Features

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.

Why India has No Paparazzi

Rahul Bhatia

The economics of candid celeb shoots puts red-hot paparazzism far beyond our reach in India.

Caste Calculus Held Hostage

Dhirendra K. Jha

The recent hostage crisis may have shifted Bihar’s delicate caste equations. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reason to worry.

Old Tricks, New Battle

Dhirendra K. Jha

The VHP’s call to a Hindu ‘awakening’. Mob violence in Uttar Pradesh. Fearful minorities. The Ramjanambhoomi Movement is back. Whether it will work is less certain.

A Fight to the End

Hartosh Singh Bal

No court or historian is ever likely to resolve this dispute.

Can’t Get No Self-Satisfaction

Lakshmi Chaudhry

In this age of liberty, women talking about sexual intercourse raises few eyebrows. But the practice or open discussion of masturbation somehow remains a largely male domain.