Once the Mumbai don took refuge in Uttar Pradesh after a hit job. Today it is the criminal politicians of UP who use use Mumbai as a safe house.

A journey in search of the real Amit Shah

How a generation is using messaging apps to score dates and, if lucky, hookups

The Political Editor of The Economist returns to the last General Election to make sense of India 2014

The enigma that is Rahul Gandhi has proved too inscrutable for the people of Benares.

An economist lists five priorities for the next government

The wait is over. The Congress Party has found a man to fight Modi from Benares.

A new government means a new set of favourite bureaucrats. Who will stay on and who won’t?

At the age of 84, S Paul, the man who shaped Indian photojournalism, still takes his camera out for a daily shoot

The lamentation of Romila Thapar, our most venerable historian, is understandable: philistines have come to dominate the political space.

Gossip and the tragedy of the film journalist

Arun Jaitley plays the Punjabi to perfection in his maiden parliamentary battle from Amritsar. Indrajit Hazra gets a ride in the BJP leader’s campaign Toyota