India

The Beginning of New Beginnings

Jatin Gandhi

Why the TMC and JD-U are joining forces in Uttar Pradesh

Heads of States as Arms Peddlers

The UK’s churlish reaction to India’s order of Rafale jets shows how prime ministers and presidents are increasingly behaving like salesmen rather than statesmen

‘Too Terrible a Judgment’

Mihir Srivastava

The trial court may have dismissed his plea to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused with A Raja, but the ever-controversial Subramanian Swamy, the man whose plea led the Supreme Court to cancel 122 2G licences, tells Mihir Srivastava that he is by no means done with the case

The Man Authorities Came to Frame

Mihir Srivastava

The untold story of Anand Jon, a designer of Indian origin who has been sentenced to 59 years of imprisonment in the US on multiple counts of sexual misconduct, including rape. Guilty as charged? Or a victim himself? As he approaches re-trial, a close look at the case

BJP’s Team B

Dhirendra K Jha

The mask is off. Anna Hazare and his lieutenants are batting for the BJP

India’s Own Jasmin Revolution

Shahina KK

It took a suicide and the Facebook account of a man named Jasmin to set it off. Within five months, it saw 164,000 nurses rallying online—thousands of them in actual hospitals too—for better work conditions

Project Spotty

Jay Mazoomdaar

Cleared in a hurry amid much fanfare, Project Cheetah now waits for funds to fly in the first consignment from Africa. But the once-lost cat stands even less of a chance in a crowded 21st century India, and its reintroduction will pose fresh challenges for other species on the brink of extinction. There may still be just enough time to scrap this dangerous experiment