Nitish’s exit from the NDA forces Modi to shy away from Ayodhya and exposes him to a dilemma that had once dogged Advani

Genetic testing for health risks holds plenty of promise in India, so long as enough people take to it

Review website Mouthshut.com’s battle against being muzzled could strike a blow against online censorship

And how an injured Advani still has a game in play

Some of them make abandoned buildings their home. A few scavenge for food. Most of them talk eloquently about freedom. What they have in common is an ideal: of living moneyless lives

Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state

If migrants are responsible for crimes in India’s cities, why are they always from the labour class?

Pirated feeds, Toyota commercials in Arabic, long distance calls to Dad. The challenges and joys of watching American sports in India

Watch the editor of Open magazine in conversation with activist and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal

There are many settlements in Kerala’s Attappady tribal block that have only women, mostly widows with tragic lives. A close look at a peculiar imbalance

How a changing India is re-engineering the DNA of its fabled nerd: a little too fast for some and much too slowly for others

Crowdfunding is helping independent Indian filmmakers get a break and enabling an exchange of ideas, resources and energies