Uttar Pradesh

Maggi: If it’s bad, it’s good

Mohit Hira

Why the Maggi problem is an opportunity

The Most Feared Man of Lucknow

Kumar Anshuman

Why Justice Mehrotra is India’s most effective Lokayukta

The Wrestler Is Withering Away

Ullekh NP

Mulayam Singh Yadav was once called the Little Napoleon of Uttar Pradesh. Is he headed for his political Waterloo? Ullekh NP in the SP supremo’s home terrain finds intimations of a fadeout

Gulaab Gang Controversy

arindam

Gulaab Gang director Soumik Sen denies that his film is based on the real life Gulabi Gang

Ayodhya Shining

Dhirendra K Jha

Political agents seem hellbent on stirring UP’s communal cauldron: a ground report

Saffronising the Jats

Dhirendra K Jha

Tikait’s heirs are willing to sacrifice their father’s inclusive approach to politics for a few favours from the BJP

A Terrorist’s Body

Gunjeet Sra

Gunjeet Sra recounts her memories of heading out with her grandfather as a child to join the village in a celebration at the spot where a Khalistani separatist had been gunned down

What Happens When a Village Gets Electricity

Chinki Sinha

Chibaukhera, a village 20 kilometres from Lucknow, finally got electricity for the first time in April this year, and all the television sets acquired in dowry started to come alive