Mahatma Gandhi

A Loss of Character

Swapan Dasgupta

The wild onrush of individualism and the vanishing sense of national purpose. Can India avert a moral decline?

Among the Believers

Omkar Khandekar

A temple for Narendra Modi and other shrines for politicians. A pilgrimage

The Shock and Awe Blogger

Madhavankutty Pillai

Markandey Katju and the utility of being outspoken

Nothing Is Sacred

Ullekh NP

Mohan Bhagwat’s criticism of Mother Teresa and the debate that followed bring out the twisted logic of Indian liberals

Memories of Champaran

Tufail Ahmad

Despite its vital historical role in the freedom movement, Champaran has been reduced to history textbooks

Where Gandhi Became the Mahatma

PR Ramesh

This village, where Gandhi put satyagraha to test for the first time in India, was until recently a crime haven. Signs of recovery are visible now

An Equal Faith

MG Radhakrishnan

Gandhi used a temple agitation in Kerala to make it a larger movement for independence. The shrine of Shiva, an architectural marvel, continues to attract believers and nature lovers

Where the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

When Indian soldiers defended what God abandoned and risked their life in the faraway fields of the First World War a century ago

Arundhati Roy’s ahistorical fiction

MGS Narayanan

How the novelist in her simplistic rhetoric on caste got Gandhi wrong

For Amrita Gandhi, being Mahatma Gandhi’s great-granddaughter is as casual a fact of life as the Rs 30,000 she’s not entirely sure of spending on redoing her couch. She admires Bapu’s frugality, but it so happens that her calling in life turned out to be tracking the lifestyles of India’s erstwhile royals