Features

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

Millionaire Matchmakers

Sonali Acharjee

Champagne soirées, luxury sailing trips and vintage masquerade balls. Dating cliques play Cupid to urban India’s well off

Lalit Modi: The cost of a fugitive

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

How a disgraced cricket czar in exile, an indiscreet foreign minister and a royally aloof chief minister have created the first big moral embarrassment for the Narendra Modi Government. The inside story

The legend of Bihar School of Yoga

Ullekh NP

India’s most revered yoga centre abhors publicity and turns away casual seekers. Ullekh NP in Munger chronicles the legend of the Bihar School of Yoga