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125 Years of Babasaheb: Editor’s Note

S Prasannarajan

We have made most of our heroes question-proof. We have made them private collections, labelled and indexed. Thoughts on Ambedkar’s 125th anniversary

Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad: The Fraying of Brotherhood

What has gone wrong between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad?

The Define Comedy

What unites kitschy nationalists and secular fundamentalists?

What Keeps Anupam Kher Provoked?

A portrait of India’s most voluble actor

Uttarakhand: The Hills Have Eyes

Lessons for Congress from Uttarakhand

The Legend of Sharmila

And the dynamics of Manipur

IAS: The House Slaves of India

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

Have You Passed the Nationalism Test?

A democracy can do without fan clubs and vigilante crowds

Oommen Chandy: Disgrace

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

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