India

Old Tricks, New Battle

Dhirendra K. Jha

The VHP’s call to a Hindu ‘awakening’. Mob violence in Uttar Pradesh. Fearful minorities. The Ramjanambhoomi Movement is back. Whether it will work is less certain.

A Fight to the End

Hartosh Singh Bal

No court or historian is ever likely to resolve this dispute.

The Volunteer Trap

Wei Fen Lee

Foreigners who shell out good money to do social work in India often go back feeling cheated, misled and sometimes just ignored.

You’ll Never Walk Alone

Haima Deshpande

Every year, pilgrims walk extraordinary distances, many of them even walk over 500 km, to reach Pandharpur.

Big Fat Family

Jaideep Mazumdar

In what could be the largest family in the world, men live with dozens of wives and scores of children, and all survive in enviable peace.

Sex, Drugs, Cops in Hyderabad

Anil Budur Lulla

What goes on behind the scenes in the Telugu film industry has been cast into the spotlight by a police force out to expose a secret world of Hyderabad’s powerful.

Kalmadi Countdown

Haima Deshpande

With the Commonwealth Games debacle near complete, the knives are out for Kalmadi in his home base.

Membership and Elections

Open

Membership is kept open for 30 days in a state or union territory.

In Mizoram, the Omen

Jaideep Mazumdar

Seven thousand fanatical Christians have boycotted the census because they believe Nilekani’s unique identification project is Satan’s plan to rule the world.

The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but it’s time to ask what is—as India hosts its first ever Fields Medal ceremony, and that too, without any fanfare.