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The Evil Joke

S Prasannarajan

Éric Vuillard, the 2017 winner of Prix Goncourt, returns to the pathologies of the past in what could be the smallest novel—and one of the most powerful-- ever written on the Nazi project

The Rise of Hindu Populism

From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi

Ballot in Bastar

Where the people’s choice swings between hope and fear. Siddharth Singh reports from what was once a notorious Maoist village in Chhattisgarh

Cavils without Context

Tharoor doesn’t even try to get into Modi’s mind

Which Way Will Behenji Go?

For now, Mayawati has decided to ditch the Congress in assembly elections for three states. But her 2019 plan is under wraps

Art of the Possible

Politics, the perils of democratic systems and the role of institutions

The Conqueror of Destiny

A search in Benares for Brahmins, the twice-born, leads to an encounter with a young member of the aristocracy of the mind

Dissent in the Desert

The irony of Jamal Khashoggi’s dissent doesn’t minimise the tribal brutalism of the Kingdom

KT Rama Rao: Chief Executive of a Startup State

KT Rama Rao, the heir apparent in Telangana, wants to set a national example on welfare

Deborah Baker: Portraits of Passion

The lives of poets and explorers in the twilight of the Raj

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