Features

Those whom Naxals Kill

Jaideep Mazumdar

While the country bellyaches about the Naxal menace, who speaks for the poverty-stricken victims out there in the wilderness?

Troubled at Home

Dhirendra K. Jha

India’s Home Minister is getting it from all sides. If the Maoist menace is not a headache enough, he’s got critics on his back, angry colleagues, and even jealous vibes within the Congress to fend off.

Britain’s New Coalition

Venkata Vemuri

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to share power with David Cameron as PM and Nick Clegg as his deputy. This experiment could nudge electoral reforms along that democrats worldwide would be watching.

Backward Intervention

Alam Srinivas

The Supreme Court’s decision on the Ambani brothers’ gas fight represents a pyrrhic victory for Mukesh, a loss for Anil and a big win for politicians harking back to the Licence Raj.

Business Briefing 15/05

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Indecent Mobile Proposal; Slow Down but Never Give Up; Services Rising

The Worst Session Ever

Jatin Gandhi

Indian Parliament, once the pride of the country’s founding fathers, has been reduced to a sorry spectacle. And how

India This Week

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A Chinese Takeaway in Madhya Pradesh; Hooda’s Dalit Sympathy Overdrive; Who’ll Come to Beseiged Manipur’s Aid? Shooting the Messenger

Warren Buffett’s Fall From Grace

Sandipan Deb

His golden rule is ‘Never lose money’. He also said it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. Has he finally ruined his own?

The Persistence of Caste

Hartosh Singh Bal

From Buddha to Ambedkar, some of our most outstanding minds have tried to fight caste. Why doesn’t it go away, and why are we so afraid to take note of it?

Summer Relief

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

At 40º C if you can’t handle the heat, it’s time to get out of the plains. But where to? We squinted at the globe, stared at the map and called the experts to come up with a summer travel menu of places that’ll re-sap your spirits. Read on for where to smell the wildflowers, listen to the stomp of wildebeest and how to jump off an aircraft so you can hurtle earthwards at 200 kmph.