The Kovind effect
Cinema
This is an average film, but it will have its niche audience
The movie is an absorbing watch, and very well acted
Cover Stories
From the election of Ram Nath Kovind as the next President to the unravelling in Bihar to the impending Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq, Modi sets the terms for the big battle even as the Congress sinks deeper into irrelevance
Locomotif
Politics today, as a genre in creativity, is as good as the original works in other realms of the human mind, be it fiction or philosophy
Geography and ideological pedigree make M Venkaiah Naidu the perfect choice
Quiet dignity
Essay
India’s evolution is held back by a deep institutional malaise
ANGLE
In the war between employers and domestic helps, there is only one winner