politics

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

Eyes Wide Open

Madhavankutty Pillai

The BSP-Samajwadi lesson for successful marriages between human beings

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

When Parliament lets us down

The Isolation of Donald Trump

James Astill

The braggadocio apart, the American president looks increasingly vulnerable

The Accidental Prime Minister Movie Review

Ajit Duara

In short, ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ is too obtuse a film to be good propaganda

URI: The Surgical Strike Movie Review

Ajit Duara

The patriotism and nationalism that this movie triggers will only impact an audience for a few weeks

Out of the Chinese Dream

S Prasannarajan

Ma Jian’s resistance fiction

Quota Correction

Ullekh NP

The BJP hopes offering reservations to economically weaker sections will help retain its core vote base, batter rival partnerships and tide over discontent ahead of the polls