Features

Bisauli: A Place for Sedition

Omkar Khandekar

In this town, they support Pakistan and their numbers worry Hindu activists

Whose Herb Is It Anyway?

Lhendup G Bhutia

As India and China fight for ownership of the ancient practice of Sowa Rigpa, there is just one inconvenient fact. It belongs to Tibetans

The Horror and Sorrow of Gorakhpur

Pallavi Pundir

Pallavi Pundir visits ground zero of the tragedy at Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital (Photos: Raul Irani)

The Many Faces of Sharad Yadav

PR Ramesh

The constant turner of ideological shades finds he has nowhere left to go but down

Bitcoins: The New Money Trail

Lhendup G Bhutia

Indians in pursuit of an online gold rush

Hardik Pandya: The New Kapil

Aditya Iyer

Hardik Pandya is on his way to inherit the mantle of the all-rounder legend

Will the military establishment, said to be in cahoots with the Supreme Court, ever restrain itself from imposing its power in tacit and blatant ways? Will the ruling elites ever be properly checked for wealth beyond apparent means?

The Fall of Nawaz Sharif

Raza Rumi

The story of Nawaz Sharif’s rise and fall is the story of contemporary Pakistan. For him, it matters little if it is the Army or the Court. History has moved in circles for him and yet another uncertain phase of his political career begins