Features

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016: Down the Beaten Path

MG Radhakrishnan

The oldest warhorse, the crafty red don, a damaged chief minister and the spoiler in the fray. It’s between the predictable and the historical in Kerala

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