One Lucky Break to Stardom

Modi and Pope Francis: India’s Evangelist and God’s Pauper in a Moral Fable

The Networker

It was part two of the Indian enchanter in America, and this time Narendra Modi was feted as the man who will accompany Silicon Valley to its next level of glory, even as the Valley takes India with it—to heights as yet unforeseen, except in the mind of the man who once sold tea on the sort of railway platform that will soon be kitted out with free WiFi by Google

Notes on a Public Beating

The absurdity of a VIP line in places of worship

Unity of the Excess and the Exquisite

There is a special pleasure in viewing the dissonant sensibilities of Rakhi Peswani and Zakkir Hussain, making statements in individual voices but ultimately connecting dots across artistic styles, historical eras and geographical regions near and far

A Family in Motion

What’s to Hide? • A Condescending Friend

EVM prototypes, a big hit in Bihar

As the state gears up for its first phase of voting on 12 October, EVM prototypes are selling like hot cakes as awareness material

In the Islamic Republic of Michel Houellebecq

Life inside the Islamic dystopia of France's greatest living novelist

A Comedy of Terrors

On the choices that AR Rahman faces

Bad Manners in Bollywood

Kareena Finds a New Devotee • A Titanic Clash On the Horizon