16 Mar the police rapes
Sexual assault and male culture in the force....
10 Feb The India connection
How drug exports to the Middle East fuel addiction there, and a mafia's gambit to make India a base of operations....
06 Oct Tragedy on a stage
They were acting out their own tragedy on a stage. An elevated platform in the park adjacent to the collapsed Laxmi Nagar building....
04 Sep The oppressed ark
The story of Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo is a litany of unfortunate events, poor management, and inhuman treatment of animals, many of whom have died. Even as talk of its revamping continues, there seems to be no immediate respite for its caged inhabitants....
02 Jan The pocket thief
How the Mumbai police finally found Raja Keeda—a pickpocket who had escaped them for 12 years....
08 Oct Lord’s right of way
The visarjan on the final day of Ganesh Chathurti when thousands gather at Girgaon Chowpatty to immerse their idols is one of Mumbai police’s biggest challenges. This is how they pull it off....
21 Nov Beneath the rubble
The yellow JCB digger lumbers back and forth, lifting the rubble in slow, mechanical moves. Inside, Satpal Sharma, 28, the man who works the controls of this 15-foot hulk of a machine, leans forward in his seat, his brow creased in concentration as he looks...