Cover Stories

The End of the Beginning

Jason Burke

A year after Hamas’ October 7 attack, the Middle East conflict has expanded to Lebanon and a war between Israel and Iran is no longer improbable. Where will it all lead? There are clues in what has already happened

Ayatollah’s War

S Prasannarajan

Israel is a lost revolution’s last straw

A Divine Elevation

Arjun Bharadwaj

Why the Tirumala temple is a symbol of Sanatana Dharma

The Temple on the Hill

Nanditha Krishna

The rock of stability in a world in flux

The Rite of Sacrilege

Sandeep Balakrishna

Behind the laddu controversy lies a long-running project of de-Hinduisation of Andhra Pradesh

Flavour of Faith

V Shoba

A brief history of the world’s most famous laddu

Is Nothing Sacred?

PR Ramesh

After the discovery of the contaminated laddus at the Sri Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati, a reassertion of Hindu identity seems inevitable

The Falling City

Rajesh Shukla | Anil Padmanabhan

Comparing Delhi with other major Indian metros shows how AAP has failed to deliver on its promises

Capital War: The Battle for Delhi

Rajeev Deshpande

Arvind Kejriwal's resignation sets the stage for an epic battle for Delhi with an AAP mired in corruption cases and a BJP hopeful of staging a comeback