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The Futile Seat

Harsh V Pant

Modi should not waste his time on the UN

Rajan’s Symphony No 0.5 in Alpha Major

Aresh Shirali

The sforzando of Raghuram Rajan’s music is his half a percentage point rate cut, a dramatic easing of credit that could be just the stimulus India’s economy needs

Trapped by Triple Talaq

Madhavankutty Pillai

A survey reveals that a huge majority of Muslim women in India want to see the end of the unilateral oral divorce and other such injustices of the religion’s personal laws

Think Again, Volkswagen

Aresh Shirali

It’s tough but not impossible for the brand to get past its emission scandal

Astrosat: An Indian Observatory

Vijay K Soni

Researchers are excited about what Astrosat could offer by way of new knowledge

An epic battle is underway in the proverbial badlands of Bihar, where many political lives swing between irrelevance and renewal. Even as cracks appear in the artificial alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, the BJP wants more than a victory. It is fighting for a mandate worthy of India’s most popular politician and its unsurpassed campaigner. Narendra Modi’s next phase of modernisation will begin from the backwardness of Bihar