A Star is Born. Again

Kaveree Bamzai

Smriti Irani is back in the arc lights, 25 years after she became a television sensation. The full-time politician and part-time actor speaks to

Prada Wears Kolhapuri

Lhendup G Bhutia

Will the luxury brand’s faux pas and belated acknowledgement revive the Kolhapuri sandal?

The Vijay Sena

Aditya Iyer

Tamil superstar-turned-politician Vijay has mobilised his vast spread of fan clubs into a political army

The Silence Breakers of Kashmir

Ashish Sharma

They were ostracised as informers and denied the dignity of burying their dead in village cemeteries. These surviving family members of victims of terror are finally speaking up and an attentive state is listening to their stories

An Inevitable Exit

Rajeev Deshpande

Jagdeep Dhankhar’s fall was sudden but it was preceded by a fraying of relations with BJP as his sense of hurt and grievances grew, leaving him increasingly isolated

Chhangur Baba: The New Faith Merchant

PR Ramesh

How a small-time vendor of prophecies and talismans from Uttar Pradesh came to run one of the biggest mass conversion rackets in India

Divided Over Gaza

Anat Bernstein-Reich

Netanyahu's government hangs by a thread as the Ultra-Orthodox parties walk out while the prolonged conflict keeps widening the political chasm in Israel