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Black money and grey areas
In this issue
27-06-2014
38 STORIES
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Chinese dreams
Science & Technology
Alert in polar ice
Interview: Rudolf Elmer
‘Not hopeful about SIT success’
Interview with Rudolf Elmer, a former employee of the Swiss bank Julius Baer.
Jayati Ghosh
Music and its spaces
Health
Anti-diabetic drug & lifespan
FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup: The greatest spectacle on earth
It comes around once in four years, throwing up heroes, villains and fools and eliciting the most intense of reactions.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Government
Air of uncertainty
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will not have to worry about pressures from alliance partners. But one does not know how much space he is willi
Lead Story
Toothless treaty
A new OECD declaration paves the way for access to information on bank accounts in tax havens like Switzerland, but is still skewed in favour of such
Essay
Impossible agenda
The BJP’s long-running pledges for the abrogation of Article 370, for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, and for a uniform civil code are constitutionally impos
Physics
Adhesives
Biology
Marine biodiversity
Health
Dengue & World Cup
Jammu & Kashmir
Concern in Kashmir
The controversy over Article 370 has affected the psyche of the average Kashmiri and given rise to the fear that certain important rights that the peo
Data Card
The beautiful game?
There is anger on the streets of Brazil, which is reeling under economic hardships, as it plays host to the most expensive Football World Cup so far.
Documentary
Songs of the soil
A video documentary pays tribute to the immense contribution of theTamil lyricist Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram, whose songs were rooted in the socialis
Interview: Prashant Bhushan
‘Stop allowing participatory notes’
Interview with Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
Letter from Beirut
The tide turns
Even as the Syrian Army beats back the rebels in key areas, the massive turnout in support of Assad in the presidential election drives home the point
Lead Story
Twists in Jain hawala case
West Bengal
Driven to despair
Science & Technology
New window to the universe
With the recent discovery of very-high-energy cosmic neutrinos by the South Pole experiment IceCube, neutrino astronomy can be said to have finally ar
Interview: Prof. Arun Kumar
‘Political will matters ultimately’
Interview with Professor Arun Kumar, Centre for Economic Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Crime
A cry from Badaun
The gang rape and murder of two minor girls in Uttar Pradesh brings to the fore factors such as caste dynamics and police apathy behind the growing cr
Cover Story
Black money & grey areas
The decision to constitute a Special Investigation Team to investigate cases of black money stashed away in foreign banks will prove to be an acid tes
Judiciary
From Bar to Bench
The Supreme Court collegium, going against accepted norms, has recommended the appointment of two practising lawyers of the Bar as judges in the Supre
Ayodhya
Building plans
In the new political climate, there is a pronounced assertiveness among Sangh Parivar outfits on core Hindutva programmes, including the construction
Books
How Dalits live
The book provides insights into the living conditions of Dalit households in different partsof the country.
Gopinath Munde
Grass-roots leader
Gopinath Pandurang Munde (1949-2014) was a simple man comfortable in his rural roots. A stranger to Machiavellian political machinations, he owed his
India
No gravy train
Ukraine
Looming civil war
Russia withdraws its troops from the border with Ukraine, but the latter rejects dialogue with the Russian-speaking people in the eastern region, clai
Maharashtra
Reprieve for Yakub Memon
Foreign policy
Diplomatic surprise
The invitation to the Pakistan Prime Minister to attend the swearing-in of Narendra Modi may have been a diplomatic coup but Nawaz Sharif agreed to co
Books
Thinking music
A commendable first book by a leading musician, full of thought-provoking questions vital to the well-being of Carnatic music.
Railways
Poor track record
FDI in the Railways without fixing the conditions that lead to frequent accidents seems to be an overly ambitious idea.
Lead Story
Who is afraid of illicit finance?
Illicit capital outflow has increased significantly after neoliberal policies were introduced in 1991. Committed as it is to the same economic model,
Kerala
A takeoff aborted
Telangana
Troubled waters
The problems arising from the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, such as the transfer of 205 tribal villages in the submergence zone of the Polavaram proj
Sashi Kumar
Cine-framing the morally monumental
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Samadharma: Periyar’s idea for India
Editor’s Note: Boycotting hate speech anchors not an attack on press freedom
True lies: Review of ‘Quarterlife’ by Devika Rege
How the Modi government is dismantling India’s federalism, politically and fiscally
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Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
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‘Mrinal Sen’s stark images transformed me’: Shoojit Sircar
Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers
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