Cover Story

In the Name of the Father

Amita Shah

Two sons and the burden of inheritance

Bihar 2020

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Nitish Kumar has his image to flaunt and political momentum on his side, thanks to a formidable partnership with the BJP which wants to leave nothing to chance

The New Dalits Are a Thought Bank

Guru Prakash

But look who’s so desperate to keep them a vote bank

A Whiff of Kathua

Rahul Pandita

Investigation without the invention of the enemy please

Hathras and the Politics of Denial

S Prasannarajan

In the country she lived, it was her life, lower and insignificant, that was the crime waiting to be punished

Farce after Tragedy

PR Ramesh

The jury is out on what would constitute justice for the Hathras victim. But the battle is going to escalate for the Modi government

Broken Bollywood

Kaveree Bamzai

Divided, self-referential in its storytelling, all too keen to celebrate mediocrity, its reputation in tatters and work largely stalled, the Mumbai film industry has hit rock bottom