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The Other Headlines and Battles

Soma Wadhwa

…that women in India will have to fight outside Parliament and the armed forces.

A Losing Battle

Ninad D. Sheth

There are brave forest officers who are doing their utmost to save Indian wildlife from poachers. But even their best efforts could prove too little, too late.

Diplomatic Convergence

Ninad D. Sheth

Moscow and New Delhi are updating an old friendship. Vladimir Putin’s visit to India has made that much clear.

Avenues of Angst

Jaideep Mazumdar

Traffic blockades in Kolkata are part and parcel of the city’s daily routine. If there’s a cause, you can be sure there’ll be a holdup.

The more things change…

Jatin Gandhi

Party president Nitin Gadkari has set up a new team to revive the BJP, but if the party needed a break from the past, this is certainly not it.

How the Blade Killed the Aftershave

Akshay Sawai

Or how the lotion stopped being the ‘mark of a man’ and the many reasons why it is only remembered as a daddy’s product now.

“We can’t disable our hidden brain”

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Author Shankar Vedantam on the mental prejudice-graph which kicks in as early as age three, how it influences stock markets and why it turns some into suicide bombers.

Matua Millions for Mamata

Jaideep Mazumdar

A 12.5 million-strong sect in Bengal has ditched the Left and might vote en bloc for Didi because their guru wants them to.

The Case for Strategic Silence

Ninad D. Sheth

It is a matter of concern that our Defence Minister reacts to most problems saying it’s a “matter of concern”. High time he stopped being just concerned and did something.

One of India’s most powerful politicians is killed by his brother. Son goes on drug orgy, friend dies. Killer brother dies in jail. Now son gets married on reality TV. Here is a family that is stranger than fiction.