Features

A Portrait of Yakub Memon

S Hussain Zaidi

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Ullekh NP

Sitaram Yechury incurs the displeasure of party leaders who want action, not talk, as the new chief goes ahead with plans to hold a plenum in November, just months ahead of crucial polls in Kerala where it is battling against heavy odds to wrest power from the Congress and in West Bengal where it is struggling to retain its second position

The Hooch Queens of Mumbai

Haima Deshpande

The recent Malwani hooch tragedy that claimed 102 lives has revealed how women control a large chunk of the illicit business

Baldev Singh: On the Trails of a Serial Killer

Omkar Khandekar

Over two years Baldev Singh murdered at least 16 people and then, after more than a decade, abruptly turned himself over to the police

Can Modi Trust This Man?

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

An ambitious Modi with Kashmir on his mind is desperate for a piece of history in South Asia but will Nawaz Sharif let him?

The Kota System: Rs 600 Crore Coaching Industry

Sonali Acharjee

Snazzy packaging, ironclad teacher contracts and study-on-the-go apps revive the city’s famed Rs 600 crore coaching industry

Satya Nadella’s Strategy for Microsoft

Aresh Shirali

The CEO wants to capture a handset market lost to Google’s Android by upgrading desktop computers and laptops to a Windows 10 loaded with attractive apps for any device

Khandias: The Keepers of Doongerwadi

Lhendup G Bhutia

Khandias are the people who tend to the Parsi community’s deceased. Open listens to their stories

Disabilities Bill: Enabling India

V Shoba

How the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, expected to be tabled in Parliament this Monsoon Session, could replace a 20-year-old law and bring large swathes of India’s disabled into the mainstream