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COVER STORY
03-05-2013
Court
Court
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Briefing
Biology
Seven sexes of an organism
Science & Technology
Kerala
Daughter deficit?
Social Issues
Is there a shift in the attitude of Kerala society towards the value of daughters? Is son preference spreading in a State once known to be above extre
New Delhi
End of a fast
India
Inconsistent decisions
Lead Story
Increasing workload, a higher rate of admission, and constitution of multiple two-judge Division Benches have resulted in a huge increase in the numbe
Crystallography
Breakthrough in crystallography
Science & Technology
Dissenting note
Lead Story
In place of judicial impact assessment, what India needs is “judicial use assessment” to measure to what extent people have actually used courts to
Flawed greatness
Books
Two volumes that cover, among other things, a period of tension in India-China relations over the boundary issue and Nehru’s role in it.
West Asia
Inside the matrix
World Affairs
Israel’s facts on the ground, Palestine’s people on the ground.
Soaring assets
Politics
DELHI
Radiation row
India
Age, seniority, diversity
Lead Story
Criteria that were never conceived in the Constituent Assembly now determine who gets to sit on India’s apex court. Each of these unwritten qualificat
Syria
Promoting war
World Affairs
The violence in Syria escalates to a new high as the United States and its Western allies airlift lethal weaponry to the rebels.
Public Health
Landmark verdict
India
The Supreme Court’s ruling against Novartis’ patent claim for the cancer drug Glivec paves the way for generic drug companies to keep crucial, life-sa
‘Is the bias so severe as to cause death?’
Social Issues
Interview with Dr T.K. Sundari Ravindran, activist researcher on gender, health and equity issues.
The oldest light
Science & Technology
Assembly Elections
High-stakes race
Politics
The Congress enjoys a slight edge in the fragmented political landscape of Karnataka, where the May 5 Assembly elections are expected to throw up some
Sugar Industry
More decontrol
India
PIL losing out
Lead Story
Has public interest litigation lost its direction and abandoned its original constituency, the marginalised and the underprivileged sections of societ
NAC recommendations gathering dust
Social Justice
Muslim bogey
Books
The book provides powerful intellectual tools to Indian secularists in the struggle against reducing Muslims to “the other” in polity.
Defence
Failing to deliver
India
India’s indigenous defence research and production capabilities have not kept pace with the country’s military requirements.
‘A people’s court’
Lead Story
Misunderstood relationship
Lead Story
As far as substantive criticism of decisions is concerned, there ought to be no restraints on commentary, whether in the news media or elsewhere. All
Lessons from Novartis case
Lead Story
Seeking consensus
Social Justice
Interview with Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Supreme Court and the aam aadmi
Lead Story
It is the goal of social revolution that connects the aam aadmi to the judiciary and to its highest institution, the Supreme Court of India.
Policy Issues
Illusory rights
Social Justice
PESA, which is seen as an enabling law for tribal self-governance, is violated brazenly by both the Union government and State governments in the name
Cover Story
A court adrift
Lead Story
The Supreme Court by and large remains popular. Yet, if one digs a bit, beneath the surface is an institution that has strayed from its mission and ma
Letter from America
Yankee Hindutva
World Affairs
To Narendra Modi’s fan base among proud Hindutva supporters in the U.S., his unique combination of free-market rhetoric and cultural nationalism appea
Korean Peninsula
Cloud in the sun
World Affairs
The Korean peninsula is on the boil again following North Korea’s nuclear test earlier this year and the month-long, unusually threatening U.S.-South
PESA and pressures
Social Justice
Migrants and culture
Books
The essays will be of immense value to students of diaspora studies as they encompass significant cultural transformations over a long period of histo
Industrial Pollution
Sterlite in trouble
India
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board orders the closure of its copper smelter unit in Tuticorin even as the Supreme Court stays a 2010 High Court or
Data Card
Flight of sparrows
Data Stories
A nationwide survey finds that the common house sparrow is not so common any more.
Millennium Development Goals
Halfway measures
World Affairs
The Bali meeting of the High-Level Panel designated to prepare the post-2015 global framework to the MDG offers little hope of a rethink on the develo
Kashmir debate
Books
An in-depth study of the real Kashmir problem, with the focus on “Azad Kashmir”, backed by facts and figures.
Science
Almost perfect
Science & Technology
The precise picture delivered by Planck conforms most spectacularly to the expectations of the Standard Model of the universe, but the evidence of ano
Letters
Letters
Invaluable data
Conservation
Art and science of taxidermy
Conservation
Spotlight
Stuff of legends
Conservation
Van Ingen & Van Ingen of Mysore were the master taxidermists of colonial India at a time when hunting was a thriving sport, and their work was pri
New Wave
Tamil cinema’s double act
Sashi Kumar
In Tamil cinema, a band of directors has been quietly making films grounded in local realities and away from big-star formulas but working within t
Thatcher
Lamenting a legacy
Obituary
Margaret Thatcher was a deeply divisive figure as Britain’s longest serving Prime Minister, with her pro-industry, anti-people policies.
Galapagos
Paradise for endemic wildlife
Environment
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note
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WEST BENGAL
A death in custody
India
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Feb 10, 2023
Hills of Hassan district plagued by perennial human-animal conflict
Tiger man, burning bright
Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing laws
P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’
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Jan 13, 2023
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
A chat over tikki
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Jan 27, 2023
The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area
How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of community
Pele (1940-2022): At his feet, football transformed into poetry
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