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GSLV-D5
In this issue
07-02-2014
49 STORIES
K. Balachander
Trend breaker
K. Balachander (1930-2014) gave Tamil cinema a new direction by making films with unconventional subjects and middle-class protagonists with all their
Sashi Kumar
Beyond the moralising screen
Books
The eastern front
Maharashtra
Ashok Chavan and the Adarsh saga
Pollution
Cracked sea ice & Arctic mercury
Interview
Where there is a wheel, there is a way
Dr Unni Krishnan Karunakara, former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, who is on a cycle tour of India to raise awareness and funds,
Aam Aadmi Party
Fuzzy start
The Aam Aadmi Party has support from far and wide but what it needs urgently is a set of coherent policies so that people can make informed choices in
Tamil Nadu
Ruling over a temple
Japan
Provocative act
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the shrine of the war dead in Yasukuni sets off a firestorm of criticism in other countries in the regio
Social Welfare
Unkept promise
The tussle within some Central government Ministries over proposed cuts in the budget for rural development schemes has affected a promise made to sen
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Unmediated
A potted history of national television
Tribute
Suchitra Sen: Reclusive legend
Suchitra Sen (1931-2014), the “Mahanayika” of Bengali cinema, was the first Indian to win the best actress award in an international film festival.
Cryo basics
Cryogenic advantage
Indigenisation
Russian route
While the indigenisation of a technology acquired from Russia has taken two decades, ISRO’s efforts at developing an entirely indigenous technology a
Jammu & Kashmir
Split, yet again
The Hurriyat has a third faction now. Observers see the changes in the group as a threat to the separatist camp as a whole.
Civic Amenities
Trickle of change
Arvind Kejriwal’s offer of free water will provide some relief to Delhi’s population, but only an overhaul of the water management policy can cure the
India
A Nobel winner
ISRO facilities
GSLV-linked facilities
Medicine
Tracing the drivers of oral cancer
The ICGC-India team’s study of oral cancer, the leading cancer among males in India, has revealed that alterations in several genes and biological pat
Congress
Reluctant Rahul
Even Congress workers have begun questioning Rahul Gandhi’s “resolve and determination” to take up the responsibility of leading the nation.
Art preservation
Colour darkening in historical paintings
Civil Services
Frustrating change
Changes introduced by the UPSC in the civil services main examination at short notice frustrate the hopes of lakhs of candidates and put them on the w
Kerala
Cooking up a storm
Technology
Heat improves solar device efficiency
Natural phenomena
Ball lightning captured on film
Books
Rape victims & justice
Controversy
Judge in the dock
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a law intern, resigns from the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and alleges a conspirac
West Bengal
Political U-turn
Books
A traditional bond
The book faithfully recounts the building of India-South Korea diplomatic relations, without missing the big picture.
Israel
Intellectual boycott
America’s largest academic association votes to boycott Israel’s academic institutions and draws the ire of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby in the coun
Books
Hegemony and survival
This collection of essays sets out to argue a new theoretical framework underpinned by a Gramscian point of view.
Interview: K. Radhakrishnan
GSLV MkIII, the next milestone
Interview with K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.
Bangladesh
Election amid anarchy
The ruling Awami League wins an election marred by boycott and violence. But the only solution to a looming political crisis is another round of elect
Social Issues
Timely intervention
Letter from Beirut
Road to Raqqa
The influence of radical Islamists like the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has been growing along the desert road that straddles Iraq and Syria.
Cryogenics history
The long haul
ISRO began studies to develop a cryogenic engine 40 years ago, but it fatefully decided to import technology at a high cost.
Cover Story
Cryogenic success
In a major breakthrough that promises to make India self-reliant in space technology, an indigenised cryogenic engine powers the Geosynchronous Satell
Namdeo Dhasal
Voice of the oppressed
Namdeo Dhasal (February 15, 1949-January 15, 2014), Dalit writer, reformist and activist, believed in the power of the written word to bring about soc
WTO: Bali ministerial
Defeat in Bali
The Bali ministerial of the WTO ignores the original development agenda of the Doha Round, but India proclaims as victory an unfair deal meted out to
Interview: S. Ramakrishnan
‘Will be able to repeat the success’
Interview with S. Ramakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
World Affairs
Declaration of Empathy for the Dalit People of India
Coal Scam
For private interests
In the coal blocks allocation case, the government tries to buy time citing inflated investment costs and putative losses of corporates as a defence a
The Judiciary
‘My dear Chagla’
High Court Chief Justices are now considered inferior to Supreme Court judges. It was not always so, as is clear from the case of Chief Justice M.C. C
Rohulamin Quander
‘Dalit sufferings are a human rights issue’
Interview with Rohulamin Quander, president, The Quander Historical Society.
Social Welfare
Giving Dalits their due
Two draft Bills on the Tribal Sub-Plan and the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan raise hopes of granting these decades-old schemes statutory status and ensurin
Moths
Bow out, butterfly
Essay
Supreme Court and Hindutva
It is 18 years since Justice J.S. Verma delivered his flawed judgment on Hindutva, but no Chief Justice of India has thought it fit to constitute a la
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