Cover Stories

Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

Does democracy need a new management model?

The Art of Eating

Kaveree Bamzai and Lhendup G Bhutia

How Pandemic has changed our food habits

The Pakoda Economy Checks In

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital drive and cash transfers are helping the bottom half of the Indian pyramid climb up the economic ladder despite the pandemic

Who Wants the Peace of the Graveyard?

MJ Akbar

The Afghan War is over ideology, not geography

Farewell Kabul, We Hardly Knew Ye

James Astill

America has squandered $2 trillion and thousands of lives trying to rebuild Afghanistan. Yet it never seemed to understand it

Sunset on Khan Market?

Kaveree Bamzai

After three decades of entertaining India and the diaspora, the era of Bollywood’s reigning trinity seems to be fading out

‘We Have Fulfilled Our Pledge,’ says Yogi Adityanath

PR Ramesh

An interview with the UP Chief Minister

The Adityanath government has steered Uttar Pradesh away from its reputation as a laggard. From vaccination to ease of doing business, women’s safety to building infrastructure, the state is increasingly leading the way