India

The Don of Mokama

Chinki Sinha

The rise of Anant Singh and the sham of Nitish Kumar’s clean politics

It Was a Faith Accompli

PR Ramesh

Varanasi for Modi was chosen nine months ago. The inside story of how the House of Saffron took its boldest decision.

The Ghats are Alive

Mihir Srivastava

Talking Modi by the Ganga

Of Discrimination and Flying Phones

Madhavankutty Pillai

What has been missing in the speeches of Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal is levity. The man who can teach them that is Tamil Nadu filmstar-turned-politician Vijaykanth, a DMDK leader

Hinduism’s holiest destination has become Indian politics’ hottest dateline which will test the faith and tenacity of the man around whom the arguments about our national destiny swirl. A report on the political symbolism of Varanasi