Voices

Call of the Zealot

S Prasannarajan

Is it that the politics of the twenty-first century will be determined not by race or religion but by wealth?

On the Kumbh Waterfront

Madhavankutty Pillai

Holy dip or drinking water—it should be easy for a government to choose

The Power of Pursuit in the Age of Modi

Bharat Karnad

Dwarfed by doubts and hobbled by a lack of political will, India has for so long failed to play out its inherent strength. Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi unlock the great-power potential of the country? A new book by one of India’s foremost strategic thinkers anatomises the power paradigms of a nation in transition

The Accidental Revolutionary

Lance Price

Jeremy Corbyn, the far-left rebel who is now the Labour leader, could be a passing phenomenon. Will he meet Narendra Modi when the Indian Prime Minister visits London in November?

Is Virat Kohli Uncivilised?

Tunku Varadarajan

In praise of the new Indian man

Sucker Punched Again

Rajeev Masand

Sleuthing and Slacking • The Actor Who’s Leading a Double Life

Our Conscience Is Their Only Home

S Prasannarajan

The Caliphate of Hate cannot be undone by military power alone

The Meat Is Not On

Madhavankutty Pillai

Mumbai’s temporary ban on meat to humour one community sets a poor precedent

Anti-ISIS Fatwa Finds No Mention in Most Urdu Dailies

Tufail Ahmad

Roznama Aag of Lucknow was one of the few dailies that carried the news of the fatwa on its front page

Rap Against the Machine

Lalitha Suhasini

The last two years have been the most exciting for rap music in India. Indian rappers have a reason to pat themselves on the back—they’re living their music and writing rhymes that document the times we live in