India

The Reddys and Their Sushma Thaayi

Anil Budur Lulla

The Bellary brothers once compared themselves to the Vijayanagar kings of yore. But even their ‘mother’ has deserted them now that their reign is over

Rahul’s New Role

Jatin Gandhi

The 41-year-old Gandhi as Congress Working President? The murmurs have begun again

The Beginning of the End?

Hartosh Singh Bal

At every step, senior Congress leaders have been outmanoeuvred by Anna’s aides

What Might Have Been Home

Rimli Sengupta

…and how returning to it was, after all, just another journey

The Line of Reckoning

Sonia Jabbar

How an invisible Line of Control shapes the lives and destinies of people who live near it

Since Sri Lanka’s civil war began 26 years ago, Tamils have gone back and forth across the historically porous border with India in Tamil Nadu. About 100,000 refugees live in Tamil Nadu today. After President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the war over in May 2009, are they prepared to make a final cross-border leap of faith?

Mr PM, We Have a Problem

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Contrary to what Manmohan Singh says, it seems there was no ‘concurrence’ between the Finance Ministry and Telecom Department on 2G spectrum allocation

The Resident Non-Indian

Aimee Ginsburg

Immigrants who want to make India home are forever kept at an arm’s length by those who ‘belong’. Notwithstanding the impressive list of ‘foreign’ citizen-leaders, innovators and heroes