Features

Urjit Patel: Futile Fight

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan

RBI Governor Urjit Patel’s rebellion will go nowhere

Ballot in Bastar

Siddharth Singh

Where the people’s choice swings between hope and fear. Siddharth Singh reports from what was once a notorious Maoist village in Chhattisgarh

The Unremembered War

Madhavankutty Pillai

World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten

Which Way Will Behenji Go?

Rahul Pandita

For now, Mayawati has decided to ditch the Congress in assembly elections for three states. But her 2019 plan is under wraps

The Drunken Rats of Bihar

Omkar Khandekar

Or: the other side of prohibition

The New Homebodies of the Northeast

Sonali Acharjee

From smart advertising for local tea to promoting the perfect selfie spot under a bridge made of living roots, the young are giving rural Meghalaya a modern twist

Sabarimala: A Trek Too Far

Shahina KK

How women who tried to go to Sabarimala after the Supreme Court judgment were forced to return by devotees who used children as shields

Modi in the Marketplace

Dhiraj Nayyar

The Prime Minister is on target

The Last Days of Manan Wani

Rahul Pandita

The new face of ‘resistance’ in Kashmir, killed soon after he fell out with a Hizbul commander and shifted base, may have been radicalised outside the state

Silence of the Scientists

Kalpish Ratna

A recently discovered letter by Galileo offers a clue to the tragic fate that befell the 16th century botanist Garcia d’Orta in Goa and reminds us of the value of freedom