This 13th generation descendant of Vasco da Gama runs a restaurant in Goa
19 March 2012And certainly not in the arena of politics. However, with Remo Fernandes crooning to get Goans out to vote, the state’s poll scene is far from dull
01 March 2012A few candidates are taking up the resentment of local residents against backpackers seen as contributing little to the Goan economy
23 February 2012Instead of settling the issue of who rules Mumbai, the recently concluded civic body elections have thrown the field wide open
23 February 2012Houses for former mill workers on mill land is a popular election issue. Why do politicians keep raising it even though the workers themselves have moved on?
27 January 2012The Shiv Sena has rallied and riled Mumbaikars for half a century. But its end might be near
18 January 2012Even with a pre-poll alliance, the Congress and NCP can’t stop bickering
13 January 2012Stories of three women who survived acid attacks and burns to make a mark for themselves
07 January 2012In Mumbai everybody wants his own version of a new memorial for Ambedkar
23 December 2011The quaint shop in Aurangabad that sells a highly expensive paan formulated for an extraordinary purpose
23 December 2011Brahma 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
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