Goa: Coastal Anxiety

The Doon Spool

It’s advantage BJP and a rudderless Congress has no counter-argument

Punjab: The Lonely Battles of Land and Limb

Wooed but still orphaned, Dalits are not swayed by the mainstream parties. Rahul Pandita travels in the Malwa region to find out why

Punjab: A State of Flux

A beleaguered ruling party is set against a slothful opposition

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Punjab: A River Runs Through It

A Supreme Court verdict has handed a live-wire issue to politicians in an otherwise dull election season in Punjab

Political Fortunes

The ideological colours of money

Return of the Brahmin

Who will win the race for the highest caste vote in UP? Kumar Anshuman reports on a community’s struggle to regain political glory

PV Narasimha Rao: The Saga of the Southerner

An anecdotal portrait of the PV Narasimha Rao you may not know

Arguments Never Die

Ramachandra Guha’s travels in the shifting sands of history