The Doms who sustain Banaras’ burning ghats

Do policies reflect social inequalities?

Can the India story be redeemed?

There are few quite like the merry men of Communist Kerala. From a group’s 27-year crusade for senior citizens’ right to subsidised alcohol to others who shoot off indignant SMSes if a liquor shop delays opening its shutters by even five minutes, Soutik Biswas records the desperation of the Malayali alcoholic.

A collection of essays fails to shed new light on an old topic. The focus is on Pakistan, not on the great divide

Afghanistan has a cricket team. As it aspires to enter the World Cup, a journalist remembers his encounters with players and how they learnt the sport