Why violence maintains its currency as a political tool in West Bengal
23 July 2009No cricketer among them yet, but Manipuris are doing Indian sport proud. And it’s not just that winning medals is their ticket to secure jobs
23 July 2009Now that Trinamool has trounced the CPM at municipal polls, Mamata Banerjee senses power within her reach in West Bengal. Here’s what this might mean
10 July 2009Jaswant Singh is seeking votes in Darjeeling on the promise of his support for the Gorkhaland cause
23 June 2009Politicians and political parties in Orissa’s capital are in a bind: there are no walls for graffiti. Most walls in this city sport traditional paintings
19 June 2009From playing out Shakespeare’s classics in remote areas to generating funds for charity, the Bhaymmaman theatre of Assam is a unique phenomenon
18 June 2009A Maoist takeover of Nepal could be a much bigger threat to India than a Talibanised Pakistan
17 June 2009Anyone who wants man to be master of his destiny should visit this archipelago
13 June 2009The horrors that this little settlement in West Bengal have lived through are explanation enough for the CPM’s rout
10 June 2009Brahma 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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