Features

Pakistan’s General Problem

Mohammad Hanif

How Pakistan’s Generals turned the country into an international jihadi tourist resort

Self-Goal Parivar

Jatin Gandhi

The BJP has worked hard this past week: jumping to Baba Ramdev’s support before deciding the party line on the man, demanding a special session of Parliament on corruption, re-inducting Uma Bharati. Not to mention, dancing gracelessly at an ill-attended satyagraha in Delhi

This Rage will Change Our Politics

Hartosh Singh Bal

Hazare and Ramdev are comic sideshows. The real target is the pervasive greed this Congress regime is happy to condone

Silencing Dissent

Rahul Pandita

The Chhattisgarh government speaks of banning civil rights group PUCL

The Tearful CM

Anil Budur Lulla

Tears, black magic and trips to the temple have dominated BS Yeddyurappa’s three years in office. But will he last now?

Find the Rich, Feed the Poor

Shailendra Tyagi

According to the Economic Survey, 40-55 per cent of PDS stocks are diverted to the open market

The Last Indian Vultures

Meera Subramaniam

What will happen when they are gone? A carcass dump in Bikaner, where feral dogs have become abundant, gives ominous notice

Baskin’ in Peace At Last

Rahul Pandita

A summer of tourists and Baskin Robbins ice-cream

Where are the Birds Going?

Shubhangi Swarup

One Northern Shovelor went to Bihar instead of the Arctic. The patterns of bird migration in India are going awry

The Revolution’s New Leaf

Hartosh Singh Bal

With a little help from the Tata Group, man has managed to replicate photosynthesis in a lab. In the future, you could well have an artificial leaf powering a house in an Indian village