In leading a Shiv Sena project, the NCP leader shores up support for a lifelong ambition
Sharad Pawar’s inability to part ways with the party from which he split 13 years ago has diminished both his regional and national prospects
The state’s electricity utility has hired women for a job some consider too perilous for them
Fashion designer Anand Kabra draws inspiration from Indian history and the inner strength of women
Narendra Dabholkar’s assassination leaves a legislative battle unfinished with no one to take it up
Why Raj could not snatch the Shiv Sena away from Uddhav after Bal Thackeray’s death
Maharashtra is unable to justify its 2005 closure of dance bars before the Supreme Court
The attack on Abu Salem at Taloja and the churn in the Mumbai underworld
A serial killer is on the loose in Kolhapur and the police have probably arrested the wrong man
A resignation drama by NCP ministers shows that Sharad Pawar can neither clean up nor control his party
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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 is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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