deaths

Death on the Tracks

V Shoba

As Bengaluru continues to grow, so does the toll along its railway tracks—claimed by accident, despair, or simply the lack of a safer path

The Lethal Panic

Madhavankutty Pillai

Stampedes, a recurring phenomenon in India, are paradoxical in the instinct for self-preservation itself fuelling the danger

Moscow’s Misdirection on Azeri Plane Crash

Sudeep Paul

Russia has a history of shooting down civilian aircraft

The Killing Commute

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why are 50,000 deaths in 20 years acceptable in Mumbai’s local train travel?

Bolts from the Blue

Lhendup G Bhutia

Is climate change turning lightning into a big killer in India?

More than 120 devotees who had come to seek his blessings were killed in a stampede on July 2. Open travels to Hathras, the site of the tragedy, and follow the trail to his birthplace in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj to unravel the power and mystery of the godman