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Amita Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by BJP’s Delhi Lok Sabha candidates: (L-R) Gautam Gambhir, Hans Raj Hans, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, Harsh Vardhan, Meenakshi Lekhi and Manoj Tiwari, on May 8
General Election 2019
Capital Gain

BJP hopes arithmetic will go in its favour in Delhi’s triangular contest

09 May 2019
Smriti Irani at Azadpur Chauraha in Amethi
General Election 2019
Fire and Ire

As Smriti Irani storms the pocket borough of the Gandhis, Amita Shah catches up with the fiery challenger of Amethi

01 May 2019
Narendra Modi at an election rally in Jeypore
General Election 2019
Daring the Juggernaut

Can Modi storm Naveen Patnaik’s citadel? Amita Shah reports on the epic battle of Odisha

10 April 2019
The Last Battle of the Long Marchers
General Election 2019
The Last Battle of the Long Marchers

It may be the final act in the political theatre for these war-scarred veterans

20 March 2019
(L-R) Sitaram Yechury, Sharad Pawar, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Yadav, Mamata Banerjee and N Chandrababu Naidu at a meeting on February 27, New Delhi
Politics
The Illusion of Unity

Despite desperate moves, national opposition lineup against the BJP remains elusive

06 March 2019
Shripal Yadav (Left), 65, is one of the many farmers of Naya Gaon village, Uttar Pradesh, who have been loyal to the SP
Politics
Caste, Cows and the Countryside

Does BJP need to fear Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance with Mayawati in UP?

14 February 2019
Shanti Swarup Sharma, 65, farm labourer earning Rs 250-300 per dat, has three teenaged sons who had to drop out of school and join him in the fields because he could not afford to educate them any further
Society
The Sharmas of Roopvas

A Brahmin village erupts in joy over the new economic quota

17 January 2019
The Spice Route
New Year 2019 Issue
The Spice Route

What’s it about Thalassery biryani

19 December 2018
K Chandrashekar Rao
Cover Stories
K Chandrashekar Rao: The King of Telangana

As Chief Minister, KCR’s outreach programme addressed farmers, senior citizens, women, youth and the poor with a series of welfare and social schemes

13 December 2018
Kamal Nath
Cover Stories
Kamal Nath: The Artful Doer

Nath was a political novice in the 80s when he rose to fame as a chum of Indira Gandhi’s younger son Sanjay. Slogans such as ‘Indira ke doh haath, Sanjay aur Kamal Nath’ date back to that time

13 December 2018

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma 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

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

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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