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The New World Disorder

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Dangerous brew

The sociopolitical concoction the BJP has brewed with fundamentalist extremism and corporate control of the political process will have a crippling e

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Reserve Bank Survey

Foreign hand

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Cantonment and City

The ‘other’ Bangalore

Paul Fernandes’ cartoons capture the delightful transitional era of post-Independence Bangalore Cantonment, revelling in the afterglow of the British

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Crazy Wimbledon

Andy Murray gives Britain its long-awaited victory in the men’s final, while Marion Bartoli of France wins her first Grand Slam.

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Private care?

The National Advisory Council recommendations seem to be making a strong case for a major role for the private sector in the delivery of health care.

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Ordinance route

The ordinance-making power of the executive needs to be suitably restrained to create a balance of power between the executive and the legislature in

Letters

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Ready to run

With the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project reaching criticality on July 13, a project that was envisaged some 25 years ago draws clos

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Warning vote

The ruling Awami League would do well to analyse the drubbing it received in the recent corporation elections and take corrective steps if it wants to

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Neptune’s new moon

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End of a tradition

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Crash sled

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A tale of two economies

A collection of essays that provides a comparative analysis of how the economies of India and China coped with serious challenges following liberalisa

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Biotechnology Bill

Missing the purpose

Critics of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill say that instead of providing a framework for regulation it seems geared to promoting

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‘The judgment will create awareness’

Interview with advocate Lily Thomas, the petitioner in the Supreme Court case on Representation of People’s Act.

Cranial radiation therapy

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Shape-memory plastics

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Letter from America

Futility at Guantanamo

The shadowy status of the U.S.’ penal colony at Guantanamo Bay has the prisoners stuck in purgatory: unable to be tried for unknown crimes and unable

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Judicial overreach?

Three recent judgments by the Supreme Court and one interim order by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court have a direct impact on the functio

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Calcutta of yore

Hootum Pyachar Naksha presents a realistic picture of 19th century Calcutta and weaves in thinly disguised references to real-life personalities of th

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Jammu & Kashmir

‘A living hell’

This is how a resident describes life in the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora where the alleged rape of some 50 women by Indian Army soldiers 22 y

Memorial to Shivaji

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Methane project

Stop, says CM

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Safety concerns

Nothing left to chance

Nuclear reactors at Kudankulam will not harm marine life or displace any more people, say experts. The plant is also designed to withstand disasters,

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Interview: S.P. Udayakumar

‘There is no openness’

Interview with S.P. Udayakumar, coordinator of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy.

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Corruption Barometer

More than half the respondents in a global survey think corruption has grown in the past two years.

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U.S. & snooping

Cat and mouse

Latin American countries offer refuge to the American whistle-blower Edward Snowden even as the U.S. attempts to catch him by hook or by crook.

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Monsoon memories

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Turning point in ties with China

This volume, like its predecessors, contains instructive material on a host of matters. No student of history can afford to neglect it.

Nuclear vocabulary

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Half-baked scheme

The UPA government pushes ahead with the Food Security Ordinance, which is of questionable merit, despite opposition from political parties and social

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In mission mode

ISRO has 12 missions lined up over the next eight months. K. Radhakrishnan, its Chairman, speaks on two major ones coming up: the GSLV launch with an

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Okay to dance

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Hope in Singur

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Islamist riposte

After the military coup, the Muslim Brotherhood goes on the offensive and the political divide in Egypt deepens further.

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Sanitation concerns

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Partners for plunder

In another case of handing over national assets to private operators, the Central government invites joint-venture partners under the PPP model to man

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Fishermen's fears

Shadow of fear

The agitating fishing community near the Kudankulam nuclear plant fears that the hot condenser water released into the sea will kill fish and other ma

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A twist in the sale

The Centre’s decision to sell 5 per cent of its stake in the NLC faces stiff opposition, but the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister steps in and saves the day

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In conversation with Tariq Ali

The New World Disorder

Tariq Ali, in this exclusive interview, seamlessly switches from contemporary historian to scholar-at-large to polemicist to raconteur, as he tackles

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On a lost woman

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Geographies of imagination

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On shaky ground

The tremors of the Arab Spring have had a negative effect on Turkey’s economy and the country’s relations with its neighbours.

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