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Counting Crores
Why Indian films’ box-office figures do not add up.
The Illusionist
Hyderabad’s teacher of the magical arts
State Graft
Can Xi Jinping save the Chinese communists from corruption?
Blocked Out
The dangers of allowing corporations to invoke the criminal defamation law.
In Case of Emergency
Turkey’s assault on press freedom gags pro-Kurdish journalists
The Sound And The Fury
How the Pakistani media sees Narendra Modi.
Early Warning
The ominous CBI raids on the promoters of NDTV
The Quality Of Mercy
Pranab Mukherjee’s troubling record on clemency for death-row convicts
Culture Of Fear
A wave of targeted attacks isolates Quetta’s Hazara community / Conflict.
The Image Makers
How ANI reports the government’s version of truth.
Federalism And Its Discontents
The doctrine of states’ rights in India
In Perfect Harmony
A new instrument brings together the music of the East and West / Arts
Pyrrhic Victory
The Awami League’s landslide win camouflages rising discontent in Bangladesh / Politics
Doctor Horror
The man at the centre of India’s most notorious kidney-transplant racket
Data Plans
How government decisions are helping Reliance Jio monopolise the telecom sector
The Summit Of Spin
Why progress in Indo-China relations under Modi is an illusion
States Of The Union
The pitfalls of India’s fiscal-federalism project
Songs Of Freedom
The distorted history behind Irish nationalist folklore
Boiling Over
Gogunda’s culinary workers fight back against exploitation
Lost Asylum
How Italy’s new anti-immigration law affects its small towns
Does The Constitution Keep Its Promises?
What makes India so distinct?
Burning Resentment
The discontented cremators of Pashupatinath
Mimic Men
The Congress’s ill-thought-out imitation of the BJP on Sabarimala / Politics
Camera Obscura
The dying art of hand-painting photographs
King's Gambit
The economic turmoil caused by Jordan’s “strategic refocus”
Tears Of A Thousand People
Exploring the violence of displacement in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
The Sound Of The Fury
How an ancient art form became a symbol of resistance
Unflagging Enthusiast
The vexillologist behind the largest tricolour in Hyderabad / Communities
Sacred Games
The BJP and Shiv Sena’s dharmayudh in Maharashtra / Politics
Race To The Top
The racial opportunism of a rising political star in Trump’s America