Features

Now That the Easy Part Is Over for Akhilesh

Mihir Srivastava

Winning UP may be far easier than governing it, as the new CM will have to depend on his father to shield him from internal threats to his authority

From Media Hero to Terror Suspect

VK Shashikumar

Journalist Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi is in the dock for his alleged role in the terror attack on the vehicle of an Israeli diplomat in Delhi on 13 February. But he is no shady ‘freelancer’ working in obscurity, as the police are making it out to be

How We Buy

Ranjan Banerjee

Why we savour as much as monitor our family experience at large-format outlets. And why we are not ready to dump our cornerstore kiranawala

The Imperfect Investor

Devangshu Datta

Spare a moment to recognise and think about your cognitive biases and other behavioural quirks, and you might just make a lot more money

It’s Animal Spirits, Silly

Aresh Shirali

Keynes’ big idea was inspired by Indian attitudes towards money. Yet, as India Inc behaves stingy and the economy turns weak, it is dangerous to apply his policies blindly

The Tumblr Comedians

Michael Edison Hayden

A bunch of social networkers on the web have kept tabs on Michael Jordan’s outfits, the late Kim Jong Il’s postures and other such absurdities to hilarious effect

“If Something Slips off, Call Me”

Aastha Atray Banan

Impressions of a fly on the wall at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai

Return to Libya

AJ Thomas

About a fortnight ago, the country celebrated the first anniversary of its revolution. An Indian professor, now back at his university there after a gap of ten months, is pleased to see his students who had turned into armed revolutionaries get back to their books again. His report