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The 71st Line: Kanchi’s New Seer

At the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, a young Rigvedic scholar steps into an ancient, turbulent lineage

30 April 2025
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Caught Mid-Air: The Horror Beneath a Tourist’s Zipline Ride

For Rishi Bhatt, what was meant to be a moment of joy became a front-row seat to a massacre

29 April 2025
MK Stalin and Senthil Balaji 
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Tamil Nadu: A New Cast, the Same Play

A Cabinet reshuffle that changes nothing 

28 April 2025
BJP Vs DMK
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Annamalai: A Second Life?

After stepping down as president of BJP in Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai’s political path may now take an unexpected detour through the Rajya Sabha

27 April 2025
Arjun Erigaisi
Special
Speed, Spectacle, and the Strange New Future of Chess

Chess enters the high-octane world of esports, forcing India’s prodigies into a new kind of endgame

27 April 2025
Feature
The splitting of Bengaluru’s municipal body exposes a deeper tension

Between the ambition to govern better, and the fear of losing control

26 April 2025
Feature
Death on the Tracks

As Bengaluru continues to grow, so does the toll along its railway tracks—claimed by accident, despair, or simply the lack of a safer path

25 April 2025
A Jewellery showroom selling gold in Bengaluru
Feature
A Golden Bond

From ancient Roman coins to systematic investments, South Indiaís contract with gold remains unbroken

25 April 2025
Art & Culture
Hold the Mayo

An emulsion of controversy and curdled modernity 

24 April 2025
Feature
The Language of Power

What a roadside altercation between an IAF officer and a delivery boy in Bengaluru reveals about language, power, and the stories we rush to tell

22 April 2025

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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