Features

Touch and Go

Basharat Peer

India is losing Kashmir. This much is clear

The Desperation of the Marathi Groom

Haima Deshpande

With women fast becoming an endangered species in rural Maharashtra, it’s hard to find a bride here.

Tale of Two Takeovers

Shailendra Tyagi

Fancy taking over a company? Vedanta’s bid for Cairn India and BHP Billiton’s bid for PotashCorp offer differing lessons on how to. And how not to

The Fading Away of Parents

Akshay Sawai

You may not have shared a great relationship with your parents. But even at the mere thought of their passing away, the world around you will collapse.

Tender Loving Counsel

Avantika Bhuyan

A young team of four law students across three continents is helping shape important legislation as they make their way through Indian Parliament.

The Fall of Hyderabad

Gautam Pemmaraju

On the 62nd anniversary of this princely state’s surrender to the Indian Union, a look back at the trail of events that led up to it.

Killing Panna’s Poster Cubs

Jay Mazoomdaar

Exposed: a monitoring team kept Panna’s only male from his cubs for four months after birth.

Slightly built they may be, but you’d be a fool to take them lightly. Battle-hardened, fiercely committed to their cause and proud of the identity the movement gives them, the woman Maoists here are every bit as fierce as their male comrades.