CATEGORIES

The Beneficial Distributaries

Cauvery may have been the stated cause but DMK has a more mundane agenda: increase its Delta votes

Vachana Versus Vachana

Theology and politics? Questions of self-definition roil Lin gayat country ahead of polls.

Raptors Of Hatred

An eight-year-old girl’s gory end took J&K’s ruling coalition to the brink and back

Default Sinkholes

The regulatory tool seeking to minimise damage from the menace of mounting NPAs was given new teeth, but it will be a long and hard road to recovery

Saved, Yet Shamed

India trims the annual increase of HIV/AIDS cases by 57 per cent since 2000. But social stigma lives on.

Tiger Tiger, Burning Bronze

Tiger Shroff breaks the Box Office as a ‘dance­action’ star

Passing Shot At The Summit

Srikanth climbs atop the badminton heap. True grit bears fruit. Doggedness will keep him there.

With Allah On The ­Loudspeaker

The BJP rustles up a mix of Indian nationalism and Kashmiri Muslim identity for a toehold in the Valley

Still, The Pen Remains Mightier

Gauri Lankesh never compromised with truth-telling. This anthology charts her career, including that courageous switch to Kannada journalism.

Wanted: More Women Heading The Machine

Women directors have yet to follow the trend their male counterparts are encashing—turning producer

What He said Was In The Past

Trump’s volte face on Pakistan startles India. But impetuosity apart, harder realities may have forced the presidential tweet.

No Curl Yet Over The Wall

Federational bungling for decades and lack of structure turned India, a proud footballing nation, into perpetual minnows. To harness the positive charge of the U-17 World Cup, Indian football needs a determined, tactical overhaul.

Another 1983, For Football

The tricolour flew high in Asian football. Early stirrings of a recovery can be felt now.

Populism To Kill The Best

The fuss over Delhi Metro’s fare hike is a test case of how to run such fast-spreading networks

The Hint Of A Forked Tongue

The Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Tawang elicits a warning and tough talk on the border issue from China

How Start-Ups Die!

They were to inherit the earth. Start-ups, the playfield of the young and the restless, have had a hard reality check. What gives?

The Election Is Not A Funeral

The seven per cent turnout in the Srinagar bypoll marks a new low for Kashmir’s pro-India parties.

Cash-for-votes That Marred An Election

RK Nagar leaves a dirty spot on Tamil Nadu’s poll scene, signalling it’s all about power to the moneybags.

All Red in the Rear View Mirror

Former Naxalite Ashim Chatterjee looks back at the rebellion that made him.

New Maoist Revolts Didn't Identify Enemy, Have Plan for Land Capture

Santosh Rana was a 23-year-old student at Calcutta’s Presidency College in 1967 when the Naxalbari rebellion erupted. Having immediately plunged into the movement, he later went on to question a few of its methodologies and tactics. As the movement turns 50 in May this year, the 74-year-old, who is a cancer-survivor, reminisces in an interview with Dola Mitra.

The Balladeer's Mutiny

For decades, the shirtless bard’s stirring songs lent punch to a class struggle. Gaddar may carry on singing, but his opting to be a voter implies the mutation of a rebel note.

Rubble of Heritage

Shoddy clean-up of a 12th-C shrine digs up artefacts. Some have been damaged.

Few Biopics Stand the Test of Time...you Have to Get It Right

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who recently stirred the social media with his picture as Saadat Hasan Manto, continues to do interesting projects that have him making characters come alive in a way that only he can. At his work-cum-house space at Yari Road in Mumbai, he speaks to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber about the processes that an actor must go through, his choices ranging from small films like Haramkhor to a lavish series with BBC, the Hindi film ind ustry and his brother’s short film on triple talaq. Excerpts:

Has The Start-up Story Ended?

The much-touted start-up scene is cracking up. Is the boom over then? No, say experts. It’s necessary course-correction.

A Riddle of Hill and Valley

As two national parties battle it out, the faultlines that run through the north-eastern state only come out sharper.

Who Wants a Bound Script?

After a flurry of coups and near ­coronations, TN may settle down to a Thevar­ Gounder tug of war.

Winning By A Bye

A US policy waffle in Asia, fed by a paucity of diplomats, will allow China to gain ground.

Comprehensive National Power

India needs a strategic effort to understand that it is no longer competing with China, but seeking to cope with an increasing asymmetry of power

'Kashmir Could Lead To A Nuclear Accident If There Are No Talks'

In Kashmir, the students are protesting in the streets demanding azadi, while the Election Commission of India has cancelled the Lok Sabha bypolls in Anantnag. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of the All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference, who is under “house arrest”, tells Naseer Ganai in a telephonic interview that New Delhi knows whom to talk to in Jammu and Kashmir, but wants to avoid dialogue. “It is not a question of whom to talk to, but what to talk about,” says Mirwaiz. 

Kabuliwala's Bag Of Tricks

With the googly and a disarming smile, Rashid Khan confounds batsmen and raises high his national flag