Sonia Gandhi

A sense of betrayal, a whiff of hope

Madhavankutty Pillai

From Sonia Gandhi’s 13-minute stump speech to K Chandrashekar Rao’s nose which is more admirable than his words. Madhavankutty Pillai travels through a divided land and realises that the future of Telangana is hostage to populism and opportunism

Temple Tumble in Telangana

K Naresh Kumar

An MLA in Andhra Pradesh built a temple in the honour of Sonia Gandhi for granting statehood to Telangana, a demand pending for over six decades.

A World Without Men

Shahina KK

There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

The Unreliable Source

Hartosh Singh Bal

The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

Sonia’s Gambit

Devangshu Datta

Will cash transfer under UID be the Congress’ vote-catcher for 2014 as NREGA was in 2009?

Sonia: The Material Girl

Tavleen Singh

Life inside the charmed circle of the Gandhis

The Silence of Robert Vadra

Jatin Gandhi

…and what it says about him and the party led by his in-laws

For an Unholy Blessing

Anil Budur Lulla

After seers at Karnataka’s muths tilt, Sonia senses a chance

The Jinxed Handover

Jatin Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi was expected to turn Congress leadership over to Rahul Gandhi. The failure to do so explains much of the mess the party now finds itself in