Political parties across the spectrum oppose the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Anti-Hindi struggle in the State dates back to pre-Independence days.

Cover Story: Language Imperialism/ Tripura

Tripura: Concerns over Centre's proposal to impose Devanagari script for Kokborok

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Tribal protests against the Central government’s proposal ...

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The Chenab Times attempts to preserve Bhaderwahi and Sarazi in Jammu & Kashmir

Mubashir Naik Irshad Hussain

A news portal in Jammu and Kashmir strives to preserve the ...

Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of food, medicine, and other relief aid to Sri Lanka

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Tamil Nadu sends the first consignment of rice, milk powder and essential medicines to Sri Lanka on ...

West Bengal: Pushback against attempts of Hindi imposition likely

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

The BJP’s debacle in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly election is also proof that any attempt to ...

Uniform Civil Code: BJP's proposal raises concerns of anti-minority measures

T.K. Rajalakshmi

There are genuine apprehensions that a proposal for a uniform civil code coming from the BJP will ...

Dispatches

Andhra Pradesh government names Konaseema district after Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar

Ravi Sharma

Just six weeks after it had officially redrawn the State’s district map by carving out 13 ...

Navjot Singh Sidhu sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a 34-year-old case

Ravi Sharma

Navjot Singh Sidhu, former attacking batsman, controversial politician, and television ...

TRS announces its candidates for three Rajya Sabha seats

Ravi Sharma

Vaddiraju Ravichandra (alias Gayatri Ravi), the businessman-turned-politician and the ...

All India Muslim Personal Law Board asks the Central government to clarify its position on the Places of Worship Act, 1991

Purnima S. Tripathi

Taking a grim view of the recent developments at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the All ...

Ukraine Conflict

Explained: How a prisoner exchange works

Deutsche Welle

The fighters who surrendered at the Azovstal plant are in Russian captivity. Ukraine is ...

Europe

Explained: Why some young Swedes are uneasy about joining NATO

Deutsche Welle

While most Swedes are in favour of joining, some young people think the decision might be ...

Afghan File

Back to the warlords

JOHN CHERIAN

With the remnants of Al Qaeda and the Taliban hitting at will and little of the promised ...

Testing times

B.MURALIDHAR REDDY in Islamabad

The Bonn accord can be a master plan for peace as it offers Afghans three chances to ...

Afghanistan

The narco-politics of Afghanistan

ROMESH BHATTACHARJI

The West's indifference towards opium cultivation in Afghanistan has ensured that ...

An Afghan transition

JOHN CHERIAN

The Bush administration's candidate, Hamid Karzai, is the head of the Afghan government.

Afghanistan

Vandalised Afghanistan

OSMUND BOPEARACHCHI

The destruction of Afghanistan's cultural treasures during the period of the civil war in ...

When the mullahs fell silent

SADAQAT JAN in Islamabad

WHEN representatives of the international media camped in Islamabad for a ...

Books

Book Review

Where the mind is without fear

Divya Trivedi

A new collection of letters and poems by G.N. Saibaba brings us the undefeated voice of the jailed professor. BY Divya ...

Book Review

The price of revolution

Vasundhara Sirnate

An interesting case study on the Kol people of Azad Nagar who bought their way out of slavery, this book talks of how ...

Book Review

Transformative square

Vijaysree Venkatraman

Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is to life sciences what Hollywood is to movies. A new book traces the story ...

Interview: Sukrita Paul

Sukrita Paul: ‘Krishna Sobti carved out space for women’

Ziya Us Salam

Interview with writer-poet Sukrita Paul.

Books/Article

History of RAW - India’s external intelligence agency

Sachidananda Mohanty

A path-breaking history of India’s covert operations by the fabled Research and Analysis Wing, based on extensive ...

Book Review

Book Review: Shreya Sen-Handley's memoir 'Handle With Care: Travels With My Family' celebrates the simple pleasures of life

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

One of the most interesting aspects of the book is how the author’s love of literature often dictates, either ...

Politics

Bihar political churn

Twists and turns: BJP and Nitish Kumar joust in Bihar

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

With the BJP trying to assert its supremacy in Bihar and Nitish Kumar neutralising its attempts with clear anti-Hindutva messaging and overt gestures ...

Covid-19

COVID-19 Update

Central government rejects WHO’s estimate of India's COVID deaths

R. Ramachandran

The Indian government has rejected outright the WHO estimate that COVID-19 caused 4.7 million additional deaths in the country in 2020-21 and ...

Public Health

Vaccine mandates

A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandates

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The Supreme Court calls for greater transparency and accountability in public health measures and directs all governments and organisations to review ...

Communalism

Religion & politics

The changing contours of Hinduism

Divya Trivedi

As the Hindutva project continues to import ideas of homogeneity from the Abrahamic faiths to strengthen the idea of a ...

The Economy

Reviving India’s beleaguered creative economy

Jayati Ghosh

The creative sector, which holds immense potential for employment generation and a healthier, happier population, ...

Gaming addiction

Hunger games: Addiction to mobile games on the rise

Girish Dalvi Malay Dhamelia

Gaming apps on mobile phones seem to be the latest craze in India, but on the flip side an increasing number of ...

'The Waste Land' turns 100

'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot: A poem of its moment

Tabish Khair

The significance of ‘The Waste Land’, which turns 100 this year, and the continuing appeal of T.S. Eliot’s oeuvre.

Literature

Short Story

‘My lame aunt’ by Razia Sajjad Zaheer: An Urdu short story in translation

Razia Sajjad Zaheer Translated by Syeda S. Hameed and Sughra Mehdi

Translated from Urdu by Syeda S. Hameed and Sughra Mehdi

Frontline Quiz

Yooti Bhansali

Yooti Bhansali is a writer and editor whose interests lie at the intersection of creativity and culture. You can find ...

Cover Story: Language Imperialism

Recognising territorial links to languages essential for Indian federalism

ASHA SARANGI

Territorial identification and recognition of languages has been an integral part of the federal structure of ...

Guest column

Cover Story: Pasha Bhai

Dakhni Urdu rapper Pasha Bhai's quest for selfhood in Bengaluru

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

Pasha Bhai’s journey from the Muslim ghetto of Neelasandra to the posh clubs of Bengaluru ...

Cover Story: Language diversity

Lingua franca?: Controversy over Hindi puts focus on linguistic plurality

Ramesh Chakrapani

A controversy surrounding the promotion of Hindi as a link language brings the issue of ...

CINEMA

'Mi Vasantrao' captures the making of maverick classical vocalist Vasantrao Deshpande

Gouri Dange

The Marathi film Mi Vasantrao on famed classical singer Vasantrao Deshpande takes us into ...

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Linguistic imperialism: BJP pronouncements on promoting Hindi spark outrage

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The BJP’s periodic pronouncements on making Hindi the single national language are proof ...

Cover Story: Language Imperialism

Photo Essay

Living on the edge: Assam's Mising tribe

Ritu Raj Konwar Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a ...

Cover Story: Language Imperialism

Audrey Truschke: ‘Attempts to impose Hindi not new’

Divya Trivedi

Interview with Audrey Truschke, author and activist.

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