England's campaign in Russia will be remembered for good reasons and bad
12 July 2018Aditya Iyer writes from the city where Muscovites come to smile
12 July 2018Russian football fans dare to dream after their team’s fulfilling World Cup campaign
09 July 2018A 16-hour train ride in Russia with grieving football fans
08 July 2018The World Cup has brought to life the Russia beyond the tourist trail
07 July 2018Moscow breaks out into spontaneous revelry after Russia beat Spain to reach the quarterfinals of their home World Cup
04 July 2018Lukaku, Hazard and De Bruyne have made Belgium the team to beat at this World Cup
28 June 2018There is no greater humiliation than scoring an own goal. In the very first week of the World Cup, as many as five footballers have suffered it
21 June 2018In the end, it’s all about two geniuses and one superteam. Nothing else
07 June 2018Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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