Cover Stories

After the Deluge

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When the monster rains came, like any other place faced with the sudden ferocity of nature, Kerala was not prepared, and as the water level rose to fatal heights there were not enough streets or shelters left for the displaced and the dying to keep them safe. The water has begun to recede, but not the woes of a shattered people

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018): The Beloved

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The leader India indulged with so much affection and admiration departs

The Age of Cretinism

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

India’s reactionary modernism

A Permanent Struggle

S Prasannarajan

Freedom requires sobering storytellers of the nation

Descendants

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A personal history of freedom | Living with memory and legacy

The Legacy of Madan Mohan Malaviya

Aresh Shirali

It varies even within his family

Economic Lessons From the Raj

Zareer Masani

The myth of colonial plunder

Liberty for Whom?

Madhav Khosla

The flaws of India’s equality doctrine

Tushar Gandhi: Under Bapu’s Shadow

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Internalising Mahatma Gandhi's ideas requires a constant study of the man, his quirks, about-turns, strategies and management techniques, says his great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, who undertook a study of the great man's works after an unsuccessful stint in politics