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Followers pray for Jayalalithaa’s recovery outside Apollo Hospital in Chennai
Politics
Amma is Not Well

A veil of mystery and panic descends over Tamil Nadu following speculation over Jayalalithaa’s health

06 October 2016
VR Suresh, farmer in Maddur
Society
Bitter Harvest

The politics of water has added to the woes of rural Karnataka’s suicide capital

28 September 2016
Two men stop to take a selfie next to a truck from neighbouring Tamil Nadu after it was set ablaze by a mob in Bengaluru
Politics
River on Fire

The waters of goodwill between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are fast receding

15 September 2016
TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education
Profile
Mohandas Pai: The Renewable Man

Rebel, mentor, giver, guru and a romantic of the marketplace, Mohandas Pai has not stopped reinventing himself since he left Infosys

07 September 2016
PV Sindhu
Sports
Made by Gopichand

The glory of PV Sindhu in Rio highlights the story of a super coach living his dreams through his students

25 August 2016
Battle-Scarred: The Domne house in Gorata was almost a fort, shielding villagers as they fought back with stones and catapults
Feature
The Lost Chapter of Gorata

Did the mass killing of Hindus in a village under the Nizam’s rule help legitimise the integration of Hyderabad? History continues to haunt

10 August 2016
Rajinikanth in Kabali
Cinema
The Making of Kabali: Just Rajini

The mythology of India’s most saleable cultural icon is built on popular catharsis and emotional kitsch

21 July 2016
Senaka Senanayake with his painting, Elephants, at Grosvenor Gallery in London
Art & Culture
Senaka Senanayake: Life Is Beautiful

Often criticised as being purely aesthetic, Senaka Senanayake’s positive paintings are by no means emotionally inert

14 July 2016
Siddaramaiah (sixth from right) with his new ministers at their swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru on 19 June
India
Karnataka: The Balance of Power

The ministerial reshuffle puts Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a spot even as the BJP senses victory in 2018

22 June 2016
False Starts and Second Guesses
Business
False Starts and Second Guesses

As a funds crunch forces e-commerce companies to get money wise, a series of layoffs and lower salaries take some of the shine off startup jobs

09 June 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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