The book’s real achievement is the way in which it has “problematised” the idea of communalism and wrenched it from its easy conceptualisations.

Network security agreements that Reliance Communications and VSNL signed with U.S. government departments oblige them to share data carried on their i

The constitutional process in the formation of a new State.

Two books that provide a corrective to the wrong notions that Islamic studies are a monopoly of the north and that Islam first came to the north and s

A resurgent right-wing Prime Minister in Japan sees China as the main enemy and promises to rewrite his country’s Constitution to allow the deployment

Obaid Siddiqi (1932-2013): Pioneering scientist, institution builder and teacher par excellence.

Interview with Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary.

Interview with Botcha Satyanarayana, APCC president.

In acting at the behest of the police to cancel the lecture of Islamic scholar Amina Wadud, the University of Madras not only offends the scholar but

Human rights activists feel that the conviction of Shahzad Ahmad in the 2008 Batla House encounter case is based completely on the debatable police ve

Interview with Surjya Kanta Mishra.

It is a desperate decision the Congress took to cut its perceived losses in the coming Lok Sabha elections in view of its waning influence in Andhra P

The midday meal scheme is a grand idea in a flawed school system.

The panchayat elections in West Bengal show that in spite of severe criticism from all quarters on various issues, the Trinamool Congress has not lost

The midday meal poisoning in Bihar has prompted the government to initiate superficial measures, but important steps like appointing regular coordinat

The demand for separate statehood in various parts of the country forces us to examine the complex relationships intersecting the boundaries of identi

Archival material of the 1940s shows that the British supplied arms to Tibet and a movie projector to the Dalai Lama and even made vain attempts to se

The Ashok Gehlot government comes under fire for repeated police action against the minorities.

With Lok Sabha elections a year away, the ruling coalition in Kerala stands thoroughly discredited by the solar scam and weakened by the deepening sch

Cuba commemorates the 60th anniversary of the “July 26 Movement”, which became a defining moment in the history of the country.

Telangana stands on the threshold of achieving its 60-year-old dream of statehood. But the outpouring of rage among people in the other regions of And

Professor Barun De (1932-2013) was a secular historian who ably led many national research institutions.

Samar Mukherjee (1913-2013) was more than just a Communist leader. He was the symbol of a way of life that inspired others.

Hiding amidst the shadows of jagged mountains and unforgiving crags is the snow leopard, a creature so mysterious that only a few would have had the l

A World Bank report on climate change warns that a warmer world will trap millions in poverty.

The book provides a wonderful perspective of the region’s geography, demography and culture.