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India, This Side
Girl power revolution: Anupama Hireholi from Saundatti creates history
Half a century after Vijay Tendulkar’s controversial play about the jogtin practice, the town will be known for something besides the Yellamma temple.
Ganesh Devy
Economic Perspectives
Go First filing for bankruptcy raises questions about ‘open skies’ policy
The government has constantly tweaked policy to favour private entrants in the airlines sector.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Counter Culture
‘The Kerala Story’ is greedy in its impulse to demonise Muslims
In it, expressions of love for India and Hinduism are intertwined with hostility towards Islam.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Guest Column
Pakistan: Chaos and the way out
There is a crisis of authority within the judiciary, parliament, and the armed forces.
Farah Zia
India, This Side
Despite the NCERT’s shocking move, Gandhi lives on
The decision to drop the Gandhi assassination from the NCERT’s history textbook just cannot extinguish the Mahatma’s memory.
Ganesh Devy
Counter Culture
The elusive idea of grace
Is grace that feeling of being swept into and receding from something, as in an Odissi recital?
Prathyush Parasuraman
Economic Perspectives
No concrete outcomes at IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings
The lack of progress is attributed to the unwillingness of the institutions to reform themselves.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
More stories from Columns
Lonely crusaders: A common Indian phenomenon
Such individuals, who dedicate their entire lives to unusual projects, deserve our attention and appreciation.
Ganesh Devy
World Bank-IMF plans to resolve global economic crises a road map to limbo
This seems to show a shift in the organisations’ focus away from the very poor towards increased participation of the private sector.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre: Culture as spectacle
Culture thrives on patronage, and to participate in patronised culture is to forever remember how fraught the very desire for culture is.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Premchand: Committed to anti-communalism
A new volume showcases Premchand’s stories that talk of Hindu-Muslim unity.
Kuldeep Kumar
Does collapse of key banks in US, Europe portend a return to 2008?
The early responses to banking fragility challenge the prevailing central bank notions of how to fight inflation.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Manufacturing magic: On Salman Rushdie and ‘Victory City’
There is a constant need to explain the rules of fantasy in Salman Rushdie’s new novel.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Temsula Ao: Voice of the orange tree
The poet, writer, and ethnographer brought the Naga sensibility to the attention of the nation.
Ganesh Devy
Criminal defamation: A noxious colonial law and its subversive effects
The Macaulay-authored law must be consigned to the dustbin of history.
N. Ram
The rising threat to Indian languages
The missing Census 2021, the NEP, and the rapid growth in AI have endangered them.
Ganesh Devy
Oscars 2023: What’s fair got to do with it?
We see the Oscars wins as ours, a validation of our tastes, but that is it. Fair play has no role.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Vinod Kumar Shukla: A poet in a novelist’s shirt
The PEN/Nabakov award for Shukla is an acknowledgement of a unique and extraordinary talent.
Kuldeep Kumar
Why Indian democracy needs more ‘unlettered’ literary figures
Those courageous voices would bring the republic back to the norms envisioned in the Constitution.
Ganesh Devy
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