Features

In Search of the Average Indian

Shubhangi Swarup

We set off for what the Survey of India pinpoints as the centre of India, and found him. And her. Wondrously, they happen to be married

Clouds on the Horizon

Anil Budur Lulla

The Indian infotech industry is under intense pricing pressure globally. It may even have to rethink its very business model

I Tweet, So I Am

Kamla Bhatt

Keep it short. That is Twitter’s message for you. Yet, in just three years, it has already got millions talking

Reverse Swing

KA Shaji

In yet another U-turn, Jayalalithaa has warped the electoral pitch in Tamil Nadu by declaring support for the Sri Lankan Tamil dream of an independent Eelam

Clueless in Dharmanagri

Rahul Pandita

Alienated Muslims seek refuge in conspiracy theories, while aimless Hindu youth look up to Ramlalla, the deity BJP owes its rise to

Between a Block and a Hard Place

Jatin Gandhi

Whichever way the BJP chooses to go, it senses trouble. It’s an unenviable problem for a party that rose so dramatically to power not so long ago

For the first time in human history, more people live in urban spaces than in rural. But confronted by ecological and other civic challenges, our cities will have to adapt dramatically. What might they look like in time to come?

The BSP Billionaires

Shivam Vij

The party of the downtrodden is fielding candidates rolling in wealth. Just what’s the election plan?

Prodigal Reruns

Open

A story of filial loyalty and political ambition in which ‘Hitler’ doles out biryani to counter Stalin

Up in the Air

Dhirendra K. Jha

A roundup of post-poll government formation possibilities explains why the political fission caused by the nuclear deal may bring Mayawati to the fore