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ISRO's mission to Mars
In this issue
15-11-2013
34 STORIES
Lead Story
In mission mode
Four teams of scientists and engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation worked tirelessly for 18 months to get the orbiter and its payloads o
Rights
Denying the disabled
Indian courts have shown that they are ready for progressive interpretations of the law on the rights of persons with disabilities. Therefore, any new
Preoccupations
A house about how to live
Exhibition
Different strokes
An exhibition of Bengali screen legend Soumitra Chatterjee’s paintings reveals a new facet of his genius. But Soumitra is dismissive of the critical a
Columns
A house about how to live
Armed Forces
Unhappy Army
The growing number of clashes between officers and jawans indicate a serious crisis in the Indian Army which has resulted from the prolonged apathy of
G.P. Deshpande
One who lit many lives
Marxist scholar, playwright, and academic G.P. Deshpande’s life was driven by grand passions. His intellectual range and capacity to move ahead while
Police reforms
Reluctant move
Legal experts and activists describe the Tamil Nadu ordinance on police reforms as “a half-hearted attempt” that does not conform to the Supreme Court
Cinema
Eurasian images
The 9th Eurasia International Film Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, had a bouquet of memorable films.
Manna Dey
Golden voice falls silent
Considered one of the greatest singers in the country, Manna Dey (1919–2013) represented what is widely known as the ‘golden period’ of popular music
SBI chief
Instant rapport
Arundhati Bhattacharya’s takeover as the Chairperson of State Bank of India infuses a positive energy into the 206-year-old institution.
Labour Issues
Waiting for justice
For the Maruti Suzuki workers who have been languishing in jail for over a year now and their families, it is going to be another black Deepavali.
Compulsory licensing
Patent challenge
Pharma giant Bayer’s petition in the Bombay High Court against the issue of compulsory licence to Natco is one in a series of patent infringement suit
Social Issues
Live bites
Natural Disaster
Acing the forecast
The India Meteorological Department, with improved models and observation systems and greater forecast skills, predicts accurately not only the intens
Lead Story
Two roads to Mars
Although the American MAVEN’s planned study of atmosphere is more comprehensive than MOM’s, combined information from the two missions should tell us
Lead Story
Bangalore to Mars
Lead Story
Record of Martian explorations
Books
East, West and the middle path
A compelling volume that provides both theoretical and realistic solutions to the contemporary challenges before good governance.
Natural Disaster
After Phailin
While the Naveen Patnaik government keeps claiming credit for shifting lakhs of people to safe places when Phailin struck, victims of the cyclone blam
Asia Pacific
The China factor
The U.S. and Japan have strengthened their existing military treaty with an agreement that will allow America to position its RQ4 Global Hawk drones,
Libya
Towards anarchy
The abduction of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, the strikes in the oil industry and the rash of assassinations are only indications that Libya may soon jo
Books
Constitutional dynamics
The transformation of the Indian Constitution over the years and its flexibility in adapting to changing needs constitute an area of great interest fo
Environment
Where the West went wrong
Conservation
Hunting out
The well-wooded Mishmi Hills, the takin habitat in Arunachal Pradesh which has already lost its large mammals to poaching, is facing uncontrolled hunt
Letter from Beirut
Lebanon’s sorrow
Peace is a distant dream in Lebanon’s south, where the Israelis and Hizbollah are only the latest players in a deadly theatre of war that has existed
Nuclear energy
Power from Kudankulam
Madhya Pradesh
Fatal crossing
Interview: K. Radhakrishnan, ISRO
‘The challenge starts now’
Interview with K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Shiv Sena
Joshi down
Books
Two legends
Two recent books on Naushad Ali and Meena Kumari, stalwarts of Hindi cinema, are interesting and informative.
Hydrocarbon industry
Shale policy
The industry feels that only by offering subsidies and reducing royalty rates can India achieve success similar to what the U.S. has achieved in shale
Bihar
Getting away with murder
The acquittal of all the 26 accused in the 1997 massacre of Dalits in Laxmanpur Bathe village deepens the pessimism among agricultural workers in cent
Cover Story
Mission to Mars
The Indian Space Research Organisation gets its Mars orbiter with five scientific payloads ready in record time for launch on November 5 for its truly
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Jayanta Mahapatra: A master litterateur who created a language uniquely his own
Remembering Habib Tanvir, the master of modern Indian theatre
At Rs.51.75 crore, ‘Gestation’ puts S.H. Raza at the highest level of Indian art
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‘A dumb buffalo speaks’: A Telugu story in translation
‘I escape back to control and home’: Review of ‘Borderlines’ by Manohar Shetty
Shadow pictures: Review of ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
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Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
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