What it takes to be a writer in the time of hate. Rushdie returns to that August morning in 2022 when he almost died under the knife of a man inspired by the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s death decree against the author
Local issues and the Modi government’s record animate discussions while Congress’ populist pledges and allegations of political vendetta in arrests of opposition leaders fail to impress voters across north Rajasthan
Politics | Elections 2024: Dispatch
From the sleepy villages to the bustling towns of western Uttar Pradesh, voters say they will reward the Modi dispensation for its generous schemes and state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for strict policing
Books | Excerpt
Author and sports journalist Boria Majumdar in his memoir relives how he survived a ban on him and the social media trial that followed. Here is his side of the story
Politics | Elections 2024: Dispatch
BJP's Bhupendra Yadav says voters choose empowerment.over freebies
Cover Story | Elections 2024
Congress is in organisational disarray with the exit of many senior leaders owing to the inaccessibility of the Gandhis and diminishing electoral prospects
Cover Story | Elections 2024
Rahul Gandhi leads a Congress so bereft of ideas that it is banking on a divisive manifesto couched in the language of diversity and inclusion
Columns | Soft Power
How BJP can cross the cultural and ideological barriers in the south
Columns
Sahir’s Legacy Kaveree Bamzai
Desperately Dynasties MJ Akbar
The War During Passover Anat Bernstein-Reich
Media Hierarchy Swapan Dasgupta
The Politics of Alarmism S Prasannarajan