The spiritual and the political at the Kumbh Mela
Books
The slow but steady transformation of the East India Company from a trading entity to a ruling body in India
An empathetic account of the history of conflict in Kashmir
Guest Column
It is single-handedly responsible for the dominance of foreign capital in Indian start-ups
Cinema
A refreshingly different film on a subject not normally trodden by mainstream cinema
Politics
West Bengal chief minister hobnobs with the capital's media
Locomotif
Sometimes it takes a maid as stoic as Cleo to scrub away the remains of Latin America’s Dirty Wars
Cover Stories
A global projection of Hinduism’s soft power
The spiritual is at its most spectacular when sadhus, seers, seekers, nirvana junkies and tourists of religious kitsch descend on Hinduism’s biggest carnival. Aditya Iyer goes to the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj
ANGLE
Asking Amol Palekar to not go off-topic reflects a peculiar Indian paranoia