India

Wired for Victory, Sirji

VK Shashikumar

It’s an information revolution in India’s remotest corners. Here’s how Naveen Patnaik’s BJD used technology and statistical wizardry to beat anti incumbency

Revenge of the Sangh

Haima Deshpande

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue MG Vaidya has some words of elderly advice for the muddled BJP

Lalu’s Party is Over

Dhirendra K. Jha

The RJD chief was once thought to be invincible in his home state. Now Nitish Kumar is working overtime to draft his political obituary

Saving CPM from Vijayan

CP Surendran

VS Achuthanandan may be the CM of Kerala, but real power in the state rests with Pinarayi Vijayan. Will he survive the Lavalin scandal?

Vanity Fare

Haima Deshpande

The rise of Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena signals the decline of his uncle’s Shiv Sena

Left Out

Open

No matter who comes to power, these people were denied their say in it

The Real Drama Backstage

Dhirendra K. Jha

The hustings are over, but the action has just begun as political parties embark on negotiations for government formation. It’s deal time and here are the dealmakers

The Walk and Other Stories

Madhavankutty Pillai

Take a walk for more than a hundred kilometres through the villages of Bihar, with a motley group of people who hoped to see the marvellous scientific innovations of astonishing rural minds

Coming of Age of Rahul Gandhi

Sanjeev Srivastava

One of the more significant developments of the ongoing Lok Sabha election is the coming into his own of the Congress’ heir apparent and fourth-generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty