Bihar Elections: The Grand Finale

RSS: The Bhagwat Way

Mythicised or misunderstood, RSS is an organisation whose influence is a permanent topic of contention. Its doors seldom open to outsiders, its leaders hardly speak to the public, and, at 90, it is still steeped in secrecy and moulded by a culture of austerity and discipline. Is the Sangh changing faster under the leadership of Mohan Bhagwat, the possible reforms including its attitude towards Muslims and women? Advaita Kala gains access to the cloistered world of RSS

Into Africa

The summit is worth the investment but India will have to ensure that it remains relevant to the needs of a rapidly changing continent

What’s the Writers’ Problem: Modi or Intolerance?

Behind the moral howl

The Liberation Struggle of Bihar

The BJP stands to gain from a revolt brewing among Dalits, lower Backwards and a section of upper OBCs against the political clout of Yadavs and Kurmis

A Lynching in Dadri

The killing of a man over rumours of beef eating in a western UP village brings out the worst instincts of electoral politics and casts a shadow on the modernisation programme of the Prime Minister

Modi’s Perception War

Modi has to regain the argument at home by not letting the mad men of the Hindu Right undermine his ambition

Piyush Pandey: Fortune Seller

The ad genius who has sold Modi and more

Modi and Pope Francis: India’s Evangelist and God’s Pauper in a Moral Fable

Behold the Digital Deliverer

Modi dazzles the smartest in Silicon Valley