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Nepal, A Model Of Modi's Neighbourhood Policy

Nepal goes 'secular'. But India fumes at the constitution's 'unfair' federal structure.

Hindu India Or Digital India? Choice Is Yours

They're joined at the hip: the superficial modernity of Digital India and a deep, unspoken 'Hindutva'

Reading Old Ashes: Muzaffarnagar Riots

A probe report on the Muzaffarnagar riots gives the SP regime a clean chit.

6 Major Myths About Dropped Calls

It's a problem affecting the common man, as the PM said. Here's getting to the root of call-drops.

No More Condom Ads!

A prudish I&B plans to restrict condom ads on TV, but will it defeat the purpose?

Bihar Election: Is The Cha Cutting Enough?

Modi plays the Bihar game with seasoned politicians, and finds his tactics backfiring.

Amaravati: Abode Of The Immortals

Some 30,000 acres of farmland is Naidus new sketchpad on which he is furiously drawing up his capital city.

A Bihari Story Of The Haar

The BJP has paid the price for its inability to understand Bihar and its remarkable people.

Tollywood: The Sheets Are Always White

Tollywood is going bold, but are the films the better for it? Or is it just....

'How Many' Is Your Caste?

A long­overdue measure to redistribute political power, Karnataka’s caste census is a first in India

Balancing The Wheel

With polls pending, Khaleda Zia in jail and Hasina pampering Islamists, Bangladesh is on edge

Hunger, Bloodthirst, Murder

An adivasi’s lynching sparks an artistic outpouring that only discomfits activists

AAP Among Unequals

Angry, Alternative Politics, they called it. But has AAP failed to redeem its pledge? Is it too angry, and not alternative enough?

Immovable And Rusted Objects

Obstructionist bureaucracy needs an injection of specialists

A Broom In The Wrong Place

There’s talk of President’s Rule, but, for better optics, the BJP will more likely let Delhi’s AAP government hoist itself with its own petard

A Party That Lost Its Fig Leaf

AAP grew overambitious; its leader anyway tended to be autocratic. The party’s slide began when it became unscrupulous. Will it reform its ways?

Scent Of The Lotus Bloom

It’s not just about dashing moves, their motive has to reach people. Modi knows it.

Broomstruck In Bathinda

Akalis are seen as useless amid economic distress; the Congress is patchily popular. It’s the AAP many in Punjab are turning to.

Woof Of Nepotism

Public outcry grows over a ‘job-giving clique’ around CM

Scent Of A Phul Bloom

After almost a quarter century, Uttar Pradesh politics is witnessing an almost impossible pheno­menon: the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have joined hands in the poll arena.

Yonder, The Dark Star

The CPI(M) should have emulated some social movements in India. A know-it-all attitude undid the party.

X Files: Karma Or Karti

Here’s what the Sheena Bora murder case has to do with investment in INX and the arrest of Karti Chidambaram

Addicted To Melancholia, And All Its Glory

In awe of the self-destructive, tragic lover, Hindi cinema continues to reimagine Devdas, as if for each generation

New Lock For EU's Digital Mines

Indian companies dealing with European data wait ­anxiously as the EU pushes in new security rules

The Vulture On The Wire

As more of our lives comes to be lived online, the worst we encounter or evade in ‘real’ life reappears digitally magnified with a vengeance­

Rain Or Shine, The Glow Eludes Growers Yet Again

Sky-high tomato prices have set off WhatsApp jokes, but the farmer is shortchanged—and left only to weep.

The Women Count

India’s pioneering psephologists slice through the clutter with some revelations: women might outvote men in 2019, despite millions being disenfranchised.

How Many Have Fallen?

The BJP Controls The Game After Balakot As The Opposition Loses The Narrative And Bonds Loosen.

'It's A Shame 21 Million Women Can't Vote'

The turnout of women voters will likely be more than that of men in the 2019 general election and yet 21 million women will not have their names on the rolls. Opposition unity will be decisive and alliances will make or break every state. These and other such revelations fill The Verdict (Penguin Random House), the forthcoming book by election experts Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala. The authors spoke to Satish Padmanabhan on what makes the 2019 polls the biggest and most important. Excerpts:

Roses Smell Sweet, So Do They

The Afghan national cricket team warmly embraces its ‘home’ bases in India.