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Why?

What makes neighbours murder and brutalise each other? The portrait of two warring groups in Muzaffarnagar, UP, illuminates the ancient question

Gold Fables

From dead kings who come riding at night to snakes that guard hidden treasure, all the myths come tumbling out in the village of Daundiya Kheda as the ASI looks for 1,000 tonnes of gold

An Airline of the South Called Air Costa

Regional airlines have all been failures in India, but Air Costa hopes to beat the pattern

Priyanka Checks in

The 41-year-old Gandhi’s increased activity in Rae Bareli lends credence to recent speculation that she will soon play a greater role for the Congress

“Kejriwal Is Not Even on Our Radar”

Sheila Dikshit speaks about her anarchist adversary, on Rahul Gandhi, son Sandeep Dikshit, the issue of women’s safety and more

The Battle against Ageing

Early-stage research shows that lifestyle changes and certain chemicals can turn back cellular ageing, but the pill of youth is still many years away

The Parsi Genealogy Project

One man’s effort to put the family trees of everyone in the community on the internet

New Rules of Marriage

The matrimony survival guide is being updated by new technology, modern attitudes and an old sex manual

The Rest of the X-Tapes

Only a fraction of the over 5,800 recorded conversations that lobbyist Niira Radia had with public figures and others have been revealed to the public. An official revelation of the entire set of what are known as Radia Tapes will be a significant moment in Indian democracy

Of Animal Spirits and the Great Churn

Issues of equity and justice do animate people in India. Is this really bad for the economy?

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