Features

Manmad Problem

Haima Deshpande

The oil mafia in Maharashtra is so powerful that even resistant petrol retailers are forced to join the adulteration racket

Sex, Lies and Pugmarks

Jay Mazoomdaar

For decades, foresters have relied on pugmarks to tell the gender and identity of tigers. But pugs often lie, as they did in Corbett recently. Open tracks a few alpha males with ‘female’ footprints

I Want a Gun

Avirook Sen

Women who covet that weapon and other stories of a bold new pursuit

Indonesia’s Barter Model Pays Dividends

Shailendra Tyagi

Having averaged about 5.5 per cent growth over the past five years, Indonesia now nurtures a desire to join the BRIC league.

Much Ado about Nothing

Haima Deshpande

Prithiviraj Chavan’s code of conduct for ministers has little meaning

Governor Needs Scrutiny

Anil Budur Lulla

HR Bhardwaj’s decision may well be the right one, but his methods set an unfortunate precedent

Muslim in America: The New Stigma

David Lepeska

With Congressional hearings on radicalisation looming, Islamophobia is on the rise in the US

If This Isn’t ‘Rarest of Rare’, What Is?

Jatin Gandhi

A father and his two children watched each other burn to death

Starbucks’ Indian Beach-head

Adam Matthews

What does Starbucks’ entry mean for the roughly half-a-million Indian farmers who grow coffee and 600,000 others involved in roasting, trading and other corollary industries?