Features

Adrift in Andhra

Rahul Pandita

Maoists know the importance of the state. Could the same be said of the Centre?

At a Complete Loss

Jaideep Mazumdar

Thirty-three years of uninterrupted Left rule in Bengal has left the state’s finances in a mess

Shiv Sainiks believe that their party’s fortunes will revive soon. Not because of the infusion of fresh blood in the party’s leadership, but because 83-year-old Bal Thackeray’s health seems to be improving.

What in God’s Name is This?

Huma Imtiaz

Aasia Bibi has been sentenced to death under Pakistan’s dubious blasphemy laws. Her case could hasten the country’s slide towards a closed society.

Real Estate Must Get Real

Ninad D. Sheth

There is hope that exposure of dodgy players will lead to a better market.

Two Journeys, One Box of HIV Medicine

Sharleet Mahal

Presenting two stories that tell another tale.

Suhaag Raat: Then and Now

Shubhangi Swarup

Some things have not changed: little or no sex. It’s just that friends now insist on making it more memorable than the newlywed would like.

Aruna’s Keepers

Priyanka Borpujari

Last Saturday, Aruna Shanbag, a former employee of KEM Hospital, Mumbai, completed 37 years as its ‘baby’. This is the story of the nurses and doctors at KEM who have taken care of one of their own ever since that fateful evening of 27 November 1973 when Aruna was raped and strangulated by a ward boy.

It Happened One Night

Dhirendra K. Jha

Ayodhya, 22-23 December, 1949. This is the untold story of that fateful night, when a small group of religious activists stole into the Babri Masjid to place an idol of Ramlalla under the main dome, the night that shaped India’s modern political history. This is the testimony of the few who survive to tell the tale.