sheikh

The State Is Complicit In Creating Terrorists Like Omar Sheikh

Gathering Storm

Seven years after his watershed agitation, Anna Hazare is returning to Delhi. This time, he plans to take on Narendra Modi

Turnaround Man

Ashwani Lohani has the unenviable task of getting the railways back on track

Plain-Speak & Broadsides

Rahul Gandhi’s candour and aggression at Berkeley unsettled the BJP and pepped up the Congress

Dream Team

From advertising to film making, Nitesh Tiwari and wife, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, have had one interesting journey. But success and fame haven't changed them.

Was Forced To Leave VHP

The BJP has neither delivered on the promise of development nor on the temple issue. Issues related to jobs, education, farmers and small scale industries remain, too.

Saffron Sees Red

The BJP needs to act swiftly, and without fear or favour, to avoid paying the political price

Citizen's Social Responsibility

We need to intervene any time there is a rape, and not rest till there is swift punishment for rapists

Heights And Hazards

Pakistan has been exploiting India’s geographical disadvantage in Poonch

The Untold Story Of Yogi Adityanath

Kanphata Yogi, the one with ripped ears. His earrings mark him thus. The Bishts wept when Ajay donned saffron. Shashi has seen her darling brother only thrice since then.Walk with Yogi Adityanath’s story through Uttarakhand’s Sal forests,to Kotdwar, on to Gorakhpur. Meet the man behind the Mahant.

Sonny Side UP

Akhilesh unseats Mulayam and takes over the Samajwadi Party, and there seems to be no truce in sight.