Chhattisgarh

Straining At the Fringes

Siddharth Singh

Away from the humdrum of noisy electioneering, on three edges of the country—Kashmir, the Assam border and the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh—democracy faces different varieties of disenchantment that are hard to undo

Bastar: Guns and Roads

Siddharth Singh

After nearly two decades of violence, Bastar now has a semblance of normalcy but this has more to do with individual choices than ideological leanings

Rahul Gandhi: A Challenger Is Born

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Rahul Gandhi shows he has what it takes

Election Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

The BJP will bounce back from this setback

Rahul’s Day

Amita Shah

The Congress president has written a great revival story

Defenders of the Faith

S Prasannarajan

No election can remain local when Modi is still the only argument that concentrates the mind of India

Wild Lives

Adil Bhat

A personal portrait of tribal sensitivity

Ballot in Bastar

Siddharth Singh

Where the people’s choice swings between hope and fear. Siddharth Singh reports from what was once a notorious Maoist village in Chhattisgarh

Which Way Will Behenji Go?

Rahul Pandita

For now, Mayawati has decided to ditch the Congress in assembly elections for three states. But her 2019 plan is under wraps

Death in the Evening

Rahul Pandita

The dreams of two young men from adjacent villages on either side of the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border ended in tragedy. Rahul Pandita reports from Bhadrachalam