Edappadi K. Palaniswami joins opposition voices demanding withdrawal of GST hike on essential commodities
U.N. body asks India to respond to charges of racial bias against Chakma and Hajong tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh
Supreme Court asks the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to keep the disqualification proceedings of MLAs in abeyance
Gender ‘Hijra has become a political identity’KUNAL SHANKARInterview with Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli and Rachana Mudraboyina.
Controversy Communalising martyrdomRajan GurukkalThe deletion of the names of two top leaders of the Malabar Mappila rebellion from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle invalidates
EVENTS Irfan Habib: Defender of historyMadhu PrasadA symposium organised to celebrate Professor Irfan Habib’s 90th birthday brings into sharp focus the Sangh Parivar’s politics of relentless commun
WikiLeaks Empire unmaskedVIJAY PRASHADThe WikiLeaks cables expose the duplicity in American diplomacy and send shudders across world capitals. (Published in the issue dated December 31, 20
TRIBUTE: MANNA DEY Haunting melodiesPARTHA CHATTERJEEManna Dey, the 2007 Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner, has enthralled discerning listeners since the 1950s. (Published in the issue dated November 6, 200
Sunil Gavaskar Gavaskar: India's Greatest CricketerKANTA MURALILittle separates Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar in terms of record. Despite this, a persuasive argument can be made in favour of Gavas
Great Indian Hornbill Cry from the GhatsG. SHAHEEDPHOTOGRAPHS by N.A. NASEERThere has been a fall in the number of great Indian hornbills in their Western Ghats home. (Published in the January 29, 2010 issue.)
Amartya Sen Nobel Prize for a great economistV.K. RAMACHANDRANAmartya Sen receives a Nobel Prize that is long overdue - for his contributions to welfare economics and, among other things, for restoring "an ethica
Casteism Dalit blood on village squareLYLA BAVADAMin Nagpur, Bhandara and Gondhia districtsThe murder of four Dalits in Khairlanji village illustrate that casteism still flourishes in Maharashtra. (Published in the issue dated December 1, 20
Temple Desecration Temple desecration in pre-modern IndiaRICHARD M. EATONWhen, where and why were temples desecrated in pre-modern history? And how was this connected with the rise of Indo-Muslim states? (Published in the i
Tribute Einstein's CenturyT. JAYARAMANIn the World Year of Physics 2005, a hundred years after Albert Einstein initiated a revolutionary turn away from classical physics with four seminal
K.J. Yesudas Celestial singerR. KRISHNAKUMARIn a remarkable career spanning 50 years, K.J. Yesudas has endeared himself to all music lovers with his sensuous and soulful singing. (Published in t
Why the fall of the rupee should have us all worried The factors causing it are likely to persist even as the import bill continues to climb.
SlideshowWhen the river runs highEach year the embankments break and each year the Brahmaputra and the Barak rivers flow over into the land, claiming hundreds of lives, destroying hom
