MAY 2009

India's corruption and crime money parked in Swiss banks and tax havens. BJP pledges to bring it back Sanjay Kapoor Berne

Hardnews investigations reveal that most foreign bank accounts are of Indian companies and politicians. Will Advani have the courage to do an Obama on these banks? Sanjay Kapoor Berne (Switzerland) / Delhi

There is excitement on a new-found prosperity in rural areas. Screaming headlines tell us of farmers finding new ways to prosperity. Is that the ground reality? Devinder Sharma Delhi

Chandrababu Naidu turned out to be the proverbial Trojan horse for NTR. Today he is selling the NTR myth yet again to capture power Srinivas Parsa Hyderabad

The electorate is fed up with caste politics played by most parties as well as their culture of corruption and patronage to criminals Pradeep Kapoor Lucknow

Although G20 leaders reached a consensus on the global stimulus package, it has received a mixed response. Many believe that it has refused to address the abject failure of neo-liberal capitalism Sophia Furber London

The radical mandate of the massive pro-democracy people's movement and elections is rapidly getting lost as Maoists, other politicians parties and the army slug it out Nepal Prashant Jha Kathmandu

Omair Ahmad’s latest novel is a Coelho-esque ode to the genre
Jennifer Kishan Delhi

A nation which wilfully chooses to forget the martyrdom of our ancestors is bound to repeat more injustice and tragedy Aseem Shrivastava Delhi