Uttar Pradesh

Sufis vs Deobandis in the Gandhi Stronghold

Dhirendra K Jha

This critical divide within the Muslim electorate threatens to change old equations in Uttar Pradesh

The Panchatantra Virus

Kalpish Ratna

How many more deaths will it take before we go beyond half measures?

Just Another India Story

Rahul Pandita

A deadly epidemic of encephalitis has broken out in eastern Uttar Pradesh. And the government remains clueless about its gravity

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

Burying the Truth Deeper

Jatin Gandhi

Were women of Bhatta-Parsaul raped, as Rahul Gandhi had alleged? Different state commissions can’t seem to agree

Old Tricks, New Battle

Dhirendra K. Jha

The VHP’s call to a Hindu ‘awakening’. Mob violence in Uttar Pradesh. Fearful minorities. The Ramjanambhoomi Movement is back. Whether it will work is less certain.