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COVER STORY
30-05-2014
Election Special 3
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Briefing
Essay
Spheres of influence
World Affairs
The strong and consistent Anglo-American tradition of maintaining spheres of influence continued all through the last century and exists still. Yet, a
‘Policeman of the New World’
World Affairs
Wildlife
Riddle of zebra stripes
Science & Technology
Blaming the ‘other’
Jayati Ghosh
Stonewalled state
World Affairs
Israeli intransigence derails the U.S.-brokered peace agreement on a two-state solution, but the Palestinian Authority retaliates with deft political
Cultural encounters
Books
An important collaborative work that cuts across disciplinary boundaries and weaves together visual and textual histories to investigate the dynamics
Communalism
River of blood
India
The massacre in the villages of the Bodoland Territorial Area is seen by the minority community as yet another attempt by the Bodoland People’s Front
Creative tales
Books
It is difficult to box Ashok Srinivasan’s stories into a particular genre, but whatever genre one settles on, there is no doubt that the stories are c
Tamil Nadu
Height advantage
India
States round-up
Violations galore
Lead Story
Terrorism
Clueless in Chennai
India
The police are still in the dark about the purpose of or the persons and organisations behind the twin bomb blasts that rocked Chennai Central railway
Cover Story
Challenge to democracy
Lead Story
The Election Commission’s helplessness in the face of a campaign against it by the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, and blatant viola
West Bengal
Murder in jail
India
Controversy
Breach of faith
India
The Supreme Court orders a special audit of the properties of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram after divesting the Travancore roy
Tamil Nadu
End of ‘bull run’
India
Caste-related massacre
Tsunduru’s agony
Social Issues
It took 16 years for the Special Court to convict the accused in the Tsunduru massacre of 1991 in Andhra Pradesh in which eight Dalits were killed. No
Praveen Kumar, CEO, Tamil Nadu
‘We tried to stop money transactions.’
Lead Story
Interview with Praveen Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
Model code of conduct
Code & conflicts
Lead Story
More light on a hero
Books
The book serves a useful purpose in preserving the revolutionary legacy of Bhagat Singh.
Interview: H.S. Brahma
Challenges, past and present
Lead Story
Interview with H.S. Brahma, Election Commissioner.
Social Issues
High tension in Hisar
Social Issues
The alleged abduction and rape of four Dalit girls by caste Hindus escalates tensions in Haryana’s Hisar district, which is already polarised on caste
Interview
‘Model code is like a fire brigade’
Lead Story
Interview with S.Y. Quraishi, former CEC.
SIMI
Ban without basis
India
The continuation of the ban on SIMI raises questions about the functioning of the tribunal set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and t
Cuba
U.S. dirty tricks
World Affairs
An investigation blows the lid off USAID’s covert Twitter-like platform aimed at destabilising the Cuban government.
Turkey
Crackdown at Taksim
World Affairs
Protests build up against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but he remains defiant, cracking down on the May Day rally in Istanbul and even indicat
Egypt
Noose around Egypt
World Affairs
It is back to the Mubarak era in Egypt as the country is headed for a one-party authoritarian rule after a brief but heady hiatus. Liberal parties tha
Paramilitary forces
A different battle
India
The paramilitary forces battle terrorists, insurgents and naxalites and even play a role in the smooth conduct of elections, but it is the fight for d
Interview
‘Enforcement is very poor’
Lead Story
Interview with Dushyant Dave.
Myanmar
Hope and angst
World Affairs
Myanmar presents a mixed picture three years after the launch of reforms, and the next presidential election holds the key to which way the country wi
Covering elections
News space on sale
Lead Story
Political parties flush with funds provided by corporate houses are winning over journalists, and some news organisations are creating packages for el
Proportional representation
For fair representation
Lead Story
It is time India moved towards a system of at least partial proportional representation as the present first-past-the-post system often results in ske
Maharashtra
Ban on mangoes
India
Corporate social responsibility
Evening the score
India
Interview with Pooran C. Pandey, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network India, on corporate social responsibility.
Conservation
Elusive hunter
Wildlife
The leopard is unique in that it can live in every kind of habitat, including human-dominated landscapes, sugarcane fields, rocky outskirts, evergreen
Data Card
Trade in rupee
Data Stories
India weighs rupee trade options with a number of countries, including many non-oil producing ones, to reduce the drain of forex reserves.
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Letters
Leiden plates
Mystery of a royal grant
Heritage
The Leiden plates provide a glimpse of the story of how a great Buddhist centre of learning and spirituality flourished in Nagapattinam thanks to the
India in the changing world
Books
The book, comprising 17 articles, deals with India’s role in the changing global political and economic order and attempts to show how difficult, and
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Feb 10, 2023
Hills of Hassan district plagued by perennial human-animal conflict
Tiger man, burning bright
Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing laws
P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’
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Jan 13, 2023
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
A chat over tikki
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Jan 27, 2023
The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area
How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of community
Pele (1940-2022): At his feet, football transformed into poetry
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