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Dispatches

Andhra Pradesh delegation to woo investors at WEF meet

Telangana encounter killing in Disha rape-murder case fake, says Supreme Court-appointed commission

Telangana’s Nikhat Zareen wins boxing gold at World Championships

Telangana Chief Minister kickstarts nationwide tour

Lebanon: Challenges for reformists 'difficult to master'

Ethiopia: Concerns grow that fragile truce may break

Explained: How Pakistan's military views the country’s political crisis

Is Taiwan learning to live with COVID?

Peru: Shining Path massacre victims put to rest

G7 mobilizes nearly $20 billion for Ukraine

Cover Story: Language Imperialism/Tamil Nadu

A history of resistance: Tamil Nadu's struggle against Hindi imposition

R.K. Radhakrishnan
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 ...

Cover Story: Language Imperialism/Jammu & Kashmir

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 ...

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West Bengal: Pushback against attempts of Hindi imposition likely

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

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh delegation to woo investors at WEF meet

Ravi Sharma

In an effort to make Andhra Pradesh the preferred destination for investors and ...

Telangana

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Ravi Sharma

In a damning indictment of the Telangana police and the K. Chandrasekhar Rao government in ...

Telangana

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Telangana Chief Minister kickstarts nationwide tour

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With the avowed intention of playing a dominant role on the national political stage by ...

West Asia

Lebanon: Challenges for reformists 'difficult to master'

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Reformists are the symbolic winners of the election, while the Hezbollah bloc lost its ...

Africa

Ethiopia: Concerns grow that fragile truce may break

Deutsche Welle

Factions involved in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are reportedly readying to fight again ...

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 ...

Editor's Pick

TRIBUTE: MANNA DEY

Haunting melodies

PARTHA CHATTERJEE

Manna Dey, the 2007 Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, has enthralled discerning listeners ...

Tribute: Bhupen Hazarika

Renaissance man

ARUP KUMAR DUTTA

Through haunting, lilting, often joyous melodies, Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011) communicated ...

K.J. Yesudas

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R. KRISHNAKUMAR

In a remarkable career spanning 50 years, K.J. Yesudas has endeared himself to all music ...

Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar: India's Greatest Cricketer

KANTA MURALI

Little separates Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar in terms of record.

Viswanathan Anand

King Anand

RAKESH RAO

Viswanathan Anand becomes the first non-Russian undisputed world champion and the worlds ...

Interview: V.S. Ramachandran

In the mind of the brain

SASHI KUMAR

A conversation with Professor V.S. Ramachandran, world-renowned explorer of the human ...

Books

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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 ...

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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.

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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

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Frontline Quiz

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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

India: A linguistic civilisation

G.N. Devy

Unlike Europe, the speakers of hundreds of different languages in India agreed to belong to a single nation because the ...

The Nation

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir: Divide to rule?

Anando Bhakto

The mainstream parties in the Valley cry foul as the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission comes up with its ...

The Nation

Jammu and Kashmir

Mehbooba Mufti on J&K delimitation: ‘Disempowering Muslims’

Anando Bhakto

Interview with Mehbooba Mufti, Peoples Democratic Party leader.

Human rights

Custodial death in Chennai

Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu

Ilangovan Rajasekaran

The custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the ...

Communalism

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Raj Thackeray's 'loudspeaker' campaign targeting Muslims in Maharashtra backfires

Lyla Bavadam

Raj Thackeray’s attempt to regain political relevance by targeting Muslims through his loudspeaker campaign does not ...

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Cover Story: Language imposition and North-East India

Centre's aggressive push for Hindi as North-East India's 'link language' threatens to expose ethnic fault lines

Sushanta Talukdar

The Central government’s efforts to push Hindi as the link language has the potential to ...

Cover Story: Pasha Bhai

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VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED

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Cover Story: Language diversity

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Cover Story: Language Imperialism

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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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