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Madhavankutty Pillai

Madhavankutty Pillai has no specialisations whatsoever. He is among the last of the generalists. And also Open chief of bureau, Mumbai  

Fast Forward: Is Fasting Good for Health?
Columns
Hunger Games

Why fasts are a political weapon that becomes less and less effective with repetition

15 September 2023
Feature
The Day of the Peacock

15 September 2023
Science-cancer
Feature
Counterintuitive Facts

Why more accurate data can give a blurry picture

07 September 2023
Books
Reminiscences of a Bureaucrat

An officer under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi shares an insider account

01 September 2023
Blowing Cold and Cold
Columns
Waiting to Exhale

Why air pollution in India is a Catch-22 situation

01 September 2023
Feature
ISRO Sets Eyes on the Sun

The sun might be a lonely star in the vast expanse of space but it requires all the minds of Earth to study it for common benefit

01 September 2023
Columns
Prigozhin’s Legacy

Why modern private armies just won’t be tolerated by governments

25 August 2023
Feature
Praggnanandhaa and the Big Stage of Chess

Praggnanandhaa can come back with a candidates spot and a truly wonderful result, says Viswanathan Anand

25 August 2023
supremecourt
Columns
Language Model

On a gender-just handbook by the Supreme Court

18 August 2023
Cover Stories
The Tree of Democracy

The banyan’s roots stretch back to the beginnings of India’s political life

11 August 2023

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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