Features

Death by Dreams in Kota

Aditya Iyer

Long known as India’s coaching capital, Kota has been rocked by a spate of student suicides—twenty-seven to date this year. Aditya Iyer travels to the Rajasthani city in search of answers

Hope Abandoned

Rahul Pandita

Peace has become all the more elusive in Manipur

Mandal seeks a comeback against Kamandal

Rajeev Deshpande

The opposition hopes the Bihar caste survey will revive the Mandal debate but BJP’s Hindutva-plus model has changed the ground rules

Small Talk

Madhavankutty Pillai

On a Union minister asking for a break-up of Uttar Pradesh

Jon Fosse: Master of Mystic Realism

Nandini Nair

The Norwegian author wins the Nobel Prize in literature for his linguistic inventiveness

No Full Stops for Modi

Open

Instead of giving himself what would have been a well-deserved break, Modi immediately attended public events that included a visit to BJP’s headquarters

Nobel for Pioneers in Covid Vaccine

Madhavankutty Pillai

Notebook

Form and Spirit

Aditya Iyer

Not only will Rohit Sharma live the childhood dream of playing an ODI World Cup at home over the next couple of months, but he will do so as the captain of the number one team in the world