Cover Stories

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