With UP polls approaching, political parties once again come courting Bundelkhand farmers, 400 of whom have committed suicide in the past year
28 January 2016Amit Jogi, accused, among other things, of fixing an election, once again finds himself at the centre of political turmoil in Chhattisgarh
14 January 2016In Sasaram, Bihar, hundreds of students band together to nurture their dream of cracking government entrance examinations—on a railway platform
07 January 2016Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind after the reunification hopes to influence the outcome of elections in West Bengal, Assam and Uttar Pradesh
03 December 2015Unexpected gains in Bihar has the Congress beaming. Will the euphoria last?
26 November 2015‘My mother thought I am in business because I couldn’t get a job’
05 November 2015After blatantly favouring one caste in government appointments, the judiciary comes calling at Akhilesh Yadav’s doorstep
29 October 2015As the state gears up for its first phase of voting on 12 October, EVM prototypes are selling like hot cakes as awareness material
30 September 2015Brahma 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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