politics

George Fernandes: The Last Street Fighter

S Prasannarajan

In the end, the erstwhile action hero of Indian politics was left with no cause except his own relevance

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

No election is ever won until it is actually won

Desperately Chandrababu Naidu

V Shoba

How BJP has become a suitable enemy for the Andhra Chief Minister

Of Cheeks and Slaps

Siddharth Singh

The conditions under which force may be used against government injustice and what India’s historical experience tells us about resistance

Thackeray Movie Review

Ajit Duara

With the general election upon us, Hindi cinema has been converted into both portfolio and manifesto

Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi Movie Review

Ajit Duara

The movie is great spectacle, but not hooked up to good story telling

If only Lee Kuan Yew could rise from the dead

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

Family feud in paradise

Cho Dharman: Alone in Shadowland

V Shoba

Tamil author Cho Dharman turns tales from the bucolic into cultural histories and anthropological meditations. He talks about his art and politics in a conversation with V Shoba

Molly Crabapple: Drawing the Line

Rahul Pandita

Artist and writer Molly Crabapple on the joys and heartaches of journalism in a post-truth world

How WhatsApp Is Changing Indian Politics

Ullekh NP

WhatsApp’s prized encryption technology becomes a powerful weapon for the fake news industry in its biggest and most complex market, India, ahead of the 2019 poll