Does religion make for nicer human beings? A number of scientific studies say so
Cinema
The film is distinctly ‘unfunny’
Kirti Kulhari's nuanced performance holds your attention and makes this film watchable
Dispatch
The dead and the missing in the ruins of this historical city merge into the larger narrative of the future of the Islamic State
Politics
Pinarayi Vijayan, the strongman of the Kerala CPM, puts the Congress-friendly Sitaram Yechury in his place
Cover Stories
It may be a world ravaged by religious fury but several secular scientific studies show that faith makes people compassionate and socially responsible
Locomotif
In the end, there was only one man left to play the morality script in Bihar
ANGLE
The driverless car is an inevitability, even if Nitin Gadkari won’t allow it in India
Column
Humour lost on netas and the media under Modi Raj