Features

Forget the Presidential Reference

Satvik Verma

It is difficult to understand why such an option is even being contemplated

The Jinxed Handover

Jatin Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi was expected to turn Congress leadership over to Rahul Gandhi. The failure to do so explains much of the mess the party now finds itself in

The dramatic story of Paan Singh Tomar’s death, as reconstructed from the accounts of two eyewitnesses. On one side, a former police officer who led the encounter that killed him. And on the other, the dacoit’s nephew and former gang member who survived that 12-hour gunfight in October 1981

The Inheritance after a Loss

Shahina KK

The curious case of the grandparents who want a surrogate child from a semen sample of their dead son

The Moralist

Madhavankutty Pillai

Michael Sandel, whose Harvard course ‘Justice’ has a cult following, talks about philosophy and the building of good societies

Chinese Whispers as Strategic Tools

Shailendra Tyagi

China’s record on keeping its inflation under control has been quite remarkable of late. What could possibly explain this?

Voters, Analysts, Leaders

Anil Bhatia

The behaviour of all three can be explained in some way by the insights of Behavioural Economics

She Is Not a Moron, She is Young

Alyque Padamsee

Getting under the skin of the real Indian out there

Why Even the Best Exit Polls in India Are Useless

Hartosh Singh Bal

Conclusions about caste and community vote patterns in Indian elections are all based on erroneous data. At best we can only make qualitative assessments, but if political ‘scientists’ were to admit this, what would they do?