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08-08-201436 STORIES

A comet’s last hours

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Brain-controlled flight

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Image from microsatellite

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Granville Austin: Interpreter of a Constitution

Granville Austin (1927-2014) decisively paved the way for Indians to understand the meaning of their Constitution through two outstanding, groundbreak

Letters to the Editor

Happy days are not in sight

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Dream train

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Undoing fatwas

The Supreme Court ruling that fatwas issued by sharia courts cannot be enforced is significant in furthering the movement for securing gender justice

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Vision for Kashmir

A solid indictment of India and Pakistan for following the policy of crisis management rather than opting for a difficult but morally right path of co

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Roots of Indian secularism

The battle between Indian nationalism and Hindu nationalism must continue to be fought, and not by politicians alone. The roots of Indian secularism l

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One for the memories

It was all there: drama, glory and heartbreak, magical display of skills and biting brutality, the making of new heroes and the breaking of old reputa

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EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE

Silver Fox of Georgia

Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) will be remembered for his role, along with Gorbachev, in the dismantling of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc.

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Reservation blocked in tribal areas

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‘Paid news’ notice to Ashok Chavan

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Mallya, the man

This account of Vijay Mallya’s life presents a layered portrait of the man, his oddities and eccentricities, and highlights the serious problems of In

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Green guide

A lavishly illustrated field guide for avid tree spotters.

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Academic turned away

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Rallying for friendship

The Kolkata-Kunming car rally, through India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and China, highlights the need for proper connectivity that would facilitate cultura

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Beniwal goes to Mizoram

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Saheb’s man

With the elevation of Amit Shah as the BJP’s president, Narendra Modi’s control over the party is complete.

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Terror from the skies

People in Gaza are gripped by fear, the streets are empty and the shops are closed as the Israeli offensive continues unabated.

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Shadow of fear

The pre-dawn arrest of Dalits from Naikkankottai village in Dharmapuri district brings back fearful memories to the Dalit colonies and deepens the cas

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On a different track

The Railway budget’s emphasis on wooing private capital threatens the Railway’s long-term financial health.

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From crisis to crisis

An election process marked by malpractices by all parties and the possibility of the Taliban’s return to share power make the future of Afghanistan bl

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Home-grown jehadis

Brainwashed by Islamist propaganda in Internet chat rooms and secret conclaves, hordes of British Muslim youths are tripping on jehadi safaris, volunt

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Long arm of the U.S.

U.S. Marshals openly violate Maldivian laws to “arrest” a Russian tourist in Male airport and fly him to Guam, where he is charged with hacking and cr

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Hollow promises

There is a decline in real terms in the budget allocations to crucial areas of the social sector.

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Specious macroeconomics

Three examples from the major policy pronouncements made by Arun Jaitley in his Budget prove the erroneous thinking behind the exercise.

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More of the same

By trimming government expenditure, raising resources through means that would aggravate cost-push inflation and relying on private investment to revi

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Economic Survey

‘Free market’ manifesto

The Economic Survey, while containing rich empirical material, is limited hugely by its unswerving faith in the “optimality” of free markets.

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Anatomy of romance

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Migrant workers

Of human bondage

An Amnesty International India report on Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia calls attention to their vulnerability to abuse and exploitative recru

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On the wings of a dream

As a young girl in the conservative milieu of Lahore in the 1920s, Zohra Sehgal dreamt of becoming an actor. That dream not only came true but lasted

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Organic farming

The entry of big business defeats the organic farming movement’s raison d’etre—to counter the corporatisation of agricultural practices.

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Tiger at home

The Indian subcontinent can support around 3,700 tigers if there is a large track of quality habitat which has an abundance of prey and is free from p

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Drop impact

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