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Home Melodies

Tatsam Mukherjee

Indian Ocean’s first album in nearly a decade unites jazz and folk, rock and classical. Tatsam Mukherjee talks to the bandmates

The Demon in the Machine

Shylashri Shankar

The possibilities and limits of AI-authored thrillers

Contested Homelands

Rahul Pandita

In Manipur, old histories of distrust and apprehensions of losing territory to other ethnic communities have meant that peace remains fragile

How to Preempt Responsibility

Madhavankutty Pillai

The curious desire to regulate artificial intelligence by companies pioneering it

SP Hinduja (1935-2023): Global Magnate

Lhendup G Bhutia

Along with his brothers, he created one of the most storied business empires with Indian roots

Will Supreme Court’s Pill for Delhi Work?

Rajeev Deshpande

On current evidence, it seems unlikely that the Supreme Court order will improve the capital’s governance.

India: 25 Years as a Nuclear Weapon State

TP Sreenivasan

How Washington’s attitude towards Delhi changed after the Pokhran tests of 1998

Karnataka result can set off a new “revadi” race

Open Political Bureau

The Karnataka poll results cheer BJP's rivals. But economists point to a likely political fallout: the race to dole out lollies

Kingmaker dream over, Gowda & Son biggest losers

V Shoba

Apart from family rivalries, JD(S) has lost its shine among voters who do not seem to associate it with the son-of-the-soil interests that patriarch HD Deve Gowda once leveraged very successfully

Congress Makes a Comeback

Rajeev Deshpande

After a long gap, Congress gets it right in a major state, reasserts its main challenger status. But the party’s success needs to be replicated in crucial state elections due at the year end.