Features

Why Do Voters Bother?

Hartosh Singh Bal

For three elections in a row, Punjab has seen the same set of politicians make the same promises and deliver the same disappointments. Yet, the voting percentage continues to rise

Down to a Trickle

Jatin Gandhi

Even as the objectives of the previous policy remain unfulfilled, the Government has come out with a new one

Star Wars: Isro’s Phantom Menace

Anil Budur Lulla

Former Chairman Madhavan Nair and incumbent K Radhakrishnan have been duelling each other fiercely even as they share office space on the same floor of Isro’s headquarters

Noel Tata as Café Revolutionary

Aresh Shirali

The rumour that Ratan Tata’s half brother Noel might head Tata Starbucks’ cafe venture has a truly compelling appeal

The World Wild Web

Madhavankutty Pillai

And a government that thinks it can discipline it by cracking a whip

Sri Ram Sene Hoists Pakistan Flag

Anil Budur Lulla

The odd use of a strange ruse to stir up communal trouble

Hypocrisy Over Housing

Haima Deshpande

Houses for former mill workers on mill land is a popular election issue. Why do politicians keep raising it even though the workers themselves have moved on?

Gadkari is Not in the Race for the PM’s post, Just for the Record

Jatin Gandhi

The BJP president’s support for Narendra Modi shows that the race for the party’s PM-probable is still far from closed

The Sting Operator Who Gave Up Anonymity

Aimee Ginsburg

The multiple exploits of Nagvenkar, the journalist who exposed Goa’s paid news racket, pulled off a prank by planting a fake Nazi story in several well-read dailies, and has held up a mirror to the media in other ways