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Modi
In this issue
17-05-2013
49 STORIES
Lead Story
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Lead Story
Live Bites
Physics
Dark lightning
Cover Story
Trending Modi
Narendra Modi’s social media handlers defend his growth projections, shout down his opponents, and, importantly, project him as the “hit and fit” Prim
Pakistan
From exile to jail
The arrest of Pervez Musharraf, the first of a former general by a civilian government, and the angry protests against him by lawyers take Pakistan th
Medicine
Potential diabetes cure
Astronomy
New gamma-ray bursts
Lead Story
‘NDA not on the brink’
Interview with Rajnath Singh, BJP president.
Assembly Elections
Uncertain race
The Congress enjoys an edge over its rivals and the BJP is not willing to go down without a fight. But, in the end, it may be a hung Assembly in Karna
Politics
‘People want a clean government’
Cover Story
Contours of a conspiracy
A protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri weaves together evidence, from contemporaneous phone and police control room records, pointing to the role of
Cover Story
Modi myth
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts, with enthusiastic support from his public relations managers, to project himself as the BJP’s prime mi
Cover Story
Building euphoria
But in Modi’s Gujarat the difference between development and darkness is all too visible to those who care to see.
New Delhi
AAP’s participatory politics
Books
Panoramic past
The book showcases treasures from the ASI’s archives—among them, works of well-known photographers, some never published before.
Cover Story
The great land grab
The Gujarat “development” model depends on acquiring, often forcibly, huge tracts of land and making them available at below market prices to industr
Books
Pilgrims’ India
The book contends that there is a third dimension beyond the textual and political to both the idea and reality of India.
Books
Nuclear posturing
The book raises pertinent questions about nuclear forces, keeping the big picture in mind.
Iran
Nuclear deadlock
The latest round of talks between the West and Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme ends in a stalemate amidst rising tensions and heated rhetoric.
Preoccupations
System error
Letters
Letters
Bangladesh
Attempting a siege
The terror campaign by jehadi elements indicates that the Bangladeshi state is under attack by the same forces that opposed the country’s independence
Violence against Dalits
Violence & resistance
Atrocities on Dalits continue in Haryana, perpetuating a pattern of violent reprisals over small disputes. One gory instance is the recent murder of t
India
Meeting social obligations
Conservation
Baigas’ battle
The fight of the Baigas of Madhya Pradesh to regain their traditional rights is also a fight to restore the diversity of their forests and to protect
Medicine
Chernobyl’s thyroid cancer patients
India-E.U. FTA
Negotiating a sell-out?
The India-E.U. free trade agreement could lead to the bypassing of established legal procedures and the limiting of the government’s role in enacting
Nature
Island of harmony
Chinnappa Reddy & J.S. Verma
Two judicial legacies
Two eminent jurists who passed away in the span of a week in April had made invaluable contributions to the rule of law, judicial accountability and e
World Affairs
The 13 demands
Higher Education
Course correction
The Tamil Nadu government introduces a Bill in the Assembly that will enable it to take over the 85-year-old Annamalai University, which is in turmoil
Through my Window
Premchand plus
Data Card
Optimistic on media
The Indian media and entertainment industry is poised to double in size by 2017.
Unmediated
Melting the pot
Obituary
Immortal melody
P.B. Sreenivas (1930-2013) was a playback singer who could effortlessly bring a range of emotions into the songs he sang.
Judiciary
Mercy denied
By denying relief to the death-row convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar on the grounds of inordinate delay in disposing of his mercy petition, the Supre
Cover Story
Voice of victims
The Muslim community, discriminated against and pushed to the fringes of society in Gujarat, points to the dangers of having Narendra Modi at the helm
Urdu Daily
Kazmi made Editor
West Bengal
Problems over polls and a scam
Lead Story
Live Bites
Politics
'Farmers' issue is our focus'
Samuel Abraham
Politics
‘Good governance, our priority’
Samuel Abraham
Pharma Industry
Exploding a myth
The claims pharmaceutical multinationals make about high R&D costs are invariably false.
Essay
Why Afzal Guru matters
United States
Terror in Boston
The Boston blasts will only reinforce old fears and old narratives about Islam and terrorism though it remains unclear what motivated the Tsarnaev bro
Venezuela
Chavistas’ victory
Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez’s designated successor, wins the presidential election by a thin margin.
Books
Rushes of history
A “bioscope” on the life and times of the journalist N. Gopinathan Nair.
Books
The future of Egypt
A book no student of the region can afford to ignore. It helps one understand the nature of the contradictory forces at play.
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Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Of Magadh, Manjhi and Musahars
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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