politics
God Has Left Politics
Hartosh Singh Bal
There’s proof Indians are becoming more religious. Yet the days of politics based on religion seem to be over. What happened?
Where Did Dr No-No Go?
Ambumani Ramadoss shook up TV screens and then vanished. Here’s a look at a politician and a party that miscalculated their future badly.
The Girl Who Dared
A Kashmiri who fell in love with a Jammu businessman across the religious divide seeks justice after he was killed by the police in Srinagar.
My Crippled Testimony
It’s a 999-page report. It took 17 years, cost Rs 8 crore and had 399 sittings with depositions from 33 Commission witnesses, 53 Central Government witnesses and 14 defence witnesses—100 in all. As one of those hundred, I want to have my say. In full. So here it is.
The Bellary Alarum
The BJP is riven again as the Reddy brothers bay for the head of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. Earthy interests lie at the heart of their rebellion
The Muslim Marxist
Modi’s communist admirer is contesting a bypoll on a Congress ticket. If anyone understands AP Abdulla Kutty, do write in.
India This Week
BJP-SAD discord; Smoking fines; Condom as an election symbol; Naxal plans backfire; Land-related carnage in Bihar
Anyone Seen Her Lately?
The Lady of Poes Garden has vanished from Chennai to a little known tea garden in the Nilgiris. Tamil politics awaits her return, stars willing.
Andhra’s Suicide Frenzy
Nearly 50 suicides and 300 heart attacks. It’s the toll news of YSR’s death has taken in the state
Amid Flying Bricks and Rubble
The party that Lal Krishna Advani built so dedicatedly for so long has started coming apart and the ‘iron man’ is still at the centre of it all, whether partymen and the RSS want him there or not
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