The Strange Trajectory of an Agitation

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

Under Pressure in Pakistan

Victimised for their faith, Hindu refugees from across the border say they do not want to return

Uncertain Guilt

Devinderpal Singh Bhullar has been sentenced to death despite a split verdict in the Supreme Court and a case that doesn’t quite add up to certain guilt. Twenty years of fighting the charges against him have robbed him of his sanity. Will India stand by and let a sick man hang?

Modi’s Real Challenger

It is LK Advani—as circumstances conspire to give him yet another shot at India’s prime ministership