Features

Modi and Muslims

Rahul Pandita

With his eye on 2014, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is reaching out to Muslims like never before

The YouTube Guru of Small Things

Omkar Khandekar

Meet Wilbur Sargunaraj, the man who showed the world how to use the Eastern toilet

Between Periamma and a Home in Italy

Anuradha Nagaraj

Two orphaned boys found a home in Italy when their children’s home in Bangalore put them up for adoption. Soon after, the boys’ maternal aunt and her husband lodged a case, protesting they had not been consulted

To Catch a Tiger

Anil Budur Lulla

The tale of a maneater that has provoked outrage and revived a debate on man-animal conflict in Karnataka

Two Men And a Car

Mihir Srivastava

A road trip across Germany, Belgium and France

Whose Word Is It Anyway?

Lhendup G Bhutia

ISKCON versus ISCON, Tata Sons versus Oktatabyebye, Gap versus Green The Gap… as trademarks are shielded by the law with ever more zeal, are you and I left with no right to use these words and symbols?

Narendra Modi and the Stockmarket

Shailendra Tyagi

The Sensex’s celebratory air after the recent assembly poll results may be premature

Rahul Gandhi versus the Old Guard

Dhirendra K Jha

Why his battle is not yet lost

Why AAP Will Find the Going Tough in Mumbai

Haima Deshpande

Unlike Delhi, Maharashtra has several strong regional parties that command huge support. And Kejriwal’s old friend Anna Hazare is not a big fan of the AAP either

The Dirty Eleven

K Ashish

An undercover investigation by Cobrapost that employed clandestine cameras shows 11 MPs cutting across party lines, including of the Congress and BJP, offering to write letters of recommendation for a fictional foreign oil firm. Some helpfully offer the support of other MPs as well, and a lawmaker’s husband promises to approach Sonia Gandhi. The prices for these services range from Rs 50,000 to Rs 50 lakh