India

Buddha to Stay and Battle with Karat

Dhirendra K Jha

It’s all set for a showdown at Hyderabad on 11 June

‘India Botched Up Operation Purulia’

Seema Mustafa

Peter Bleach breaks his long silence on the arms drop story. The official account has it otherwise.

Marketing Brand Rahul

Jatin Gandhi

Not so long ago, he was a mascot of the youth. Now he wants to be seen as the voice of the aam aadmi. Great branding it may be, but success is harder fought

The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka has been notified as a tiger reserve. While this tag will fetch extra conservation funds for the sanctuary, it threatens to displace Soliga tribals from their ancestral habitat. New generations of Soligas may not be content with their forefathers’ way of life, but this forest will lose its soul without them. And India will lose one of its best opportunities to try out a model of coexistence between wildlife and eco-sensitive people

Or Try This for Corruption

Jay Mazoomdaar

While the great Indian middle class obsesses with cricket and corruption, an epic three-way battle is unfolding in forests across the country. It is time to take notice, and a stand. Because, more than anything else, the outcome of this tussle will decide India’s future