Cover Stories

K Chandrashekar Rao: The King of Telangana

Amita Shah

As Chief Minister, KCR’s outreach programme addressed farmers, senior citizens, women, youth and the poor with a series of welfare and social schemes

Ashok Gehlot: The Desert Fox

Ullekh NP

With Rahul Gandhi keen on promoting young blood, Gehlot stuck to the party line throughout the election campaign of not asserting himself over the state Congress chief Sachin Pilot

Kamal Nath: The Artful Doer

Amita Shah

Nath was a political novice in the 80s when he rose to fame as a chum of Indira Gandhi’s younger son Sanjay. Slogans such as ‘Indira ke doh haath, Sanjay aur Kamal Nath’ date back to that time

Rahul Gandhi: A Challenger Is Born

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Rahul Gandhi shows he has what it takes

2019: What Lies Ahead

PR Ramesh

Modi and Shah expect to consolidate power in Delhi on the strength of the hinterland

The Sentinelese: The Death of a Missionary and the Lost Tribe of the Andamans

Lhendup G Bhutia

The death of an American evangelist in the Andamans brings one of the world’s most isolated tribes to global attention

Rajasthan: Operation Desert Storm

Rahul Pandita

With the Sangh Parivar now going all out to help Vasundhara Raje win, is BJP back in the fray of a state where Congress saw its brightest hope?

Defenders of the Faith

S Prasannarajan

No election can remain local when Modi is still the only argument that concentrates the mind of India

Madhya Pradesh: The Reckoning

Ullekh NP

As Shivraj Singh Chouhan faces his toughest election yet, it would take an especially incompetent Congress to squander its chance

Telangana: A Hero’s Trial

V Shoba

The state’s southern districts are among the top beneficiaries of K Chandrasekhar Rao’s welfare projects but they have also bred formidable opposition leaders