Maharashtra

Not the Typical Saas-Bahu Serial Writer

Haima Deshpande

Maharashtra Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan has the most unusual of hobbies.

To Skewer the Admission Skew

Haima Deshpande

Maharashtra is doing its utmost to unfairly favour its own state board students for college admissions. Stop this nonsense.

Handshake Muck Rake

Haima Deshpande

The Congress’ backroom deals with Raj Thackeray’s MNS in Maharashtra has put the grand old party in a fix in faraway Bihar.

Census Sets OBC Politics Astir

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.

India This Week

arindam

Love the Animals, Hug the Butchers; Maharashtra’s Missing Girls; Kerala BJP Looks up to Bangalore; Return of the Mother of All Monitors; Revenge Politics

Khadoos Manoos

Haima Deshpande

Why is the famous port city that once opened itself to the world turning increasingly petty?

The New Black Gold

Haima Deshpande

Suddenly there is a huge demand for earthworms, and people who are producing them are getting rich.

The Complex Maharashtrian

Akshay Sawai

Most Maharashtrians look down upon ‘leaders’ like Raj Thackeray, but he is politically successful because of a strange Marathi gene.

Rooms with a View

Haima Deshpande

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