The book holds terrorism and suicide bombings as totally un-Islamic acts.

The attack on a homestay in Mangalore clearly shows that Hindutva ideologues define the moral and cultural boundaries in coastal Karnataka.

The spate of suicides by farmers in Saurashtra and continuing agrarian distress give the lie to Narendra Modi’s assertions of Gujarat being a develope

A debate in China about what vision should guide the country’s politics in the next decade has shed some light on how the new leader Xi Jinping plans

Tamil Nadu announces a relief package for farmers in the Cauvery delta even as their leaders criticise the Centre for not finding a distress-sharing f

The rising tide of litigation in the U.S. against ratings agencies could force an end to, if not lead to an overhaul of, a system that makes scores pr

A timely and revealing book on the takeover of the Babri Masjid on the night of December 22-23, 1949. The authors’ political sophistication emerges fr

The spotlight is now on the mercy pleas of 13 convicts.

Interview with Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, CPI(M) MLA, Jammu and Kashmir.

For Kashmiris, Afzal Guru is a martyr. For them he is one “who was condemned unheard”.

While the continued growth of the lion population in the Gir Protected Area and the dispersal of lions bring cheer, issues relating to human-carnivore

The U.S. has roped in many countries in Africa, Asia and Europe for its programme of torture in its War on Terror. Such widespread complicity will mak

The widespread acceptance of the goal of fiscal austerity is bad news for macroeconomic rebalancing that would allow recovery in the currently defici

Retribution as a basis for criminal punishment is a legacy of the past. It has no place in an enlightened future.

Interview with S.A.R. Geelani.

The rise of militancy and the alienation of people in Kashmir can be traced back to the hanging of JKLF leader Maqbool Butt in 1984. Although an uneas

The books in review dwell on state arbitrariness in criminal justice and the subject of an effective alternative to capital punishment.

Argo, despite pretending to be historically accurate, is only an action film in drag in which the Iranians are, for the most part, dangerous and anti-

A highly sensitive political issue comes to the fore again in the State with the Supreme Court setting aside a High Court order acquitting all except

The Congress’ calculation is clear: it wants to appropriate the “hard on terror” image that the BJP and its prime ministerial aspirant, Narendra Modi,

Muslims are at the receiving end of Hindu Gujjar highhandedness in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district.

The secret execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament House attack case, makes a mockery of the constitutional principles of the rule of law

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India’s first such show, provides a much-needed platform for a vital inquiry into today’s art by bringing together artists

The spate of suicides by farmers in Saurashtra and continuing agrarian distress give the lie to Narendra Modi’s assertions of Gujarat being a develope

Ashis Nandy offers a supreme example of how attitudes generated by one’s position in the caste system do not change.

David Headley, a key conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, gets a 35-year prison term in the U.S., a much lighter sentence than what India wa

The fact that an Iranian President was in Cairo after 34 acrimonious years imparts a sense of history and drama to Ahmadinejad’s visit.

Is King Cotton likely to lose its hold over growers in India? While the jury is out, signs from the farm and the market are not too encouraging.

Saraya, a little-known village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, will always be remembered for Amrita Sher-Gil’s masterpieces. A tribute on her 1

Social development indicators in Gujarat are poor, proving that development in the State is lopsided.