Chhangur Baba: The New Faith Merchant

PR Ramesh

How a small-time vendor of prophecies and talismans from Uttar Pradesh came to run one of the biggest mass conversion rackets in India

An Inevitable Exit

Rajeev Deshpande

Jagdeep Dhankhar’s fall was sudden but it was preceded by a fraying of relations with BJP as his sense of hurt and grievances grew, leaving him increasingly isolated

The Vijay Sena

Aditya Iyer

Tamil superstar-turned-politician Vijay has mobilised his vast spread of fan clubs into a political army

Thalapathy Vijay at TVK’s second anniversary celebrations, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, February 26, 2025

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Cholas in the Crosshairs

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Modi’s invocation of a medieval ballot system taps into a deeper battle for Tamil history

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Divided Over Gaza

Anat Bernstein-Reich

Netanyahu's government hangs by a thread as the Ultra-Orthodox parties walk out while the prolonged conflict keeps widening the political chasm in Israel

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India Makes History with First All-Indian Women’s World Cup Final

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On July 26, two Indian grandmasters, Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh, will face off in the final of the FIDE Women’s World Cup

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A Lithuanian Diary

MJ Akbar

The shadow of Russia and the voice of Lata Mangeshkar

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Tariff Talks: U.S. Delegation In India After Piyush Goyal Snub!

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With the hegemony of the U.S. dollar all but vanquished, India looks forward to a more balanced trade and tariffs deal with the U.S.

Tahira Mohi Ud Din (Left) and Asima Mohi Ud Din: The cousins point to bullet holes where their grandmother was shot in the leg during a terrorist attack in November 1993, when three armed men stormed their home and abducted their fathers. A year earlier, an uncle, Bashir Ahmad, was killed by terrorists. Tahira and Asima, then just children, never saw their fathers or uncle again. Branded as ‘Indian agents’, the family endured decades of fear and isolation.

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The Silence Breakers of Kashmir

Ashish Sharma

They were ostracised as informers and denied the dignity of burying their dead in village cemeteries. These surviving family members of victims of terror are finally speaking up and an attentive state is listening to their stories