The Voodoo Vote

Fault Lines and False Notes

Communal resentment still simmers in volatile western UP and no party is averse to harvesting it

Sampat Pal: The Lady in Pink

The tattered legacy of a revolution casts a shadow over the Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal’s struggle for political legitimacy

Freedom Fight in Rampur

It’s a difficult choice for Muslims as the battle between the Nawabs and the Khans intensifies

Indraprastha

The importance of Ahmed Patel, the need to be Twitotallers, and the uses of gifts

Goa: Coastal Anxiety

Will new players spoil the party?

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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