Features

The Invisible Bird

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China’s earlier-than-expected test flight of the fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighter has caught the world defence establishment napping. Bravado aside

Half Measures in Guwahati

Jatin Gandhi

If the Bharatiya Janata Party is keen to regain power at the Centre, its latest party conclave showed that it wouldn’t like it to happen anytime soon

The Price of Onions Explained

Shailendra Tyagi

Why has the agriculture sector growth not eased surging food inflation

The Long Walk of a Single Mother

Jay Mazoomdaar

It is a reckless script gone so horribly wrong that a happy ending is unbelievable, if not impossible. A desperate mother seeking shelter far from her forest home in the fields to save her two cubs from murderous males; villagers living the terror of running into big cats amid standing crop they cannot afford to abandon; forest ground staff trying hard to avert conflict that could end all hope for the tiger family. This could well be a tragedy of circumstance but for the villains of the piece

Boneless, from Vietnam

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

An unlikely fish from the Mekong Delta has overwhelmed Indian shopshelves and restaurant menus. Wonder why?

War on the Male of the Species

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It requires skill and ‘determination’, a job few others can do. Meet P Ramesh, the expert chick sexer of Pune

Fair Game

Rahul Bhatia

It began with brands of jeans trying to masquerade as authentic cowboy wear. Now Indian advertising has broken out in a rash of White skin

Lost and Found

Shubhangi Swarup

The amazing tale of how a camera found its owner

Don’t Hindu Gurus Care about Corruption?

Amrit Dhillon

Just what do Shankaracharyas ponder in their muths, pray tell? If they have no moral contribution to make to society, what is the purpose of their existence?