India

India Will Never Be the Same Again

Dhirendra K. Jha

Don’t underestimate its impact. The Women’s Reservation Bill could prove as significant as the Mandal reservations in altering India’s political landscape.

In the Name of God

Kabeer Sharma

The fascinating story of the swami who started as a hotel doorman and made crores as a pimp disguised as a Sai Baba devotee with a temple, ashram and sex worker network of his own.

Carbon Fix

Jaideep Mazumdar

Extracted through rat holes, coal has made a select few in Meghalaya very rich. It is also creating a dirty mess that nobody wants to own up to.

Uniformed Mess

Jaideep Mazumdar

The Maoist attack on EFR’s camp at Silda has stirred more trouble for the beleaguered West Bengal government. It is the long-neglected EFR that is now threatening to revolt against the state.

India This Week

arindam

Mulayam May Lose Strength in the RS; Where’s the Thackeray Roar?; A Life of Dissent; Naga Negotiations; The Dera Riots That Could Well Have Been

The Ballad of Gangu Teli

S Anand

There’s more to Raja Bhoj, and even Gandhi, if we look at them from a Dalit perspective.

The Green revolution may not be enough. As India stares at a terminal food crisis, it’s time for a grain revolution. And our ancient millets might just be the gleaming superfoods of the future. Good for our tired soil and undernourished stomachs.

His Inner Demons

Rahul Pandita

For 40 long hours, a house in a small village 25 km from Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow became a battlezone. Inside a single room, a man fought two fierce battles—one with the police and another with himself.