Features

Mr Prime Minister, You Are Defaulting

Anil Bhatia

For all his reformist credentials, the PM is in danger of being remembered as a failure on the issue that matters most—inflation

Unfriendly Allies

Dhirendra K Jha

The DMK and Samajwadi Party reaffirm their support to the Congress, but make it clear that all’s not well with the relationship

Over to Oversyllabic Sibal

Alam Srinivas

Every time Sibal speaks on the 2G scam, he contradicts either his Cabinet colleagues or the CBI, or the CAG...

The Math Doesn’t Add Up

Jatin Gandhi

Even after the protests, the enhanced rate that Noida farmers are getting for their land is only a fraction of what it costs to buy land in the township

With Wal-Mart Knocking on Your Door

Alam Srinivas

India is finally ready to let foreign multi-brand retailers in. But the conditions being proposed betray a multiplicity of hesitations

The Capitol Hill Trail

Rahul Pandita

For two decades, Ghulam Nabi Fai funded Kashmir militancy right under Washington DC’s nose. The game is up

Snow leopards share a particularly punishing habitat with people in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, with resources scarce and vegetation sparse. The conventional conservation model of separating wild animals and people simply does not work here. India’s green establishment is showing signs of accepting this reality, if only grudgingly