Features

Sullen Sainiks

Haima Deshpande

Why Uddhav Thackeray is at risk of losing his party cadres

A Tale of Two Dictators

Vinod Mehta

What sets Modi apart from his Gandhi family soulmate, and the great yearning among Indians for an autocrat ‘who gets things done’

The Art of Stealing

Chinki Sinha

With his latest burglary in Kerala, master thief Bunty chor, who steals to grow his legend, is back at his notorious best

Business as Unusual

Aresh Shirali

Murphy’s Law to Modi’s Law, something remarkable seems to be underway

The Trouble with Indian Wine

Sriya Ray Chaudhuri

In Vino Veritas: in wine, they say, lies truth. And the truth is that most Indian wineries need to get their act together

For Heaven’s Sake

Aanchal Bansal

A love of all things celestial unites Delhi’s stargazers

Prisoner of an Image

Shahina KK

Why no one speaks for Abdul Nasser Madani, the ailing politician who has been kept behind bars for years on evidence that is suspect, and how reporting on him made me a target of the Karnataka police

Cry Rape and Be Noticed

Kalpish Ratna

How the Delhi rape has wrought a prurient me-too madness in the media and the average citizen

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Nikhil Taneja

Michael C Hall, the fascinating serial killer of Dexter, the hit American TV show, talks about dealing with his inner dark passenger, on and off screen

A chilling account of the circumstances under which a Kashmiri Pandit family was forced out of the Valley, the terror that foreclosed all hope of returning, and the grim existence of those who sought shelter in a Jammu refugee camp. Excerpts from Rahul Pandita’s latest book, Our Moon Has Blood Clots