India

Love Jihad

Anil Budur Lulla

As the BJP seeks another term in Karnataka, Hindutva’s foot soldiers raise a battlecry against cross-community romance

Tripping Over Caste Lines

The Maharashtra BJP’s internal caste politics will do nothing to win the party votes in a state where its influence is steadily diminishing

Setback in Andhra

Rahul Pandita

The Maoist plan of revival in an erstwhile bastion now looks bleak

The Strange Trajectory of an Agitation

Lhendup G Bhutia

After Ajit Pawar’s urination comment, a group protesting shoddy drought relief finds unexpected momentum

The Adrenalin of Adversity

Zahir Janmohamed

The story of a man who set up shop in a Muslim colony of Ahmedabad shunned by other businesses after the riots of 2002

Under Pressure in Pakistan

Rahul Pandita

Victimised for their faith, Hindu refugees from across the border say they do not want to return

Devinderpal Singh Bhullar has been sentenced to death despite a split verdict in the Supreme Court and a case that doesn’t quite add up to certain guilt. Twenty years of fighting the charges against him have robbed him of his sanity. Will India stand by and let a sick man hang?