Features

New Bee in India’s Bonnet

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

It’s one of the most audacious auditing attempts on earth, putting nature on the balance sheet. Pavan Sukhdev, head of the UN Green Economy Initiative in Nagoya talks about India’s move towards a natural wealth economy

Parody Central

Shougat Dasgupta

What Obama has done to America is visible in what its comedians are saying. Take, for example, two avowedly apolitical rallies recently held in the US capital

Life in a Sugar Sac

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

As diabetes during pregnancy imperils more and more babies in Indian wombs, doctors pledge an all-out effort to return life to normalcy

Killing Them with Kindness

Jay Mazoomdaar

Animal welfare is not conservation. That is why our emotional meddling, however well intentioned, poses a menace to wildlife

A Politician’s Guide to Fate-tampering

Haima Deshpande

The Maharashtra Chief Minister recently changed his name from Ashok to Ashokrao to bring himself luck. He’s not the only politician trying to manipulate his destiny using numbers, gemstones and crystal turtles

Bad News from Below

Jaideep Mazumdar

The crumbling Metro Rail of Kolkata is hurting Mamata Banerjee’s image in the state

Memories of Another Visit

Rahul Pandita

Between the Clinton and Obama visits, US perceptions of Indian security haven’t changed

What to Expect When You are Expecting Obama

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Preparations for Barack Obama’s impending visit are in full swing, though shrouded in secrecy

Persecuted in Pakistan

Huma Imtiaz

Forced to flee by the Taliban, they remain haplessly homeless in a country where space for minorities has shrunk alarmingly

Love and Longing in China

Adam Matthews

For all its lack of democracy and muffling of dissidence, the People’s Republic seems to be doing just fine. The pride its youth display in their homeland could be the envy of regimes anywhere