Features

Test Tube Tales from Far Afield

Avantika Bhuyan

Ageing couples with IVF babies are the toast of their villages. But the joy has not always lasted

The Man Who Dares to Bare

Pallavi Polanki

On the fifth anniversary of India’s Right to Information Act, it’s time to ask: does it work? Judge from the story of one of India’s bravest RTI activists, Kheemaram, who has filed nearly 400 applications, shaken up his village and suffered a series of attacks and death threats

Wrong Again on Kashmir

Rahul Pandita

The Centre’s interlocutors lack what is needed for useful talks

Man Who Can’t Stay Aloof

Jatin Gandhi

Bhardwaj: Karnataka Governor, Congress headache

Of the BJP, by the BJP

Anil Budur Lulla

The politics of pelf returns to haunt Karnataka’s ruling party

Such a Long Journey

Open

From the book by Rohinton Mistry

Sena’s Literary Pursuit

Haima Deshpande

Aditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena’s new cub, engineers another shameful act of censorship

The Tigress Who Stalks

Ninad D. Sheth

The story of Machli, the world’s most famous tigress, is nearing an end. A tribute

A Fertile Mind

Deepthy Menon

Robert Edwards’ Nobel Prize speaks not only of his genius, but also of how well test tube babies have been received worldwide. It has taken time, and when faced with early opposition to his work, it helped that he never lost his sense of humour.

My Settlement with NewsX

Avirook Sen

Television channel NewsX was a high-profile venture with Vir Sanghvi at the helm. But all of a sudden the promoters turned against the journos. Its executive editor was called to the office basement, intimidated, presented with a resignation letter to sign and threatened with a string of charges that belatedly included surfing porn on the office laptop. Then came redemption