Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Fallout on Farooq-The issue of greater fiscal autonomy for states is very much alive. 

Flipside: by Dilip Bobb
Quotable Quotes

Politically correct: by P.Chidambaram
Overrule a minister stalling privatisation. That will send a message to the others. 

Right Angle: by Swapan Dasgupta
The Great Kick of Fiji-To avert more humiliations India must nurture an imperial vision.

Sweat Factor 
"If there is no power, refund the money to the organisers"- Laloo Yadav thundered when he lost his cool due to  the power cut. 

Funding Feuds
AICC treasurer Ahmed Patel's control over the party purse strings has become tenuous.

Tee for Teller
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was playing golf with Karnataka Haj Minister Roshan Baigto Bidadi on the outskirts of Bangalore city.

Confessional
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is on a clean-up drive in the state capital. No wonder, he is called Jaipur's Jagmohan.

From the
Editor in Chief

Editorials
Lucknow's Cypherabad-By persisting with Gupta, the BJP is sending an alarming message.
It's a Zoo Out There-Should we have menageries when we can't maintain them?

Eyecatchers
Sushmita Sen, Nethra Raghuraman and Sanjay Suri, Reema Sen and Sameera Reddy, Akshaye Khanna and Dimple Kapadia

Voices

Books
Exile and Kingdom
White Man's Burden
Fare is Ghoul 

Offtrack
Juggernaut in a Jam-A shortage of ritual wood makes organising the rath yatra difficult.

Centre stage
by Ajit Ninan

Game Theory 
Tales from the wide world of sport by Rohit Brijnath.

Beat Street 
Listen to the experiences on the job by INDIA TODAY correspondents

Tall Tales by S Kalidas

Friday Fundas  
Musings on trends, shams and life by Ravi Shankar

24 Frames Per Second  
Sensuous and mesmerising account of the Tinsel town by Anupama Chopra

Loose Change  
An incisive take on the business and economy by Sudeep Chakravarti

Au ContrAiyar  
A contrarian take on stock markets, policy and practice by V Shankar Aiyar

Dispatches
Exclusive stories for the web

Chat transcripts

Interviews