The Class of Covid

Columns

Connecting Point

Jayanta Ghosal

Within a short period, AK Sharma has become the main communication bridge between the UP government and the PMO

Cover Stories

Nandini Nair

For Generation Z, the last two years have forced a shift in perspectives and priorities. A chronicle of how college students survived the pandemic

Columns

“New” Politics

Virendra Kapoor

The young poet-politician Kumar Vishwas is top on Kejriwal’s list of people to be fixed

Columns

China’s Great Leap Backward

Minhaz Merchant

Why Modi is unlikely to please Xi with a Beijing visit

Feature

Shiv Kumar Sharma (1938-2022): The Sound of Kashmir

Kaveree Bamzai

The santoor maestro epitomises the dictum that music has no religion

Feature

The Fall of the Brothers Rajapaksa

Ullekh NP

Can the newly elected, mild-mannered Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe be a rainmaker?

Columns

Unintended Consequences

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why no one wants to bell the marital rape criminalisation cat

Feature

A Matter of Marcos

Sudeep Paul

The scion of a notorious dynasty brings his family full circle

Columns

The Ultimate Soul Service

Makarand R Paranjape

Hindutva and Swaraj II

Columns

A Boon for Paris 2024

Boria Majumdar

The postponement of the Asian Games is good news for Indian athletes

Essay

It’s Time for a New Hindu-Muslim Deal

Hasan Suroor

...because Indian secularism was doomed to fail