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Putin and Crimea: Standing up to the American empire

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18-04-201438 STORIES

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C.P. Chandrasekhar

Financial strains in the “new” China

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A raw deal for migrants

Kitchen katha

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Uncertain race

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Evenly poised

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Stage of transition

International Theatre Festival of Kerala 2014 made possible a platform where different kinds of concerns on the range of subjects that constitute thea

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Demographic dynamics

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North-eastern States

Stalwarts and surprises

Interview: Deepan Sivaraman

For visual language

Interview with Deepan Sivaraman, artistic director of ITFoK 2014.

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BJP upbeat

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Malaysian Air Tragedy

Flight into mystery

The official announcement that Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 probably crashed into the Indian Ocean brings little relief to the families of those on

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India-China war: the true story

Now that the Henderson Brooks report is out in the public domain, are we at least now prepared to accept the historical truths, swallow false pride, a

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Interesting contests

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The act of killing

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BJP all the way

Northern Tamil Nadu

Caste divide

‘Now the focus is on the material of theatre’

Interview with M.V. Narayanan, Professor of English, University of Calicut.

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Corbett Reserve

In Jim Corbett landscape

A walk through the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, taking in its many wildlife delights.

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Committed anarchist

An insight into revolutionary politics from below.

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Waiting for change

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Arab phoenix

The U.N. report on Arab integration roots itself in the Arab renaissance tradition—honest about the problems that bedevil the region, but hopeful abou

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Strings attached

Residents of Kathputli Colony protest against the Delhi Development Authority’s plans to demolish their slum and “develop” it with the help of a promi

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General Election

A tale of two campaigns

The two major parties are finding the going tough. While the BJP is faced with dissent and revolt by senior leaders who are upset with the growing per

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Left in front

The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front is likely to retain the two seats in Tripura.

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Head start for the Congress

In Assam, the failure of the BJP and the AGP to form an alliance and the AIUDF’s “soft approach” are likely to work to the Congress’ benefit. In the r

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‘Russia had no other option’

Interview with Alexander M. Kadakin, Russia’s Ambassador to India.

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DMK and sons

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Saffron euphoria

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An alternative force

The ruling SDF faces a strong challenge from the newly formed SKM in Sikkim.

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Triangular contest

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Khushwant Singh

Electric man in a bulb

Khushwant Singh (1915-2014) could talk to and entertain his readers without being condescending, and there will be no one like him again.

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Inimitable purist

R.K. Srikantan (1920-2014) was a follower of the chaste Carnatic vocal tradition and never hankered after recognitions.

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A class apart

Mythily Sivaraman’s nuanced understanding of the importance of class struggle and her belief in the rights of the working class and women come out viv

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U.S. double standards

Crimea’s overwhelming vote to rejoin Russia, assailed by the U.S., is of a piece with Kosovo’s separation from Serbia and Croatia’s and Slovenia’s fr

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Russian riposte

With its intervention in Crimea, Russia is sending a clear message to the U.S. and its Western allies that the unipolar world order is not viable anym

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The ‘Great Game’ in Europe

In its eagerness to complete the encirclement of Russia by turning Ukraine into a forward country for positioning NATO bases, the U.S. is paving the w

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Electorate 2014

India adds 100 million voters between 2009 and 2014, including 23.16 million who will vote for the first time.

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