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An SP worker in Lucknow holds up a toy bicycle after the Election Commission’s decision to allot the poll symbol to Akhilesh Yadav
Assembly Elections 2017
The Day of the Bicycle Prince

Footloose in Akhilesh’s Lucknow

19 January 2017
Vajpayee at home in Delhi, 2008
Profile
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

The symbolism of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

11 January 2017
Narendra Modi with Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh at a rally in Uttar Pradesh
Politics
The Mid-Term Mood

Upcoming polls in five states will test Modi’s sway over the nation

05 January 2017
Marxism and Martial Arts
New Year Double Issue
Marxism and Martial Arts

The death of fear in Malabar

22 December 2016
Fidel Castro (right) with Gabriel García Márquez
People
Fidel Castro: My Hero in Havana

For the world of communism, he was the last icon

02 December 2016
How Social Media Is Shaping the New Political Order
Cover Stories
How Social Media Is Shaping the New Political Order

Media partners in the politics of change for better or worse

24 November 2016
Policemen carry the bodies of SIMI activists killed in an encounter after they escaped from jail in Bhopal
Religion
The Truth About SIMI

Faith, fear and banishment

17 November 2016
Arif Mohammad Khan
Religion
‘A ban on triple talaq isn’t enough. We need tough laws to punish violators’: Arif Mohammad Khan

Arif Mohammad Khan speaks to Executive Editor Ullekh NP on a range of issues, including the ongoing tussle over triple talaq, polygamy, Muslim insecurity and Constitutional propriety. Excerpts:

20 October 2016
Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala
Politics
Pinarayi Vijayan: A Marxist in the Marketplace

Pinarayi Vijayan chants a new development mantra—and brooks no distraction. The Kerala Chief Minister in conversation with Open

13 October 2016
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan
Politics
Modi’s Weapon of Mass Seduction

An ambitious Central scheme to give out gas connections could work wonders

22 September 2016

Authors

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 president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

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

TCA Raghavan

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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