India

Auctioned elsewhere, orphaned in Kerala

MG Radhakrishnan

Political patronage comes in handy for Muslim orphanages in the state that ferry children from poor states such as Bihar and Jharkhand. Will they continue to beat the rap?

Grant Maratha

Haima Deshpande

Does Maharashtra’s dominant social group deserve the quota promised by the state government?

Too cool for school

Gunjeet Sra

What happens when the ideal student goes bad? You get Adarsh Balak as an internet sensation

Sloth, stupor and shame in Punjab

Mihir Srivastava

Police forces in the state are caught in a vortex of drugs and politics. Is there a way out?

Educating Ms Smriti Irani

Ullekh NP

Has the education minister put the Prime Minister’s modernisation agenda in jeopardy?

The brigand who wanted to be Veerappan

Anil Budur Lulla

The rise and capture of the poacher who was threatening to step into the late bandit’s shoes.

Godman’s own country

Shahina KK

The controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda finds a new spiritual market in Kerala

The inheritance of ruins

PR Ramesh

After ten years of the UPA regime’s fiscal recklessness and figure fudging, Arun Jaitley has his task cut out for him: take the economy to the next level of growth