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21-02-2014
44 STORIES
Crime
What the villagers say
Particle Physics
First beam of anti-hydrogen atoms at CERN
Sri Lanka
Surveillance and survival
In post-war Sri Lanka, Sinhala cinema is all about triumphal cultural nationalism. What options does a Tamil film-maker have, faced with the twin thre
Readers write
Letters to the Editor
Astronomy
Hydrogen river seen in space
Climate change
New clean energy targets for Europe
Physics
Advances on X-rays
Material science
New ways to control waves
Jayati Ghosh
What about aam aurat?
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Black and grey
Maharashtra
Targeting toll booths
Communalism
Polarising Pratapgarh
Jairam Ramesh
‘I don’t subscribe to the mad scramble to clear projects’
Interview with Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Rural Development.
Egypt
Siege within
On the third anniversary of the January 25 revolution, a newly minted Constitution which seeks to keep the Islamists permanently out of politics and f
West Bengal
Buddhadeb in the clear
Ritwick Dutta, environmental lawyer
‘Quality of EIA reports a major concern’
ANR
A Telugu icon
The story of Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923-2014), the icon of cultural authenticity who found the perfect fit between good cinema and commercial profit
Kerala
A murder case verdict
Gujarat
Sudden generosity
Maharashtra
Power point
Syria
Sharing the burden
The Geneva II conference may not bring an early end to the fighting in Syria, but at a conference hosted by Kuwait there is serious talk of establishi
Pakistan
Taking on Taliban
Pakistan: With the repeated targeting of the Army in North Waziristan and the recent terror attacks elsewhere in the country, the government seems to
Forest Rights Act
Rules and reality
While Forest Department officials deny forest dwellers their right to land and to collect minor produce, about two lakh hectares of forest land has be
Natural resources
Vanishing commons
Across the country, the common wealth of the people, like land and water, is being sold off to big capital, leading to environmental degradation and l
Environmental clearances
Mining concerns
The decision to allow the expansion of coal mines without environmental clearances and a public hearing illustrates the MoEF’s role as a facilitator f
Kashmir
To craft a Kashmir policy
The best course is to move along a promising avenue for a settlement on the basis of Pervez Musharraf’s four-point formula, to which Manmohan Singh ma
Land acquisition
Bypassing a law
The promise to fast-track environmental clearances raises concerns about whether such decisions will be made ignoring the very purpose of the LARR Act
Social Issues
History of a struggle
Tamil Nadu
Battle of brothers
Death Penalty
Life-giving verdict
The Supreme Court defends the right to life and liberty of death-row convicts until the hanging and commutes the death sentences of 15 convicts to li
Social Issues
Martelli’s sigh of relief
The verdict commuting the death sentence of four people convicted in the Palar bomb blast case brings cheer to a little village on the Tamil Nadu-Karn
Books
Birth of a city
The book, supported by rich documentary material, tells the story behind the shifting of the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
Politics
AAP’s day out
The negative publicity the AAP is getting after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “anarchist” protest in Delhi and his vigilante Minister’s racial slur
Ajanta
Wonders of Ajanta
Cover Story
Licence to plunder
In a bid to make the UPA government appear investor-friendly, M. Veerappa Moily gives green clearance to 73 projects, including the controversial Posc
Crime
Rape as retribution
A case of gang rape of a tribal girl on the orders of a village kangaroo court sends shock waves across the nation, but the villagers rally around the
Race and realty
Properties of prejudice
Politics
Ambedkar & the BJP
The BJP has begun extolling the virtues of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. But one can tell from both what he said and wrote that he was viscerally opposed to the H
Gerald Berreman
Pioneer of caste studies
Gerald Berreman (1930-2013) was a proponent of socially responsible anthropology who spent 40 years studying the caste system in India.
Data Card
How India lives
The improvement in key indicators of living conditions such as housing, drinking water, sanitation and hygiene has not encompassed the entire populati
Books
Post-Spring Arab world
An account of Islamism in the Arab world, which says “hard Islam” has little future.
Books
Inhabiting two worlds
The book on Sahir Ludhianvi, the Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist, is a case of hero-worship albeit a sincere one.
Through my window
Inside, outside
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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05-04-2024
Farewell Appappan
Why a proposed private port in Karnataka’s Honnavara faces stiff resistance from fisherfolk
India’s oscillating opposition and the dynamic evolution of protest politics
The crisis of the secular opposition
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22-03-2024
Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
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