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An election that is as crucial for the convenient partnership of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad as it is for Narendra Modi

As the first head of the BRICS bank, India’s most venerable banker has a chance to play out his fabled neutral position on a global stage

CP Surendran’s new novel is based on the true story of a honey trap that wasn’t

What if it were Delhi

A new general secretary for the shrinking CPM. Can he make it relevant?

In the bucolic remoteness of coastal Karnataka, affluence and heritage fail to hide the lure of radical Islam

In his latest outing, Karl Ove Knausgaard portrays himself as a teenager with literary ambition

Men, machines and the mind—how Narendra Modi ran the campaign of a lifetime to win India. Excerpts from a new book by Open Deputy Editor

Mohan Bhagwat’s criticism of Mother Teresa and the debate that followed bring out the twisted logic of Indian liberals

Can the banker turned politician be the moderniser of Indian Railways?