Aman Sethi

Yogi Adityanath: The way of the sword and the monk's cowl

How BJP's Yogi Adityanath has used religious polarisation to trump caste divide in Uttar Pradesh

Toilets, temples and the Trilokpuri riots

For children, home is the new factory

Now, an auto harness plant in Tihar Jail

Red son rising

Kanu Sanyal never publicly spoke out against Charu Mazumdar while the latter was still alive - an omission, The First Naxal points< out, that Sanyal regretted

No full house in real estate show

The Greater Noida Authority claims its land acquisition problems are a thing of the past, but hundreds of residential projects are no closer to completion

What plagues India's disaster management authority?

Under politically appointed members, the National Disaster Management Authority is merely duplicating the efforts of other agencies

Modi says make in India, but even thalis are from China

Love Jihad: A fictitious problem with real consequences

The Hindu right has latched onto anxiety over inter-religious relationships and turned it into an electoral campaign issue

The fringe is the new centre in UP by-elections

Western Uttar Pradesh economy pays the price of communalism

While Modi preaches tolerance in Delhi, the economic costs of communal polarisation pile up in UP

Why 'make in India' is easier said than done

As import duties have fallen across South and Southeast Asia, large global manufacturers have set up transnational supply chains in countries with better infrastructure, ports and more helpful bureauc

Death and taxes

Most developing states in Asia, Africa, and South America continue to exist by virtue of tightly policed borders. We are, as the legions of "illegal" immigrants testify, unwilling prisoners of our sta

Chhattisgarh by-poll: Cakewalk for BJP as rivals pull out nominations

Shooting the messenger: Reframing the PlanComm debate

Fund allocation from Centre to State, or to less well-off states, is a political decision

Planning Commission: No successor in sight

Economists divided, with no clear answer to what could take over its multiple functions more effectively

BJP recalls MPs from study tour by Monsanto

BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli said no BJP MP would be part of the Monsanto-sponsored study tour to the US

After GM trial ban, BJP, Sena MPs heading for Monsanto-funded study tour

MPs will first attend a 'Farm Progress Show' in Iowa, then visit the Monsanto headquarters in St Louis, Missouri

Back to the future in Vidarbha for cotton farmers

How a new-old planting technique could make rain-fed cotton planting more viable

Maharashtra's irrigation system tied in knots

Agrarian crisis in the state appears as much a failure of planning as the result of a shortage of rain