Features

VS versus Vijayan, the Nth Round

Shahina KK

As CPM polls approach, the Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan factions sharpen their claws

The Land Mine Explodes

Anil Budur Lulla

Karnataka’s illegal mining scam has claimed its Chief Minister. But, with so many people involved, it will be a long while before the dust settles

Spiritual Bedfellows

Meera Nanda

The Norway massacre and the Indian connection

The Seven-Year Itch

Jatin Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi loyalist Pulok Chatterjee replaces Manmohan’s man TKA Nair. But that alone isn’t enough to fix the PMO

Identity Crisis

Shruti Ravindran

Doubts have suddenly been cast on the ‘miraculous’ discovery of a new species of macaque in the Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal. The scientists who found it are not amused

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