Punjab

Sons and Brothers

Jatin Gandhi

Punjab elections of the recent past have been the usual Patiala Royals-versus-Badals clash. This time, there is intra-clan rivalry on display as well

New Take on Retirement Benefits

Dhirendra K Jha

A record number of serving and retired bureaucrats in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab prepare to contest upcoming Assembly elections in the two states next year

The Right Badal

Hartosh Singh Bal

The ouster of Manpreet from the cabinet only shows his cousin Sukhbir is not fit to lead

Losing the Idea of India

Hartosh Singh Bal

Sometimes alienation can be addressed the usual way. Sometimes not. In this rather special case, maybe it’s time to begin all over again: by listening

Raiders of a Different Arc

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Last week, India became the champions of circle kabaddi, a game that combines the skills of wrestling, judo and athletics, all at once.

Gone in Thirty Seconds

Arindam Mukherjee

In rowdy-as-ever Punjab, the spirit of kabaddi trumped the heat, chaos and IPL cricket in a festive celebration of the game.

India This Week

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Mulayam May Lose Strength in the RS; Where’s the Thackeray Roar?; A Life of Dissent; Naga Negotiations; The Dera Riots That Could Well Have Been

India This Week

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Punjab: Where Violence Begets Violence; Congress Fights Hard for UP; When the Forces are not with Chidambaram; Why Only Narsimha Rao; Losing Control of the Telangana Movement?

This is invisible Punjab, bypassing the airbrushed mythology of its prosperity and the always-happy-always-cheerful Punjabi. This is a key to the understanding of how the Sufi way has come to rest with the state’s impoverished Dalits.