Voices

After Bihar: Modi the Diminished

S Prasannarajan

Was Modi blinded by his own aura?

The Exploding Bubble

Madhavankutty Pillai

What the fate of food delivery apps says about the startup space

’Tis the Season for Jolly Marketing

Rajeev Masand

The Birth of Prem • Afraid of Himself

After Bihar: Snafu State

Shiv Visvanathan

An epic fable that presents the best and worst of India

It helps if you can come across as creative, dogged, willing to take risks, and more importantly, may also fail. When you fail, you get face-time on TV because the sudden death or black apron episode will feature only you and a few others

Bihar – Ring in the Old New

Shruti Vyas

Nitish Kumar reinvented himself and socially engineered his campaign around goodwill he knew he held among Biharis

Raising Dad

Rajeev Masand

Westward Ho? • Common Enemy

Bihar Elections: The Grand Finale

Shruti Vyas

The Bihar election has turned from caste to a battle between two towering personalities

RSS: The Bhagwat Way

Advaita Kala

Mythicised or misunderstood, RSS is an organisation whose influence is a permanent topic of contention. Its doors seldom open to outsiders, its leaders hardly speak to the public, and, at 90, it is still steeped in secrecy and moulded by a culture of austerity and discipline. Is the Sangh changing faster under the leadership of Mohan Bhagwat, the possible reforms including its attitude towards Muslims and women? Advaita Kala gains access to the cloistered world of RSS

The Persistence of Evil

S Prasannarajan

Timothy Snyder’s new book revisits the charred remains of the Jewish tragedy—and the Nazi horror—with a deeper understanding of the present and its fault lines