Believe it or not, Raj Thackeray’s MNS is wooing Muslims in Maharashtra even as it attacks Hindi speaking leaders like Abu Azmi. The party spies votes in yet another divide—and Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena seems ready to follow suit
12 November 2009Radhika Shaikh, a Hindu, teaches orthodox Muslim women the art of self defence.
07 October 2009They were supposed to go for the Maharashtra government’s jugular. Instead, they’re at each other’s throats.
07 October 2009Madhav Agasti, fashion designer to Maharashtra politicians, also dresses Congress and BJP leaders.
24 September 2009A national sugar crisis. An Assembly election in Maharashtra. For better or worse, they’re closely entwined.
17 September 2009There’s an eerie hush in the Mumbai underworld. Guns have made way for knives, sharpshooters for chain snatchers. Is the age of the dons over?
17 September 2009The RSS finally steps out in full public glare to tell the BJP who’s boss within the Saffron Family
03 September 2009Government hospitals store breast milk for newborns whose mothers can’t feed them
27 August 2009The thirteenth direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji leads a quaint life of forced elegance while what he really wants to do is race down the highways and party with friends
13 August 2009For Rs 2.75 lakh, a Pune institution promises to turn you into a full-fledged neta
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