Dispatches

‘I never opposed the release of the caste census,’ says former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana unwilling to give up control of river waters to Krishna and Godavari boards as deadline looms

Secret meeting between Siddaramaiah and B.S. Yediyurappa responsible for IT raid on Yediyurappa’s aide, says H.D. Kumaraswamy

Admiral Michael Gilday, highest ranking United States Naval officer, on a five-day visit to India

New religious body in Pakistan draws ire from rights activists

Explained: How Japan keeps its elderly employed and active

Africa emerging as car industry hub

Barcelona hopes for the return of mass tourism

Thousands of Georgians rally for jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili

Armenia and Azerbaijan face off in U.N. court

INTERVIEW: Sandip Ray

Film time, family time

SARBARI SINHA

The film-maker Sandip Ray reminisces about his father in a free-wheeling interview.

COVER STORY

A letter from Ray

Arkadev Chatterjea

Despite his astonishing success, Ray did not forget the ...

Ray's craft

Cinema, for Ray, was all about salvation

Ziya Us Salam

‘Shatranj ke Khilari’ was as neatly planned as a game of ...

‘A man who knew too much’

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Interview with Goutam Ghose, film-maker.

Critical insider: Satyajit Ray's cinematic trilogies

C.S. Venkiteswaran

The three trilogies that mark the beginning, middle and end of Satyajit Ray’s film-making career ...

‘Ray’s vision is universal’

C.S. Venkiteswaran

Interview with Girish Kasaravalli, eminent Kannada film director.

Dispatches

Karnataka

‘I never opposed the release of the caste census,’ says former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

Speaking at a protest convention organised by the Karnataka State Backward Classes ...

River waters dispute

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana unwilling to give up control of river waters to Krishna and Godavari boards as deadline looms

Ravi Sharma

With less than 24 hours to go for the gazette notification of the Union Ministry of Water ...

Secret meeting between Siddaramaiah and B.S. Yediyurappa responsible for IT raid on Yediyurappa’s aide, says H.D. Kumaraswamy

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

In a shocking allegation, Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said that ...

Admiral Michael Gilday, highest ranking United States Naval officer, on a five-day visit to India

Ravi Sharma

Admiral Michael Gilday, United States Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), presently the ...

South Asia

New religious body in Pakistan draws ire from rights activists

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan is setting up a new religious body as part of efforts to push for an "Islamic ...

Asia

Explained: How Japan keeps its elderly employed and active

Deutsche Welle

Instead of using retirement to relax, many Japanese people prefer to put their skills to ...

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

Book Review: On Sikkim, India’s 22nd State

K.P. Fabian

The book, which brings out many little-known facts, is a valuable addition to the rather small number of books on ...

Review

Ma Anand Sheela's tryst with life

Sachidananda Mohanty

By My Own Rules is a memoir that chronicles former Osho disciple Ma Anand Sheela’s journey of life: her search for ...

Interview: Manoranjan Byapari

Manoranjan Byapari: ‘My journey has just begun’

Ziya Us Salam

Interview with Manoranjan Byapari, rickshaw wallah-turned-writer-turned Trinamool Congress MLA.

Book Review

Power trips

Shafey Kidwai

A novel about one man’s quest for unbridled power, which warns us not to make politics a matter of emotional calling.

Prakash Louis: ‘We need many more Stan Swamys’

Interview with Prakash Louis, author of Fr. Stan Swamy: A Maoist or a Martyr?. By Ziya Us Salam

Interview: Akkai Padmashali

Akkai Padmashali: Beyond victimhood, reclaiming dignity

VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

Interview with Akkai Padmashali, transgender activist.

Cover Story

Ray's Century

A Century of Ray

Andrew Robinson

A truly singular and multi-faceted personality, Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was not only a ‘jewel’ of Bengal, and the Koh-i-Noor of independent India, ...

Cover Story

Editor's Note

Celebrating Satyajit Ray

R. Vijaya Sankar

About three months ago, when this Special Issue dedicated to Satyajit Ray was just an idea, in an unRayesque coincidence as it were, an email landed ...

Cover Story

Conversations with Ray

‘I am not conscious of being a humanist’

Andrew Robinson

An interview strung together from conversations Andrew Robinson had with Satyajit Ray over several years.

The Nation

Civil aviation

How safe are the Indian skies?

Ravi Sharma

A poor safety culture and lax regulatory oversight make flying in India risky. And critics blame the Directorate General ...

REPORTS

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’

Divya Trivedi

In the list of crimes in the country in 2020 released by the National Crime Records Bureau, “offences against the state” ...

Tribute

A character actor par excellence

R. Krishnakumar

Nedumudi Venu (1948-2021) was well-known for the variety and depth of characters he portrayed both in parallel cinema, ...

Medical Research

Explained: How researchers are trying to eradicate Lyme disease

Deutsche Welle

Treatment options for Lyme disease are still limited. Now, researchers are pursuing a new approach.

Science & Technology

Mental Health

'Pacemaker for the brain' helps woman's severe depression

Deutsche Welle

Sarah is the first documented depression patient to receive personalized deep brain stimulation. The results are ...

Reports

Two recent household surveys reveal no trickle down

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Two surveys paint a stark picture of an India divided between a small minority that owns most of its wealth and the ...

AUKUS & QUAD

AUKUS: U.S.' military grouping could be the start of a Cold War with China

John Cherian

The U.S.’ announcement of the trilateral AUKUS military grouping and its reaffirming of the Quad alliance are ...

Germany election

Education

Medical education: A case against NEET

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Even as allegations of question paper leak and impersonation mar NEET 2021, a Tamil Nadu ...

Jammu & Kashmir

Prelude to a revolt

Shabir Hussain

As New Delhi continues to lie to itself and the people of India on Kashmir, the engineered ...

Uddhav strong in Maharashtra

Uddhav Thackeray's staying power amid BJP hostility, internal rumblings

Lyla Bavadam

Nearly two years after the Maha Vikas Aghadi took charge of Maharashtra, Chief Minister ...

Movements

Bharat bandh hailed as historic

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The September 27 Bharat bandh, called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to mark ten months of ...

Jammu & Kashmir

WEST BENGAL POLITICS

Bubble of BJP's organisational base in West Bengal burst with Babul Supriyo's defection to the TMC

Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay

Babul Supriyo’s defection to the Trinamool Congress may signify not just a weakening of ...

Assam Evictions

I converted voluntarily: A temple priest’s widow debunks Assam BJP leaders’ hate campaign

Nanda Ghosh

A victim’s testimony nails the lies spread by the BJP and its supporters about forcible ...

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