The Holy River is in its terminal phase as public apathy and gross ecological violations squeeze its future. This is not alarmism. It may die sooner than you think
MG Vaidya on what ails Advani, Modi and the BJP at large. Also, his set of remedies
The party’s conclave was intended to sort out some of its problems. Instead it seems to have compounded them
Though fighting oppression in West Bengal, Maoists are busy oppressing their own cadres in Jharkhand. Dissent is not an option in their ideology
The police orders are to ‘flush out’ Maoists, and since actual militiamen are hard to locate the State forces end up treating every villager as a closet Maoist. It all adds up to further alienation
The Indian pharma gameplan appears more like irrational overreach and less like an achievement
A guide on how to make the US your new home, real quick
In India for a Nat Geo assignment, photographer Steve McCurry rebuts criticism that he is a one-image wonder
A bank clerk goes deep into the jungle in search of birdsong despite threats of bears and tigers, and a miffed wife
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