Features

The Poetry of Dynasty and the Prodigal Son

Chinki Sinha

Where Rahul Gandhi is an ancestral memory and Varun Gandhi is the intimate Other. Chinki Sinha discovers the dynamics of dynasty as she travels through Amethi, Rae Bareily and Sultanpur

The Call of the Cloud

Arindam Mukherjee

Adobe will only offer its software on an online cloud and no longer sell CDs. Is this a smart strategy for India?

The Veteran Debutant

Indrajit Hazra

Arun Jaitley plays the Punjabi to perfection in his maiden parliamentary battle from Amritsar. Indrajit Hazra gets a ride in the BJP leader’s campaign Toyota

Once the Mumbai don took refuge in Uttar Pradesh after a hit job. Today it is the criminal politicians of UP who use use Mumbai as a safe house. S Hussain Zaidi, India’s foremost chronicler of the Underworld, writes on the new balance of power in the ever-expanding mafia world

Survival of the Savviest

Aanchal Bansal

Elections in the Age of Data Power

The Enduring Mystique of Naveen Patnaik

Ullekh NP

As the Odisha Chief Minister is all set for a fourth term, Ullekh NP, travelling across the state, finds out why one of India’s suavest politicians is the smartest as well

Love and Longing on WeChat

Lhendup G Bhutia

How a generation is using messaging apps to score dates and, if lucky, hookups

A Glass of Milk and Plenty of Water

Ajit Ranade

An economist lists five priorities for the next government

Patriarch in Pathos

Vaasanthi

At 90, he is presiding over a disintegrating dynasty, and this election could be the last electoral battle of a man who scripted some sensational moments in Dravidian politics. Vaasanthi captures the agony of being M Karunanidhi