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16-05-2014
44 STORIES
Jayati Ghosh
Future of the economy
Through my window
Shared traumas
Readers write
Letters to the Editor
Unmediated
The ‘Polled Over’ effect
Marquez
The magic of Gabo: Why Gabriel Garcia Marquez matters
Awareness of history remains one of the best gifts of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s fiction, which weaves the idioms of myth and magic to show how Latin Am
Untouchability
Another ‘Gujarat model’
A study on untouchability practices in 1,589 villages in Gujarat provides critical data for the Dalit movement to shape its interventions at the nati
Health care
Onus on the state
A Delhi High Court verdict says the State government is bound to ensure that poor and vulnerable sections of society have access to treatment for rare
Lead Story
Political economy of elections
The Congress' campaign is characterised by a lack of clarity on what should be projected as its achievement--the relatively inclusive growth of UPA I
Nigeria
Terror in the north
The Boko Haram spreads terror in the northern swathes of Nigeria, primarily to exacerbate the divide between the predominantly Muslim north and the m
Lead Story
Opinion polls and pitfalls
Interview with Venkatesh Athreya, economist.
Uttarakhand
Advantage BJP
General Elections
Campaign classics
General elections in India—the campaigning, the victories and defeats and the cold calculations.
Letter from Beirut
Polling in the time of bombs
Nothing will stop the Iraqi elections from going ahead on April 30, in which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition seems assured of
Tamil Nadu: BJP
Worming its way
Andhra Pradesh
Self-goals galore
Turkey
Enduring Erdogan
By leading his party to victory in the general election, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proves that he is still a force to reckon with.
Books
Dangers to democracy
Chhattisgarh
Even contest
Jharkhand
Skirting real issues
Maharashtra
Distrust and disarray
Punjab
Identity politics, again
Karnataka
On shaky ground
Rajasthan
Voting for change
Goa
Feeling let down
Tamil Nadu: Congress
Alone and aimless
Gujarat
Myth and reality
Bihar
Changing scene
Madhya Pradesh
Divided Parivar
Delhi
The AAP effect
West Bengal
Saffron portents
Haryana
Dissent and disillusion
Bharatiya Janata Party
Manufacturing an image
The theme of Hindutva runs parallel to the projection of the “Gujarat model” in the BJP’s campaign. Narendra Modi’s nomination from Varanasi, with its
Congress
End of ideology
If the Congress is floundering, it is because it lacks today the ideology, social vision and agenda an inherently pluralistic and unequal society like
Transgenders
Gender justice
The Supreme Court judgment recognising the third gender, while restricting itself to the concerns of transgender persons, links development with huma
Books
War of ideas
Odisha
Late swing?
Himachal Pradesh
Development debate
Kerala
One-seat dream
Assam
Targeting ‘outsiders’
Uttar Pradesh
Stemming the communal tide
Manual Scavenging
Raising a stink
The Supreme Court’s intervention has brought significant results in the Safai Karamchari Andolan case, but its final judgment belies expectations of
Books
A tale of two States
The book argues that Andhra Pradesh was created only to serve the interests of Andhraites and asserts that the bifurcation of the State corrects a his
Data Card
Arming India
India is the world’s ninth largest military spender and number one arms importer, according to data released by the Stockholm International Peace Rese
Cover Story
‘Wave’ & reality
Will the “Modi wave” the BJP has worked up in the media help the party ride over the barriers of caste and identity politics? Even senior leaders of t
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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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08-09-2023
Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
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Labyrinth of mirrors: Review of ‘The House of Doors’ by Tan Twan Eng
No getting past the present: Review of ‘History’s Angel’ by Anjum Hasan
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25-08-2023
‘Mrinal Sen’s stark images transformed me’: Shoojit Sircar
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