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Devotees in Sabarimala on October 17 (Photo: Vignesh Krishnamoorthy)
Cover Stories
Sabarimala: Among the Believers

Kerala’s most visited temple has become a war zone for reformists and traditionalists following the Supreme Court verdict allowing young entry to the shrine

25 October 2018
KT Rama Rao, IT minister of state and son of K Chandrasekhar Rao
Politics
KT Rama Rao: Chief Executive of a Startup State

KT Rama Rao, the heir apparent in Telangana, wants to set a national example on welfare

10 October 2018
Nun The Less
Cover Stories
Nun The Less

In a historic show of solidarity, a group of nuns in Kerala has forced the church and the state to finally act against a bishop who had allegedly raped one of them. V Shoba in Kochi listens to the sisters who dared

20 September 2018
Shivani, 21
Cover Stories
Comfort In Anonymity

For socially and economically disadvantaged queers in conservative Chennai, the quest for personal freedom and dignity does not end with the judgment on Section 377

13 September 2018
Eastern Promises
Business
Eastern Promises

An underground movement is afoot among Indian shoppers looking for cheap and exciting finds on Chinese websites

06 September 2018
Busts of (L-R) Gam Gantam Dora, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Gam Mallu Dora in Nadimpalem village, Visakhapatnam district
Descendants
When the Hills Had Eyes

A two-year-long rebellion that shook the ghats of Andhra Pradesh. A pious plainsman who turned revolutionary to lead native tribes against an unjust administration. Ninety-four years later, a search for the legacy of Alluri Sitarama Raju and his lieutenants Gam Gantam Dora and Gam Mallu Dora

09 August 2018
Karunanidhi (1924-2018)
Profile
Karunanidhi (1924-2018)

Kalaignar lived the life of a calculating adventurer

08 August 2018
Kamal Haasan
Cover Stories
Kamal Haasan: A Star in Search of a Bigger Sky

A mega movie. A political battle. And still not playing to gods. It's the role of a lifetime for Kamal Haasan

02 August 2018
(L-R) Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara and HD Kumaraswamy at an Assembly session in Bengaluru
Politics
Karnataka: The Coaltion of Utmost Unhappiness

The two-month old cohabitation experiment in Karnataka is on the verge of disaster

19 July 2018
Majju Singh, a victim of lynching at Toopranpet, at Amma Nanna ashram, a shelter for the homeless in Choutuppal. The ashram houses 430 inmates, 30 of them victims of mob attacks over the past few months and 80 from Vijayawada who were deemed at risk and admitted here by police (Photos: Harsha Vadlamani)
Dispatch
The Age of Suspicion

In the aftermath of WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers on the prowl, Hyderabad turns a hostile gaze on outsiders and vagabonds

12 July 2018

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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