APRIL 2012

APRIL 2012

Cover Story and Featured Stories

The assembly elections results are evidence that the national mood is against Congress. So what's wrong with the grand old party?
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi

When media is used as a tool to meet foreign policy objectives, truth is often the first casualty

Sanjay Kapoor Delhi

The death of a brilliant tribal student at the presitigious AIIMS uncorks an ugly epic of organized caste discrimination which starts from the top
Aakshi Magazine Delhi

So what were the power phobias chasing Mayawati?
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow

Why did the much hyped Priyanka Gandhi road show flop so terribly?
Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow

Like 'history from above' has a counter in histories written from below, mainstream television and radio have a counter in the idea of community radio
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

The Special Cell's charges against veteran journalist Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi are trapped in a deceptive zone of dark realism
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi

When the business of entertainment meets the game of cricket, fixing matches becomes temptingly easier and super-lucrative
Sandeep Kumar Delhi

Three tigers sighted in one day! A journey through the heart of the forest: Panna Tiger Reserve
Amit Sengupta and Akash Bisht  

The story of Salinger’s reclusive life resonates with the theme of his most famous story: you can enter the ‘phony adult world’ and yet not be phony Satyadeep Delhi

Genre-bending fiction, like a purana on modern politics narrated by a cynical, urban dilettante

Sailen Routray Bangalore

Lives of accomplished dancers and singers like Balasaraswati force us to rethink the notion that a woman’s life, unlike a man’s, must be built around love
Ratna Raman Delhi