Decisive defeat for the Congress in the Assembly elections to the four States

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Economic Perspectives

Shale as saviour?

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A case for universal pension

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Hopes and fears

The book weaves the theme of insurgency deftly into the sights and sounds of life in Mayong village in Assam.

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TB and the child

Childhood TB has been neglected for decades, but in the past few years the WHO has begun to realise its real impact in terms of incidence, prevalence

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Seeing beyond Sadir

An interpretation of the role played by the Dravidian movement in liberating devadasis from “sacred slavery” kicks up a controversy in Tamil Nadu.

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Winners and losers

By giving the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics to only Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences seems to be downplaying t

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Look beyond Iran

With the geopolitical situation dictating the flow of crude oil, import-dependent India has to diversify its sourcing of crude.

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United Arab Emirates

Remarkable recovery

The UAE sees a turnaround in its fortunes, scripted largely by its economic powerhouse, Dubai, and its richest member-state, Abu Dhabi, but the proble

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Landmark agreement

The interim nuclear deal between Iran and the West will partially lift the sanctions on Iran and go a long way in reducing tensions in West Asia.

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A rare hat-trick

A hat-trick for Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh opens up interesting possibilities in the run-up to the 2014 general elections, since he has f

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Decisive defeat

The Congress is battered in the latest round of Assembly elections in the north. The results swing the BJP way and announce the arrival of the AAP in

Assault case

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Less equal

The Central government has for decades denied defence personnel their due in pension and rank pay in spite of several court judgments directing it to

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Sexual Harassment

Familiar skeletons

Sexual harassment at the workplace is a universal but unacknowledged phenomenon. The Tarun Tejpal case has brought out into the open a range of issues

The pricing of oil

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Sexual Harassment: The Judiciary

Above the law?

Several cases of sexual harassment involving judges and interns in the Supreme Court highlight the need for regulations that can address gender insens

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Third force

This Assembly election will be a watershed in Indian politics because it was driven by issues. People voted across traditional caste and class lines f

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Sexual Harassment

A law on test

The case against Tarun Tejpal will test the effectiveness of the amended law on rape and sexual assault.

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Growing concerns

The 10th national conference of AIDWA deliberates on important issues that confront Indian women today.

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Sexual Harassment: The media

Felt need

The Tehelka debacle may yet serve a constructive purpose if it catalyses action within the media towards establishing in-house mechanisms as mandated

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New-age champion

Magnus Carlsen defeats Viswanathan Anand by winning three and drawing seven games to become the second youngest World Chess Champion after Garry Kaspa

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Sexual Harassment: Universities

Under a cloud

Two cases in Delhi University colleges point to the gender insensitivity in handling sexual harassment cases and show that such crimes at the workplac

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Cinema pulse

An interesting and thought-provoking book on seeing India through its cinema.

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Close finish

Another BJP victory, and a message for the Congress to take its local-level leaders seriously and not to take votersfor granted.

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Murder and mystery

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Letter from Beirut

Bombs of Beirut

Fears that the recent spate of bombings will reopen carefully sutured wounds are overdrawn; the city cannot stomach another conflict.

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On the roof of the world

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Violent turn

A crisis looms over the country as the opposition resorts to widespread violence demanding that the elections, now scheduled for January 5, be postpon

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Light of Africa

The nine-decade-long walk, on which he had taken an entire country along with him to freedom, has come to an end. South Africa, and the world, will mi

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Revolution in retreat

The promise of a New Nepal seems to be on the retreat, with the Maoists losing people’s goodwill and squandering an opportunity to create a more democ

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To beat the unbeatable foe

To an entire generation of youth, Madiba represented the unquenchable human spirit for freedom and liberty.

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Spectacular victory

In Rajasthan, the BJP sweeps with a performance that goes far beyond even the party’s wildest imagination.

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Battlefields and history

Farooq Bajwa scores in analysing Pakistan’s rationale for the 1965 war, providing a lucid account of its course, and in linking it to the diplomatic e

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Unsettling report

The Kasturirangan Committee’s recommendations on protecting the fragile ecology of the Western Ghats has led to protests by settler farmers in Kerala’

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The rape reality check

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Through my window

Bombay meri jaan

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