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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.

Hashtag Shushed To A Hushtag

Has the movement lost momentum in Bollywood, silenced by a stifling patriarchy? Many suspects are back in business.

Embers Of Sati Pyre Glow Still

Roop Kanwar, a teen widow, burnt to death 32 years ago. In Deorala, she is deified—a custom alive in many minds