An Addiction and its Amazing Utility

Tripping Over Caste Lines

The Maharashtra BJP’s internal caste politics will do nothing to win the party votes in a state where its influence is steadily diminishing

Setback in Andhra

The Maoist plan of revival in an erstwhile bastion now looks bleak

The Strange Trajectory of an Agitation

After Ajit Pawar’s urination comment, a group protesting shoddy drought relief finds unexpected momentum

High Heel Mania

The arrival of Christian Louboutin is eagerly welcomed by a burgeoning tribe of Indian women who will go to any length for a good shoe

What Chefs Make of Food Reviews

With a dash of mild contempt and benign tolerance for the writer’s ignorance

Too Small to Fail

The experiences of a group of banker friends who found themselves in the thick of the 2009 financial meltdown

Don’t Miss the Woods

…for the trees. A startup called Afforestt shows how

If all that Glitters Is Suddenly Sold

The Adrenalin of Adversity

The story of a man who set up shop in a Muslim colony of Ahmedabad shunned by other businesses after the riots of 2002