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01-11-201346 STORIES

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C.P. Chandrasekhar

Shutting out the progressive agenda

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A life well lived

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Into the digital, oral era

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Choices and struggles

The book encapsulates the righteous indignations of a sensitive historian who is unhappy with the way politics has been drifting into the narrow alley

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People as pawns

The Congress is clearly eyeing a pre-poll alliance with the TRS in Telangana and a post-poll alliance with the YSR Congress in Seemandhra. In this cyn

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Irreversible now

The latest report from the IPCC states in stronger language than ever before that human activity has set the earth on an irreversible path to climate

Civil resistance

Civil society's limited victory in blocking the passage of two of the three Bills in Parliament perceived to be seeking to shield the political class

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Atheists of Madras

On a small band of freethinkers of the old Madras province who provoked anxiety and dread in missionary and religious circles.

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Peace bearer

The book brings out many unknown facts about an extraordinary peace researcher.

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Surprise attack

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In the name of honour, again

In a Haryana village, intolerant parents murder their daughter and behead the boy she eloped with for violating the gotra norm.

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Interview: Prashant Bhushan

‘We want radical reforms’

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The price of patriotism

The Gujarat High Court stalls the Narendra Modi government’s plan to evict Sikh farmers who were invited to settle in Kutch to develop agriculture an

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Fast and furious

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Story of two riots

In 19th century Bombay, Parsis and Muslims fought each other on the streets on two separate occasions but eventually buried the hatchet and moved on.

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Reality, from the margins

‘Piecemeal approach’

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Rally for the other four

Cuba commemorates the 15th year of incarceration in the United States of four of its five citizens who were unjustifiably sentenced to life on charges

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Search for new meanings

Amin Gulgee, in his latest exhibition of sculpture and video art, has successfully innovated with the material of the past and also made a break from

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Interview: Jagadanand Singh

‘It is a wrong judgment’

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Indian generics and AIDS

Interview with Dylan Mohan Gray, director of the documentary film Fire in the Blood.

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Letter from Beirut

Syrian effect

The civil war in Syria is causing a severe refugee crisis in the region, including in Lebanon. Financial assistance is imperative, but there is no su

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Life’s cosmic factory

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Lalu’s nemesis

A CBI special court convicts Lalu Prasad on the basis of circumstantial evidence. In the present economic environment, the corrupt politician-bureaucr

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‘None of the above’

The Supreme Court upholds the right of the voter to reject in secrecy all the candidates in an election and be counted.

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Interview: Vayalar Ravi

A case for political consensus

Interview with Union Minister Vayalar Ravi.

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‘Respect public perception’

Interview with Sanjay Parikh, Supreme Court advocate.

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Unsettling orders

A series of judicial verdicts in recent months bewilder the political parties but raise popular expectations of a polity free from corruption and crim

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War drums silenced

The Obama administration does a U-turn on Syria following resistance from Congress and diplomatic moves by President Valdimir Putin.

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‘NOTA will not serve democracy’

Interview with Subhash Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha.

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Activist verdicts

In three recent judgments, the Supreme Court echoes the broadly construed “public sentiment” in cleansing politics of its criminal elements.

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Terror in Nairobi

Al Shabab, which is battling Kenyan troops inside Somalia, guns down 67 people inside an elite Nairobi mall in a “Mumbai-style” attack.

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Splendours of Saxony

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Inside Bahrain after the government crackdown

Interview with Nada Alwadi, a Bahraini journalist.

Tamang’s new role

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A different station

An Internet-based channel launched in Bangalore recently gives the gay community a much-needed discussion space.

Locking horns

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Killed on campus

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Antibiotic-induced gut infection

Service or business?

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In uncharted territory

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Jehadis convicted

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Cross-country time-keeping

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Onion cartel

It is clear that cartels are behind the periodic surge in onion prices, but the government has done little to curb them.

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