Time to redefine the Republic!

After seeing eight Central governments in a decade, the nation needs to change the way governments are formed by its elected representatives, opines Sai R. Vaidyanathan

• Fragile Himalayas, by Shamim
• Architecture: Crumbling grandeur, by Amar Chandel
• Poet of myriad moods, by Ramesh Chandra
• Touching base in the jet age, by Mohinder Singh
• Music in the time of the female guru, by Subhra Mazumdar
• The addiction to predictions, by Mangu Ram Gupta
• Models with stars in their eyes, by Vimla Patil
• Speaking generally: A home for artists, by Chanchal Sarkar
• The nautch girls of colonial Punjab, by Pran Nevile

• Interview: "I voted according to my conscience", Saifuddin Soz tells R. C. Ganjoo
• Time off: Sacrificial lamb at altar of cooking, by Manohar Malgonkar
• Laugh lines: All about plotting and planning, by Amrita Dhingra
• Travel: Pindari Glacier: Majestic river of ice, by Ashok Jerath
• Your option: Discipline in relationships, by Taru Bahl
• Sugar 'n' spice: The chilled delights of summer, by Harkiran Sodhi
• Nature: They have efficient digestive system, by Nutan Shukla
• Fauji beat: Saving Navy from rought seas, by Pritam Bhullar
• Wide Angle: Ravages of war and melodrama, by Ervell E. Menezes
• Feedback: The fault is not in our stars...
• Film and TV: Man for all seasons, by Mukesh Khosla
• Bollywood bhelpuri: Sonali is superb in Sarfarosh, by Madhur Mittal