Haima Deshpande
In Maharashtra, old foes join hands across an ideological divide to make the most of a chance to consolidate Other Backward Caste votes.
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Why is the famous port city that once opened itself to the world turning increasingly petty?
Suddenly there is a huge demand for earthworms, and people who are producing them are getting rich.
Most Maharashtrians look down upon ‘leaders’ like Raj Thackeray, but he is politically successful because of a strange Marathi gene.
At Manora, the 16-storey MLA hostel in south Mumbai, legislators quarrel over getting sea-facing quarters.
Believe it or not, Raj Thackeray’s MNS is wooing Muslims in Maharashtra even as it attacks Hindi speaking leaders like Abu Azmi. The party spies votes in yet another divide—and Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena seems ready to follow suit
A national sugar crisis. An Assembly election in Maharashtra. For better or worse, they’re closely entwined.
A bank clerk goes deep into the jungle in search of birdsong despite threats of bears and tigers, and a miffed wife
Abused and ailing donkeys have found a home in interior Maharashtra. Raising funds for a donkey sanctuary, though, is a problem