Cover Stories

Budget 2020: The Right Course

Swapan Dasgupta

Budget 2020 marks a break from the phase of expediency and presents the first draft of a coherent economic philosophy

Capital Reasons

Sudeep Paul

A brief history of transfers, name changes and ex nihilo constructions

‘They say it is raining in Kashmir’

Ajoy Bhan

A fire that burnt our home and consumed our lives

‘Now is the time to say Sorry’

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

We are sorry that we did not talk about it

Shikara: The Struggle Against Forgetting

Rahul Pandita

Thirty years after the forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, a feature film brings out the tragedy of a community India did not care for. The apathy persists. Deputy Editor Rahul Pandita, who co-wrote the film Shikara, recounts what it means to be a Kashmiri Pandit

Constitution Vs Democracy?

Madhav Khosla

Is India at a moment where its democracy is in battle with its Constitution?

Kandahar 1999: Story of a Hijacking

Manvendra Singh

The first-person narrative recalls the drama that kept India awake for seven fateful nights

Who is an Indian?

Siddharth Singh

The amended citizenship law clears the path to the naturalisation of persecuted minorities in India’s neighbourhood even as misplaced alarmism portrays it as anti-Muslim