New studies are telling us a lot about the distribution of cancer in India but not much about the reasons for it
01 October 2014The Supreme Court spells out a policy on encounters to prevent cold blooded killings
25 September 2014What happens when Mumbai’s municipality decides to outsource its ambulances
18 September 2014K Chandrasekhar Rao’s persecution complex and disdain for press freedom
11 September 2014As the second edition of the only national crossword competition gets underway, we take a look at the intriguing close-knit community of the best solvers in India
11 September 2014Alarm bells should ring when the IMF says that housing prices in India have fallen by 9 per cent
04 September 2014How come not even the Indian captain knows who the Indian coach is?
28 August 2014The evolution of Ganesha from a city deity to one of the most popular gods in the Indian pantheon
27 August 2014Notes from a meeting with BKS Iyengar, the yoga teacher
21 August 2014It was the other Dandi, led by C Rajagopalachari. Salt manufacturing in this coastal town of Tamil Nadu is in a crisis
14 August 2014Brahma 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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