India

Relocation Rumpus

Jay Mazoomdaar

Barring a few exceptions, the mandate and money meant to free the country’s finest tiger forests of human settlements is going waste in the absence of practical, transparent and sensitive groundwork.

India This Week

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Ghost Terrorist, Done in by Friends; Woman Power Drives DMK in Delhi; Ground The Scaremongers: It’s About Time; Time to put the UPA House in Order

The Hidden Dal

Ninad D. Sheth

Under the mesmerising beauty that is this lake in the heart of Kashmir, there is much that can unsettle you. You just have to dip a little under the serenity of the surface.

Highway to Miseries

Jaideep Mazumdar

Manipur today is a state under siege, its economy battered. And the current economic blockade by Nagas of NH 39, the state’s lifeline, is pushing its citizens on the verge of starvation.

Those whom Naxals Kill

Jaideep Mazumdar

While the country bellyaches about the Naxal menace, who speaks for the poverty-stricken victims out there in the wilderness?

India’s Home Minister is getting it from all sides. If the Maoist menace is not a headache enough, he’s got critics on his back, angry colleagues, and even jealous vibes within the Congress to fend off.

The Worst Session Ever

Jatin Gandhi

Indian Parliament, once the pride of the country’s founding fathers, has been reduced to a sorry spectacle. And how

India This Week

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A Chinese Takeaway in Madhya Pradesh; Hooda’s Dalit Sympathy Overdrive; Who’ll Come to Beseiged Manipur’s Aid? Shooting the Messenger

The Persistence of Caste

Hartosh Singh Bal

From Buddha to Ambedkar, some of our most outstanding minds have tried to fight caste. Why doesn’t it go away, and why are we so afraid to take note of it?

Not Just a Poet

Krishna Dutta

As Asia’s first Nobel laureate enters his 150th year, it is important to remember that Rabindranath Tagore was far, far more than only a poet. He was a painter, an educationist, a philosopher, a truly global visionary and a political activist of rare moral courage.