Features

China Plumbs Indian Depths

Anil Budur Lulla

India’s northern neighbour has won a seabed exploration bid in the Indian Ocean. Is this part of a grand design to encircle us?

Rahul’s New Role

Jatin Gandhi

The 41-year-old Gandhi as Congress Working President? The murmurs have begun again

The Beginning of the End?

Hartosh Singh Bal

At every step, senior Congress leaders have been outmanoeuvred by Anna’s aides

The Israeli Summer

Aimee Ginsburg

After the bullets and blood of the Arab Spring, The Israeli Summer seems almost fluffy, but the protestors are dead serious. So what is this all about?

The Mysterious World of Global Investors

Alam Srinivas

How they control Indian firms with minority stakes

Radio Gaga

Rahul Bhatia

It was a sad day for music fans when WorldSpace closed its India operations in 2009. Thankfully, it wasn’t just another job for some of its employees—they are set to revive the service

What Might Have Been Home

Rimli Sengupta

…and how returning to it was, after all, just another journey

The Line of Reckoning

Sonia Jabbar

How an invisible Line of Control shapes the lives and destinies of people who live near it

Since Sri Lanka’s civil war began 26 years ago, Tamils have gone back and forth across the historically porous border with India in Tamil Nadu. About 100,000 refugees live in Tamil Nadu today. After President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared the war over in May 2009, are they prepared to make a final cross-border leap of faith?

Mr PM, We Have a Problem

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Contrary to what Manmohan Singh says, it seems there was no ‘concurrence’ between the Finance Ministry and Telecom Department on 2G spectrum allocation