Features

Republic of Divides

Basharat Peer

Rock music, English satire, mansions with private guards and big guns. Meanwhile, students work as shoeshine boys. And death threats are issued on FM radio. A journey into a country of contradictions

Giving Kasab a Chance

CP Surendran

We are looking for a way to kill Ajmal Kasab. And we will find one soon. But the case for keeping him alive is equally strong

It’s Only Words

Rahul Bhatia

Waiters, drivers and watchmen in Mumbai are all writing Hindi film scripts. And they are waiting for that call that will change their lives forever. The one that never comes

For a Holiday from Men

Shubhangi Swarup

Many Indian women nurse a desire to travel alone, without boyfriends, husbands or fathers ‘guarding’ them. But why is that so hard?

A Hilly Odyssey

Jaideep Mazumdar

A journey in a ‘bulletproof’ train on one of the most dangerous rail routes

Drinking the World

Ninad D. Sheth

Foreign brews are filling up our cellars, uncorking a new drinking culture and giving the industry a peg up

War and Pieces

Sudeep Chakravarti

Cricket crazed they may well be, but Sri Lankans live in a country at war with itself. If President Rajapaksa sees reason, enduring peace and an economic boom await India’s island neighbour

Something Fishy

arindam

Tandoori pomfret, tuna sushi, bhapa ilish and sardine sandwiches. Meal time may never be the same with all these species vanishing

Makeover Man

CP Surendran

The suit is out. Dhoti in. English out, Malayalam in. Former UN bureaucrat and Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor is a changed man. But will that take him where he wants to go?