The arrest of Pervez Musharraf, the first of a former general by a civilian government, and the angry protests against him by lawyers take Pakistan th

Interview with Rajnath Singh, BJP president.

A protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri weaves together evidence, from contemporaneous phone and police control room records, pointing to the role of

The Congress enjoys an edge over its rivals and the BJP is not willing to go down without a fight. But, in the end, it may be a hung Assembly in Karna

The book contends that there is a third dimension beyond the textual and political to both the idea and reality of India.

The book raises pertinent questions about nuclear forces, keeping the big picture in mind.

The Gujarat “development” model depends on acquiring, often forcibly, huge tracts of land and making them available at below market prices to industr

The book showcases treasures from the ASI’s archives—among them, works of well-known photographers, some never published before.

But in Modi’s Gujarat the difference between development and darkness is all too visible to those who care to see.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts, with enthusiastic support from his public relations managers, to project himself as the BJP’s prime mi

The latest round of talks between the West and Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme ends in a stalemate amidst rising tensions and heated rhetoric.

The fight of the Baigas of Madhya Pradesh to regain their traditional rights is also a fight to restore the diversity of their forests and to protect

Atrocities on Dalits continue in Haryana, perpetuating a pattern of violent reprisals over small disputes. One gory instance is the recent murder of t

The terror campaign by jehadi elements indicates that the Bangladeshi state is under attack by the same forces that opposed the country’s independence

Two eminent jurists who passed away in the span of a week in April had made invaluable contributions to the rule of law, judicial accountability and e

The Tamil Nadu government introduces a Bill in the Assembly that will enable it to take over the 85-year-old Annamalai University, which is in turmoil

The India-E.U. free trade agreement could lead to the bypassing of established legal procedures and the limiting of the government’s role in enacting

The Indian media and entertainment industry is poised to double in size by 2017.

By denying relief to the death-row convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar on the grounds of inordinate delay in disposing of his mercy petition, the Supre

P.B. Sreenivas (1930-2013) was a playback singer who could effortlessly bring a range of emotions into the songs he sang.

The Muslim community, discriminated against and pushed to the fringes of society in Gujarat, points to the dangers of having Narendra Modi at the helm

The claims pharmaceutical multinationals make about high R&D costs are invariably false.

The Boston blasts will only reinforce old fears and old narratives about Islam and terrorism though it remains unclear what motivated the Tsarnaev bro

Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez’s designated successor, wins the presidential election by a thin margin.

A “bioscope” on the life and times of the journalist N. Gopinathan Nair.

A book no student of the region can afford to ignore. It helps one understand the nature of the contradictory forces at play.