For now, Mayawati has decided to ditch the Congress in assembly elections for three states. But her 2019 plan is under wraps
A search in Benares for Brahmins, the twice-born, leads to an encounter with a young member of the aristocracy of the mind
The irony of Jamal Khashoggi’s dissent doesn’t minimise the tribal brutalism of the Kingdom
KT Rama Rao, the heir apparent in Telangana, wants to set a national example on welfare
As democracy returns to the Maldives, fresh hope has arisen in a country that had lapsed into dictatorship. Omkar Khandekar reports from the victor’s exile camp in Colombo