politics

Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad: The Fraying of Brotherhood

Kumar Anshuman

What has gone wrong between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad?

Anupam Kher: “The Day I Want to Join Politics, I Will Do It Shouting at the Top of My Voice”

Madhavankutty Pillai

Anupam Kher in conversation with Madhavankutty Pillai

The Define Comedy

S Prasannarajan

What unites kitschy nationalists and secular fundamentalists?

What Keeps Anupam Kher Provoked?

Madhavankutty Pillai

A portrait of India’s most voluble actor

Uttarakhand: The Hills Have Eyes

PR Ramesh

Lessons for Congress from Uttarakhand

The Legend of Sharmila

Sudeep Chakravarti

And the dynamics of Manipur

IAS: The House Slaves of India

Madhavankutty Pillai

Why IAS officers refuse to win a cricket match against a chief minister

Have You Passed the Nationalism Test?

Shiv Visvanathan

A democracy can do without fan clubs and vigilante crowds

Oommen Chandy: Disgrace

Shahina KK

Oommen Chandy, the Kerala Chief Minister with a cultivated Mr Clean image, may not recover from the latest twist to the sleaze-and-bribery scam

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