A personal and political sketch of the man who, against many odds, has become the chief minister of Maharashtra
28 October 2014The lives of many policemen in Mumbai are riddled with sex, lies and scandals
21 August 2014While the Supreme Court has issued notices to states and union territories seeking their views on legalising passive euthanasia, the families of comatose patients Shruti, Najma and Amit refuse to even discuss the issue. They think they are being unjust to their loved ones
25 July 2014Does Maharashtra’s dominant social group deserve the quota promised by the state government?
03 July 2014To retain his army, Uddhav Thackeray must deliver. He is counting on a BJP wave
01 April 2014The great Maratha warrior’s descendant, Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale, faces a credibility crisis
27 February 2014The ageing Maratha stalwart has everyone guessing which way he will go
11 February 2014Criticises Gujaratis for giving nothing to Mumbai
11 February 2014With the aid of Modi’s story of his days as a tea vendor, the state party unit has been wooing the chaiwallahs of South Mumbai in earnest
25 December 2013Unlike Delhi, Maharashtra has several strong regional parties that command huge support. And Kejriwal’s old friend Anna Hazare is not a big fan of the AAP either
12 December 2013Brahma 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