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SUM AND SUBSTANCE
Why India Inc aligns more visibly with the BJP government and its politics
Business elites believe that embracing majoritarian politics will yield substantial dividends—a misleading as well as myopic assumption.
Mitali Mukherjee
Economic Perspectives
Thames Water and the collapse of neoliberal privatisation
In the 1980s, the company’s privatisation signified a dramatic turn in economic policy due to neoliberalism.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Counter Culture
Respectability and irreverence: the two sides of attention
Both want to achieve the same thing—the dignity of attention, either by bending to the system, or bending the system.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Kitchen Katha
The bean that carries a whiff of rain
A common kitchen ingredient, the black-eyed bean has a glorious lineage and, when boiled, a shockingly intense umami flavour
Kalpish Ratna
From the sidelines
Caught in a saffron storm
The BJP might win the three Muslim-dominant seats in Uttar Pradesh, but attributing it solely to Hindutva mobilisation would be a mistake.
Saba Naqvi
Sum and Substance
A global rupee may sound nice, but look before you leap
Prime Minister Modi’s global ambitions for the rupee hit a snag as RBI’s revised currency trading rules created a totally avoidable market panic.
Mitali Mukherjee
Electoral Bonds
Editor’s Note: Electoral bonds, and our tumbledown democracy
The BJP exudes an almost contemptuous confidence that no revelations can derail its ultimate victory. Where does this confidence come from?
Vaishna Roy
More stories from Columns
History and the ways of remembering
If we want to frame history as something from which we must yank moral lessons, let these lessons include more ideas and identities.
Prathyush Parasuraman
2024 general election is a masterclass in crony capitalism and authoritarianism
The nexus of Big Money and state power has created an unequal playing field, usurping democratic processes to sway election and silence dissent.
Saba Naqvi
Are religious appeals to voters an electoral offence?
Did Prime Minister Modi’s speech in Tamil Nadu, where he accused Rahul Gandhi of insulting Hinduism, violate the Representation of the People Act?
V. Venkatesan
In Britain, the Establishment confronts the Movement
The chasm between Britain’s political class and majority of voters on the Palestine issue raises the prospect of a full-blown crisis of legitimacy.
Susan Ram
Dune 2: Landscape as protagonist
Can land be that anchoring, propulsive presence through which the art makes itself known?
Prathyush Parasuraman
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
While the government sees itself as such, its run-ins at the WTO ministerial conference, over subsidies, with fellow member states belie that claim.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
The response from the nation’s largest bank highlights broader worries about governmental pressure and institutional control in the banking sector.
Mitali Mukherjee
BJP’s strategic relaunch of CAA unveils a relentless pursuit of majoritarian agenda
The move underscores a calculated strategy to galvanise public support by blending religion and state ahead of the general election.
Saba Naqvi
Navigating progressive rhetoric at the Berlinale 2024
Despite its reputation, this year’s edition suggests that the festival is not the most ahead politically but one that is least behind.
Prathyush Parasuraman
WTO is now just a tool to bully weaker nations
The organisation primarily serves to protect and advance the interests of developed economies under a consensus-based decision-making framework.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Supreme Court corrects course, ends immunity for bribe-taking legislators
A landmark ruling in the Sita Soren case overturns 1998 judgment that shielded MPs from prosecution, upholds principle of equality before law.
V. Venkatesan
Decoding AAP’s game plan
How Arvind Kejriwal’s party emerges as the sole opposition force that has actually been growing in an era dominated by BJP’s smash-and-grab politics.
Saba Naqvi
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