Features

Gritty Gloss

Kabeer Sharma

Indian fashion photography is not just about good looks anymore. Getting down and dirty is in vogue

Class of 2009

Pallavi Polanki

Graduation day is here but there’s no party this year. You’ve heard the IIM-IIT story. Here’s a report from real India, beyond the big campuses

On the 26th of November, among those who were massacred by the terrorists was one Sunil Thackeray. All that was known about him then was that he sold omelettes. This is his story. Told by his love, Salma

The Death Debate

Venkata Vemuri

A controversy erupts over open air cremation as a Hindu and Sikh tradition seeks a reprieve from British law

Wit Com

Sudha G Tilak

Two new laughter TV channels are doing well in Tamil Nadu. Similar fare awaits Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam viewers. Comedy is serious business in the south

The Bell Tolls for Obama

David Lepeska

Just ten weeks in office, President Obama is facing monumental pressures and an agenda that seems to expand daily. As his policy dreams collide with the hard reality of government, attacks pour in

Rahul Gandhi Corporation

Jatin Gandhi

It has no balance sheet, but talks balance. It has no earnings, but forecasts electoral dividends. It is an exercise in management, but what it can manage is an interesting question. Here’s the team that runs the leader’s show

The Edifice Complex

Shivam Vij

Mayawati wants to reshape Lucknow’s landscape for future generations to marvel at. Or, given her current political ambitions, are her motives far more immediate?