Cover In an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with managing editor of Tehelka‬, Mathew Samuel, controversial comrade Pinarayi Vijayan discusses the future of the Left in India Also Read Dalit Icon: Why the Sangh Parivar wont find it easy to appropriate Ambedkar Close Encounters of the Foul Kind: The killing of 25 people by the police in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in a single day has galvanised civil rights organisations A Tale of Two-and-a-Half Defence Ministers: Modis Rafale deal with France signals an intent to opt for strategic purchases as opposed to the UPA policy of competitive bidding. But is it worth it