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Divide and rule
In this issue
23-08-2013
42 STORIES
Public Health
Costly lapse
The Central government’s failure to procure anti-TB drugs disrupts the country’s TB control programme.
Books
Political adventurer
Syama Prasad Mookerjee began as a Congressman and ended up as a Mahasabhaite after a stint in the Muslim League Ministry in Bengal. Attempts to portra
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Banks and the F-word
Letters
Letters
Astronomy
Cosmic bursts of a distant past
Books
A subaltern view
The book’s real achievement is the way in which it has “problematised” the idea of communalism and wrenched it from its easy conceptualisations.
Physics
A new way to trap light
Surveillance
Indian help
Network security agreements that Reliance Communications and VSNL signed with U.S. government departments oblige them to share data carried on their i
Lead Story
Next steps
The constitutional process in the formation of a new State.
Books
Islam in the south
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
Japan
Back to militarism?
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)
Man of science
Obaid Siddiqi (1932-2013): Pioneering scientist, institution builder and teacher par excellence.
Medicine
Early detection of AMD
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‘Both regions will benefit’
Terrorism
Challenging a verdict
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
Lead Story
Threat to federalism
Interview with Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary.
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Echo in other States
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Text of the CWC resolution
Politics
‘It helped us understand where we stand today’
Interview with Surjya Kanta Mishra.
Lead Story
Congress calculus
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
Lead Story
‘People in Seemandhra feel they have been cheated’
Interview with Botcha Satyanarayana, APCC president.
Midday meal scheme
Schools for scandal
The midday meal scheme is a grand idea in a flawed school system.
Spotlight
Fetters on freedom
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
Books
Mixed metaphors
Interview: Amina Wadud
‘Wonder how India will move forward’
Global warming
The heat trap
A World Bank report on climate change warns that a warmer world will trap millions in poverty.
Lead Story
Divide and rule
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)
Historian and administrator
Professor Barun De (1932-2013) was a secular historian who ably led many national research institutions.
Lead Story
Division spurs growth?
The demand for separate statehood in various parts of the country forces us to examine the complex relationships intersecting the boundaries of identi
Tibet
Arms and the elephant
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
West Bengal
Trinamool’s triumph
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
Midday meal disaster
Tragic eye-opener
The midday meal poisoning in Bihar has prompted the government to initiate superficial measures, but important steps like appointing regular coordinat
Communal tension
Tension in Tonk
The Ashok Gehlot government comes under fire for repeated police action against the minorities.
Kerala
Losing sheen
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
Birth of a star
Birth of a monster star
Cuba
Red-letter day
Cuba commemorates the 60th anniversary of the “July 26 Movement”, which became a defining moment in the history of the country.
Economy
Poverty play
Unmediated
Leveson’s lessons
Tribute
Samar Mukherjee: Man of the masses
Samar Mukherjee (1913-2013) was more than just a Communist leader. He was the symbol of a way of life that inspired others.
Conservation
The ghost who stalks
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
Books
Himalayan panorama
The book provides a wonderful perspective of the region’s geography, demography and culture.
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India’s oscillating opposition and the dynamic evolution of protest politics
The crisis of the secular opposition
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