India
Punjab Learns to Cope
Hartosh Singh Bal
Rowdy scenes recently witnessed in the northwestern state are pointers to trends that actually offer hope for the future
It Takes a Village
The horrors that this little settlement in West Bengal have lived through are explanation enough for the CPM’s rout
Rebel without a Pause
Mamata Banerjee may have always been mercurial and autocratic, but there are signs that she is aware of the responsibility brought upon her by electoral victory
“I Want to Enter Politics, but Saheb Tells Me to Wait”
One of the most newsworthy political bahus, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law, Smita Thackeray, gets candid
Gone with the Tide
Cyclone Aila brought the Sundarbans devastation enough. The state government’s neglect has only worsened the people’s woes
Life Affirmative
Zaffarwal went to Pakistan several times. He says that Khalistan terrorists were puppets in the hands of the ISI
For Solace and Refuge
As her comrades at the Golden Temple complex dropped dead one by one, she was soon holding a rifle herself
Partial Healing
Kuki awaits news that might finally grant him his freedom—in part thanks to the daughter of a man he allegedly killed
They are Hardworking and Hateworthy
The thing about hate—it’s about love, actually. It’s an emotion of denial. A defence mechanism. Hating a thing has much to do with coveting something about it.
Its Cosmopolitanism is a Veneer
Dreams have a habit of dissolving under scrutiny. Which other city can boast of Bal Thackeray as its patron saint? Mumbai always succumbs to chauvinism, unfailingly. It’s its defining feature
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