Features

A Star is Born. Again

Kaveree Bamzai

Smriti Irani is back in the arc lights, 25 years after she became a television sensation. The full-time politician and part-time actor speaks to

Prada Wears Kolhapuri

Lhendup G Bhutia

Will the luxury brand’s faux pas and belated acknowledgement revive the Kolhapuri sandal?

The Vijay Sena

Aditya Iyer

Tamil superstar-turned-politician Vijay has mobilised his vast spread of fan clubs into a political army

Chhangur Baba: The New Faith Merchant

PR Ramesh

How a small-time vendor of prophecies and talismans from Uttar Pradesh came to run one of the biggest mass conversion rackets in India

Crime and Wrongful Punishment

Madhavankutty Pillai

Police shortcuts in the heat of public outcry eventually undermine justice

India for Open Trade

Siddharth Singh

India always had the potential to become a great trading nation but never did so. Its socialist past ensured ‛exportʼ was a dirty word. That was until Modi arrived

VS Achuthanandan (1923-2025): The Relentless Rebel

Ullekh NP

The CPM stalwart defied his party to stand by the common man

A Mighty Bird Folds Its Wings

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Can Kuldeep Yadav turn the tables on England?

Rajeev Deshpande

There is no vacancy for a spinner in the Indian squad for the Fourth Test at Old Trafford, but England can find the wily left arm spin merchant hard to play changing the odds of the game