Features

The Hindu Tea Party: Can Narendra Modi Ignore It?

PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh

They are more Hindu than the so-called Hindu lunatic fringe, and they are growing in size and influence

Oh, For the Love of Stretch Targets

Aresh Shirali

Grandiose goals are trickier for a State than for a business

Kohinoor: Romancing the Stone

Omkar Khandekar in London

Why the British are not really thinking about giving the Kohinoor (or anything else) back

Simhastha Mela: Pilgrim’s Prowess in Ujjain

Nandini Nair

It’s another Kumbh spectacular on the riverbank as sadhus and seekers join the biggest festival of faith

Diet: In Praise of Dal-Rice

Rujuta Diwekar

In following Western dietary guidelines, we have given up our own food wisdoms handed down the generations by the women in our homes

Pollution War: An Odd Fellow Gets Even With Delhi

Siddharth Singh

It is politics, not science, that drives the AAP government’s pollution war

Jayalalithaa: The Mother of All Battles

V Shoba

A smug Jayalalithaa parachuting into constituencies, Stalin in damage control mode, smaller parties turning up the heat. V Shoba watches the great election circus in Tamil Nadu

Watches: Time Is Precious

Aresh Shirali

Ten familiar luxury watches get a makeover

Mamata Banerjee: What, Me Worry?

Ullekh NP

Mamata Banerjee is unfazed by the advantage the CPM-Congress combine has in terms of electoral math

Shayara Bano: The Lady Who Dared

Nandini Nair

Muslim countries don’t support it, neither should India, says the petitioner fighting to put an end to triple talaq. Could Shayara Bano be the woman who challenged the misogyny after Shah Bano?