India

The NCP’s Waning Relevance

Haima Deshpande

Sharad Pawar’s inability to part ways with the party from which he split 13 years ago has diminished both his regional and national prospects

The Lineswomen of Maharashtra

Haima Deshpande

The state’s electricity utility has hired women for a job some consider too perilous for them

Modi, Media and Money

Sandeep Bhushan

The interplay of these three ‘M’s is doing Indian democracy a gross disfavour

Karnataka’s Bridal Brouhaha

Anil Budur Lulla

A scheme for Muslim women gives the opposition pre-poll ammunition against the Congress in an electorally crucial state

Why?

Chinki Sinha

What makes neighbours murder and brutalise each other? The portrait of two warring groups in Muzaffarnagar, UP, illuminates the ancient question

Gold Fables

Chinki Sinha

From dead kings who come riding at night to snakes that guard hidden treasure, all the myths come tumbling out in the village of Daundiya Kheda as the ASI looks for 1,000 tonnes of gold

Priyanka Checks in

Dhirendra K Jha

The 41-year-old Gandhi’s increased activity in Rae Bareli lends credence to recent speculation that she will soon play a greater role for the Congress

“Kejriwal Is Not Even on Our Radar”

Mihir Srivastava

Sheila Dikshit speaks about her anarchist adversary, on Rahul Gandhi, son Sandeep Dikshit, the issue of women’s safety and more

Only a fraction of the over 5,800 recorded conversations that lobbyist Niira Radia had with public figures and others have been revealed to the public. An official revelation of the entire set of what are known as Radia Tapes will be a significant moment in Indian democracy