Draupadi Murmu never lost touch with the grassroots or forgot her old neighbours when she was in public office. As Governor, she was fair and understood well the workings of the state administration
Sentenced by the court in a 1988 case of road rage and accused by colleagues of not being a team player, Navjot Singh Sidhu faces the biggest test of his career
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