Features

DU Admissions: Cut-Off and Cut-Throat

Sonali Acharjee

The heartbreak caused by high cut-offs at Delhi University sustains an entire sub-economy of personal therapy, career apps and Twitter spam

Desert Storm: Camels in the Zoo

Sunaina Kumar

A new bill threatens to become the straw that will break the back of Rajasthan’s camels, turning them into zoo animals. Could their milk save them?

Grow Your Own Cocktail

Sonali Acharjee

The kitchen garden gets a makeover as the adventurous produce exotic herbs and fresh ingredients at home for ready use in unusual drinks

The Highway Heist: How extortion gangs control the GT road

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

An Open Investigation

The greek tragedy that’s no Eurocalypse

Aresh Shirali

For all the wails and groans in the air, the EU is a political project as much as an economic one. And anyone who favours ‘unity in diversity’ should be pardoned a soft spot for the euro

Jagendra Singh: The death of a journalist

Omkar Khandekar

Who killed Jagendra Singh—and why? Text and photographs by Omkar Khandekar in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Shiv Sena: Tiger Tamed

Haima Deshpande

On its fiftieth anniversary, Shiv Sena is a caricature of its former self

MAM Ramaswamy: The last king of Chettinad

V Shoba

Racecourse legend, community chieftain, industrialist, philanthropist and unforgiving father. Open chronicles the triumphs and trials of MAM Ramaswamy, now largely confined to his bedroom in Chettinad Palace, Chennai, watching his favourite sports on television

Food inspectors: More teeth please

Haima Deshpande in Mumbai and Anil Budur Lulla in Bengaluru

Food inspectors say they’re up to the challenge of keeping people safe, even taking on powerful business interests—if only they were better equipped for it