Features

Left with No Choice

Rahul Pandita

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

An Obnoxious Turn

Anil Budur Lulla

The problem with the MIM’s post-UPA political plan

A Justified Licence Raj

Shailendra Tyagi

The banking sector remains licence-ruled and licences will not be auctioned—for good reasons

The Last Free Lunch

Kalpish Ratna

The only way to evade diabetes is to stop evading responsibility for what we eat

The Grinch Who Stole the Gossip

Sriya Ray Chaudhuri

There is merriment and mischief enough, but media parties are a lot less scandalous now

The Memory of Rape

Chinki Sinha

I saw Shilpi Jain the morning of her rape and murder. I still carry the scar of that memory. We all do

Where Are the Missing Men?

Gunjeet Sra

All the original everyday people who sparked the first wave of anti-rape protests are gone. Only a handful of feminist activists are continuing the fight

Now for the Final Act

Anil Budur Lulla

The DMK’s succession drama is fast reaching a conclusion

The Tall Task of Marking Maradona

Shahina KK

Extra tall men were once seen as freaks in Kerala. But a tall people’s association has won them acceptance and special jobs--as security guards for Diego Maradona, for example