Oommen Chandy: Disgrace

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

Lalu Prasad Yadav: A Caricature in Search of a Cartoon

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political journey of farce is almost over

The Return of Rage

Discontent in Kashmir deepens as the PDP-BJP government loses its way

THE FREEDOM ISSUE

S Prasannarajan • Pratap Bhanu Mehta • Swapan Dasgupta • Shashi Tharoor • Tunku Varadarajan • Shiv Visvanathan • Priyamvada Gopal • TM Krishna • Ullekh NP • Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Aresh Shirali • Sonali Acharjee • Shreya Sethuraman

EDITOR’S NOTE

A political leadership that realises the sanctity of individual autonomy and the limits of the state is all the more relevant today

Of Shashi and Shanta

Tharoor and Kumar are united by a familiar trait of controlled democracy

Dravidian-Hindutva axis in Tamil Nadu: The slow death of the Periyar atheist

End of an Aura

An academic take on the last years of Indira Gandhi fails to capture her impact on Indian politics

MODI, RAHUL, KEJRIWAL: THREE IDEAS OF LEADERSHIP

This is the story of three leaders in search of one India, still impatient