Cover Stories

The Power of the Familiar

Swapan Dasgupta

The central message of the Budget is unspectacular but very important.

Populist? No

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

Don’t underestimate an understatement

The Rural Fetish

Siddharth Singh

Throwing money at rural India without redistributing its excess population is worthless populism

The $5 Trillion Task

Dhiraj Nayyar

Well within the grasp of Modi 2.0

Remember Her

Amita Shah

Incentives for women self-help groups deliver a big political message

Growth Is Inevitable

Devangshu Datta

The future according to a professional pessimist

The ambitious Kalandan Corridor project financed by New Delhi that links Myanmar and the Northeast is in peril. The current deadlock endangers Indian interests in the region and efforts to uplift the people of trouble-hit areas of the eastern neighbour

The Caliphate Files: Inside the Islamic State Modules of India

Rahul Pandita

“Yeh Us Bhai Ka Threema Id Hai Jo Aapko Message Karega. Inshallah. Unka Pehla Message Hoga: Bismillah. Aapka Jawaab Hoga: Alhamduillah Asalam-U-Walaikum Wahrehmatullahi Wabarakatuh.