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Vol:30 Iss:03 Magazine Feb 09-22
In this issue
22-02-2013
38 STORIES
Letter from Beirut
Grave silence
UNESCO has postponed a Simon Wiesenthal Centre-sponsored Jewish Exhibit but gives the SWC the green light to destroy the Mamilla Cemetery in Jerusale
Cultural intolerance
Meek submission
The growing culture of intolerance and the State government’s inability to deal with it once again come to the fore as Salman Rushdie is barred from v
World Affairs
Colonial comeback
The French intervention in Mali, a country basically in the throes of a civil war, is sought to be painted as part of the West’s ongoing global “war o
Science & Technology
TB: Hide and seek
Science & Technology
Record-setting p-type transistor
India
Literary Festival: Lit for Life is back
Science & Technology
Data storage in DNA
Science & Technology
An ozone destroyer
Books
Pioneering reformer
A concise, informative and lucid account of Rammohun Roy’s life and times.
Lead Story
Trouble spot
Lead Story
Two parties, one vision
The difference between the Congress and the BJP is getting blurred on the matter of economic policy. Will Rahul Gandhi give the Congress a new distinc
Arts & Culture
In focus, the human being
Photography
A city held by time
Pablo Bartholomew’s photographs in the recent exhibition in New Delhi, The Calcutta Diaries, create an imagination of a city living its history and it
Jayati Ghosh
How not to urbanise
The model of urban development that has been adopted recently in China takes little from the preserving and conserving approaches found in Europe that
K.Satchidanandan
Fighting the stereotype
About novels that deal directly or obliquely with Muslim life and ultimately about life in general but yet have something specific about them that con
Social Issues
A milestone in a campaign
Archaeology
Unearthing a culture
Recent excavations at the Moghalmari site in West Bengal’s Pashchim Medinipur district have yielded extensive evidence of an ancient Buddhist culture.
Heritage
In harmony with the past
Lead Story
Rhetoric and reality
Can Rahul Gandhi transform the Congress by making it an open system that encourages initiative and talent? His track record as Youth Congress general
India
Tamil Nadu: Dalits assert their rights
A creative ferment
The Quran & modernity
The Quran, the Word of God, is understood only by the fallible mind of man.
Data Stories
Education: A report card
Samuel Abraham
Cinema
Distorted vision
The farcical Hindi comedy Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is a terrible attempt to Indianise Bertolt Brecht.
India
NGOs: A silent scam
Literature
Ethics matter
It was his unwavering devotion to his craft that won Yeats a place in literary immortality. As a man, however, his legacy is far less unequivocal.
Bangladesh
Healing the wounds
The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh gives its first verdict in the crimes against humanity committed during the war of liberation in 1971.
Heritage
'Significant for its stucco decorations'
Books
Experiments with law
A study of the constitutionalism of the nine countries of South Asia, its roots in colonialism and its later revisions and omissions.
Oil sector
Austerity’s pain
The introduction of a dual pricing mechanism for diesel will compel bulk consumers to buy the fuel at market prices, and the overall impact of this on
Letters
Letters
Israel
Jewish spring?
Disenchanted with Netanyahu’s neoliberal economic policies, an assertive Israeli middle class votes for change, giving the centrist Yesh Atid party a
Space
Launching a change?
A recent law passed in the U.S. that will ease the export controls on commercial satellites has the potential to make it simpler for ISRO to exploit
Verma Panel
An action plan
The Justice Verma Committee comes up with progressive recommendations in its review of the laws relating to sexual assaults against women.
Lead Story
Things fall apart
The UPA-II’s perceived lack of direction and a clear policy framework has meant that the centre does not hold. The absence of cohesion in the Congres
Politics
Parivar’s predicament
Internal divisions have produced a chaotic leadership situation for the Congress’ main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, ahead of the 2014 elections
Lead Story
Leader by chance
The BJP needs a big makeover to present an effective challenge to the Congress. Is Rajnath Singh, the new party president, equal to the task?
World Affairs
Echoes in Algeria
As Al Qaeda-aligned terrorists storm a gas refinery in Algeria using weapons supplied by France and Britain, the government retaliates with a military
Lead Story
Political window-dressing
Bereft of a comprehensive political vision that can capture the popular imagination, the two mainstream national parties resort to cosmetic image reco
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Tight race in Maldives between India-leaning Solih and Muizzu, who is supported by China-backed PPM
A map to expansion: Understanding China’s ‘cartographic aggression’
How the Global South seized the spotlight at G20 summit in New Delhi
At Rs.51.75 crore, ‘Gestation’ puts S.H. Raza at the highest level of Indian art
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‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘A dumb buffalo speaks’: A Telugu story in translation
‘I escape back to control and home’: Review of ‘Borderlines’ by Manohar Shetty
Shadow pictures: Review of ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
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Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
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Labyrinth of mirrors: Review of ‘The House of Doors’ by Tan Twan Eng
No getting past the present: Review of ‘History’s Angel’ by Anjum Hasan
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‘Mrinal Sen’s stark images transformed me’: Shoojit Sircar
Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers
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‘In the Shadow’: An Odia story in translation
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