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The selective targeting of NGOs by the Modi government
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11-07-2014
39 STORIES
Unmediated
The new journalism
Space Technology
New possibilities
The U.S. government has eased its export controls on commercial satellites and components, which could open up fresh opportunities for ISRO.
Wildlife
Live and let live
Attacks by tigers and leopards on livestock cause devastating losses to owners at the Kanha Tiger Reserve, yet villagers rarely retaliate. Stewardship
Through my window
Sri Lankan stories
China & the U.S.
Destabilising the East
With its policy of “rebalance to the East”, the U.S. is trying to use the long-simmering territorial disputes between China and its neighbours to sto
Sri Lanka
Attack in Aluthgama
The violence against Muslims in the coastal town by a Buddhist group leads to fears of a resurgence of the Sinhala nationalism that targeted Tamils in
Books
Virtual revolution
On the dynamics of social upheavals spurred through the agency of social media.
Industry
Rebooting Infosys
In a business landscape that has changed drastically, Infosys searches for new strategies and direction as its founders step down.
Punjab
Crossing swords
Centre & the States
For a fair share
Unable to meet the growing non-Plan expenditure commitments on salary, pension and development activities, the States seek a more equitable share of t
Lead Story
Politically motivated: Medha Patkar
Communalism
Stoking the fire
Pune has become a breeding ground for Hindu militancy, and the deplorable attacks in June have exposed a dangerous communal problem that exists in th
Brazil
Price of extravagance
Brazilians continue to protest against the Dilma Roussef government for spending huge sums of money to host the FIFA World Cup at a time of economic d
India-Africa
A plan for partnership
Ways in which India can contribute to and benefit from Africa’s economic and political resurgence.
Livelihood Issues
Sea of troubles
West Bengal
Murder in a mill
Controversy
Unpleasant journey
The detention, by the Railway Police at Palakkad Junction, of 579 children from northern and eastern States being taken to orphanages in Kerala withou
Cultural Policing
Publishers as censors
Lead Story
Targeting NGOs
The timing and contents of the I.B. report naming select NGOs and individuals as working against the national interest exposes the Narendra Modi gover
Readers Write
Letters to the Editor
Livelihood Issues
Double disadvantage
Governments on either side of the Palk Bay must realise that many years of displacement, lengthy processes of relocation, and huge losses suffered in
Books
Rise and fall of PWM
Rakhshanda Jalil’s book offers valuable insights into the emergence of a consciously progressive, almost left-wing, literary and cultural movement.
Lead Story
The good, the bad & the ugly
Essay
Modifying democracy
To reduce the members of the Council of Ministers to ciphers is to subvert the Constitution. The trend has been set afoot.
Lead Story
No legal bar
The Intelligence Bureau report can be taken as an admission by the government that there is nothing illegitimate about the funding of NGOs although it
Lead Story
‘Our struggle was funded by the people’
Interview with S.P. Udayakumar, coordinator, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy.
Lead Story
‘The report is to discredit protests by people’
Lead Story
New truth regime
The Intelligence Bureau’s report gets it all wrong in accusing the robust civil society and its NGOs of threatening national economic security.
Lead Story
Holy cow
The I.B. report leaves out India’s biggest NGO, the RSS, which has been accused by independent fact-finding reports of accepting foreign funds in th
Lead Story
‘Need to regulate NGOs better’
Interview with BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
Syria
Confidence vote
The presidential election has once again proved that the majority of Syrians are behind President Bashar al-Assad despite the miseries caused by the c
Labour Issues
Warning signals
Trade unions feel that the Rajasthan government’s proposed amendments to labour laws, which industry representatives have hailed, have serious implic
Letter from Beirut
Fighting for dignity
Around 300 Palestinians are on hunger strike in occupied Palestine protesting against the inhuman provision that allows the Israeli authorities to arr
Lead Story
‘Right to protest under threat’
Interview with Samit Aich, executive director, Greenpeace India.
Muzaffarnagar riots
Clutching at FIRs
The victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots still live in abysmal conditions in relief camps with no hope of justice or rehabilitation.
Terrorism
Taking new routes
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, believed to be operating out of the Pakistan Mission in Colombo, seems to be at the centre of a terror network
Sonali Dasgupta
An affair to remember
Educated in Santiniketan, refined and cultured, tall and lissome, Sonali Dasgupta personified the West’s perception of the enigmatic Indian beauty, wh
Theatre
Refined recreation: Stage adaptation of Ponniyin Selvan
The stage adaptation of “Ponniyin Selvan”, presented in Chennai in June by Magic Lantern, does not disappoint as an honest attempt to retain the soul
Datacard
Killing competition
Pharma multinationals use the FDI route to acquire Indian companies in order to monopolise the generic market.
Archive
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06-10-2023
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
Jayanta Mahapatra: A master litterateur who created a language uniquely his own
Remembering Habib Tanvir, the master of modern Indian theatre
At Rs.51.75 crore, ‘Gestation’ puts S.H. Raza at the highest level of Indian art
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22-09-2023
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘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
Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘In the Shadow’: An Odia story in translation
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