Features

Lalu’s Contingency Plan

Dhirendra K Jha

As the fodder scam returns to haunt the RJD leader, his latest ploy to gather votes

An Emergency for the UPA

Jatin Gandhi

How else to explain the President’s food security ordinance?

Reverse Brain Drain: the Untold Sequel

Akshay Sawai

Many NRIs have been returning to India for good, but a large number go right back. Here is why

India’s Big Aquacultural Opportunity

Shailendra Tyagi

India’s seafood exports stand at only $3.5 billion but could shoot up if aquacultural efforts pay off

Deadly but Beatable

Gunjeet Sra

Cervical cancer kills nearly 100,000 women every year in India. The real tragedy is that most of them could have been saved through immunisation and screening

Visa Vexation

Amit Baruah

Why must India and Pakistan rely on Western reports for news on each other?

The Prodigal Son Returns

Anil Budur Lulla

It’s now Advani vs Modi in Karnataka too, as a section of the BJP wants Yeddyurappa to return to the party to lead the charge in 2014, while another section opposes the move

The War of Words over Blood Diamonds

Shantanu Guha Ray

As India, China and Dubai become the world’s biggest markets for these stones, African countries like Angola are resisting attempts by the West to stigmatise their products as conflict diamonds