Bihar 2020

What’s at Stake?

09 Oct, 2020 - 16 Oct, 2020

Vol 11 | Issue 53

Columns

Trump And What Could Have Been

S Prasannarajan

Where the revenge of the outsider has not enhanced freedom but diminished it

Essay

The Sense of an Ending

Arun Shourie

Preparing for death

Cover Story

Bihar 2020

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Nitish Kumar has his image to flaunt and political momentum on his side, thanks to a formidable partnership with the BJP which wants to leave nothing to chance

Cover Story

In the Name of the Father

Amita Shah

Two sons and the burden of inheritance

Columns

Like Father, Like Son

Jayanta Ghosal

Rohan Jaitley, son of Arun Jaitley, has filed his nomination for the DDCA election

Cinema

An Orthodox Thought

Rachel Dwyer

Will there be an Indian Shtisel one day?

Columns

An Ashram for the Swami

Makarand R Paranjape

Vivekananda and the Himalayan connection—Part II

Columns

A Cancel Culture Mutation

Madhavankutty Pillai

Tanishq pulling out a harmless ad is one more precedent for social media coercion

Feature

Rafael Nadal: Return of the King

Lhendup G Bhutia

His French Open win was a salve to all our wounds of a changed world

Feature

Bidding for the Best Outcome

Madhavankutty Pillai

Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, who won the Economics Nobel this year, showed that intelligent auction design could maximise benefits for both sellers and buyers