politics

KT Rama Rao: Chief Executive of a Startup State

V Shoba

KT Rama Rao, the heir apparent in Telangana, wants to set a national example on welfare

Deborah Baker: Portraits of Passion

Devapriya Roy

The lives of poets and explorers in the twilight of the Raj

The Right Honourable Holy Cow

Madhavankutty Pillai

The senselessness of a ministry for one animal in Madhya Pradesh

Maldives: Leap of Freedom

Omkar Khandekar

As democracy returns to the Maldives, fresh hope has arisen in a country that had lapsed into dictatorship. Omkar Khandekar reports from the victor’s exile camp in Colombo

A Study in Greatness

Ram Madhav

Gandhi and Mandela show us a path that remains ever relevant

When Gandhi Played Dronacharya

Hindol Sengupta

Sardar Patel’s loyalty to the Mahatma and Nehru’s rise to the top

Indraprastha

Virendra Kapoor

The return of Amar Singh and the showy bodyguards of Delhi

Shock Therapy

Siddharth Singh

The collapse of global financial markets in 2008 has left a trail of political wreckage in its wake

Donald Trump: Beware the King of Crazytown

James Astill

The Donald Trump presidency is pure circus. India should be realistic in its expectations

Mohammed Hanif: ‘There is nothing left to satirise’

Nandini Nair

Mohammed Hanif’s new novel takes flight when a plane crashes. The author tells Nandini Nair why death is the only lover who does not betray her promise