Features

Yellow Card for Karat

Dhirendra K. Jha

How Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee blew his top at a Politburo meeting, and how Prakash Karat was served an unprecedented warning by his party.

The War is On

Rahul Pandita

With Azad’s killing, the Centre has lost a big opportunity for peace with Maoists.

A think tank report warns that India is poised on the brink of anarchy, that we could hurtle very fast into an ungovernable mess. Worst case scenario? But highly plausible. The signs are all around us.

Light at Last

Jatin Gandhi

It has taken a while, but the Rohtang Tunnel project could alter everything, from defence to tourism—unless ecological degradation gets in the way.

To Skewer the Admission Skew

Haima Deshpande

Maharashtra is doing its utmost to unfairly favour its own state board students for college admissions. Stop this nonsense.

Operation Red Hunt

Jaideep Mazumdar

The despondent Left in West Bengal may be in for some real trouble real soon. The Congress and Trinamool are working towards an alliance to oust them from power in the state.

The Good, the Bad and the Difficult

Dhirendra K. Jha

The Congress’ bold new gameplan to win UP and Bihar polls involves setting up ‘third front’ alternatives to dominant regional parties in these states.

Porn for All Seasons

Akshay Sawai

Once upon a time, men used to outgrow porn. But now, the internet ensures that men of all ages simply cannot renounce such a beautiful thing. Executives, dentists, bureaucrats, surgeons, editors and a host of important men become boys by night.

Conflict Cuisine

Jatin Gandhi

A Pittsburgh restaurant that stretches the limits of American palatability. It serves food from a country at conflict with the US, peppered with a hearty sprinkling of discussion.