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KNOT SO GOOD: Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar at SK Memorial Hall, Patna, July 2015 (Photo: TIMES CONTENT)
India
Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad: The Fraying of Brotherhood

What has gone wrong between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad?

07 April 2016
HOLY SHELTER: Followers of Shambhu Baba at the Bhagwati Jwala temple in Kasraur, Bihar (Photo: RAVI SAHANI)
People
Shambhu Baba: A Saint Is Sighted

The meteoric rise of Shambhu Baba, the latest addition to the list of godmen from Mithilanchal in Bihar. And he is too sacred to be photographed

31 March 2016
Dalits protest for equal opportunities on Ambedkar’s death anniversary in New Delhi (Photo: ALTAF QADRI/AP)
India
Dalits: Stand up and Be Counted

Dalits across the states are refusing to be anybody’s vote bank

23 March 2016
Kanhaiya Kumar (Photo: T NARAYAN)
India
Kanhaiya Kumar: A Suitable Boy

The moribund opposition desperately needs an icon and Kanhaiya Kumar mouthing old radical slogans comes handy

10 March 2016
(L-R) Radhey Shyam Yadav, Shiv Narayan Yadav, Govin Ram, Sarpanch Darshan Kumar, Sunil Yadav, Babu Lal Yadav in Balewa village, Haryana
India
A Village and a Wish List

Our correspondent travels through Haryana’s Rewari district to see how the Budget’s rural vision has rekindled the hopes of villagers

08 March 2016
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India
JNU: The Last Outpost

A portrait of JNU where revolution still rages in the minds of the street-fighting class

18 February 2016
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India
Sitaram Yechury: The Terminator

Sitaram Yechury faces his biggest test so far in deciding whether to tie up with Congress for the Bengal polls

11 February 2016
Mayawati (R) and Mulayam Singh Yadav
Voices
Grand Alliance in UP must have Mulayam, Mayawati: Congress

Congress leadership believes that to beat the BJP in UP, Samjawadi Party of Mulayam and Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati will have to come together

07 February 2016
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Voices
Prashant Kishor to manage Congress campaign in Punjab, Assam

The Congress is going to be the toughest assignment so far for Prashant Kishor and his team as the party is really struggling in the perception war

07 February 2016
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Living
The Future Is Now

Critical inventions that are poised to revolutionise the lives of Indians in 2016

04 February 2016

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

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

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

Ram Madhav

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

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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