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BJP's divisive politics
In this issue
03-10-2014
34 STORIES
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Passing the buck
Environment
A plan for India
Tribute
Bipan Chandra: Historian of courage
Bipan Chandra (1928-2014) was an outstanding historian with a passion for making quality academic work available to a wider public and an indomitable
West Asia
Tenuous truce
At the end of the 50-day war on Gaza, Israel is a divided house. But Hamas is firmly in control of the occupied territory, with its popularity among P
Books
A trailblazer
The States
Volatile boundary
The recent clashes on the Assam-Nagaland border have reinforced the fact that the boundary dispute between two States has remained one of the most int
Readers write
Letters to the Editor
Jayati Ghosh
Fighting for policy space
Hobby
Focus on cameras
A recent exhibition in New Delhi of vintage cameras provided a window into the long history of the camera and photography.
Ukraine
Signs of peace
Russia sees the Ukranian government’s ceasefire pact with the eastern rebels as a definitive step forward to peace, but the U.S. and Britain have ac
Sangh Parivar & Hindutva
In communal overdrive
After the resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar is gearing up for the next big game, to achieve total Hindutva dominance of
Unmediated
Prefiguring journalistic truth-telling
Essay
Playing to the gallery
India will not become a “great power” by courting the “great powers”. Its greatness will be recognised and lauded only if it succeeds in resolving its
Books
The Army in Pakistan
Two accounts on the Pakistan Army deliver a mixed bag—an objective history by one and sweeping conclusions by the other.
India & Japan
Business as usual
Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, far from inaugurating a new era, stayed very much in the well-established framework, building on projects and policies
India
Clashes and casualties
Greenspace
Earth Overshoot Day
The planet does not have the capacity to keep on satisfying the current rate of human demands on its resources, nor can it absorb the waste being gene
Libya
Lawless in Libya
The entire country has become a battlefield and the West has washed its hands of the disaster that it contributed to create.
Lead Story
Rise of the right-wing agenda
Interview with independent film-maker Rakesh Sharma.
Environment
The fight for equity
India must engage with as many countries as possible to evolve a common strategy for advancing the idea of equity, as a legally binding instrument is
Conservation
Bear facts
Poaching, illegal trade in bears for their body parts, and human-bear conflicts pose a great threat to the sloth bear species, which is endemic to the
Lead Story
In a cleft stick
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs’ role and relevance remain ambiguous as it is part of a government with a majoritarian agenda.
Policy Issues
Mirage of inclusion
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the Narendra Modi government’s attempt at financial inclusion of the poor, is unlikely to prove effective because
Balraj Puri
Liberal voice
Balraj Puri (1928-2014) upheld the values of a secular democracy and the need always to tell the truth.
Cover Story
Divide and win
India
Fear and justice
Simla Convention
British wiles in Tibet
The territorial concessions that the British won for India from Tibet in 1914 were received after the Chinese exited the conference at Shimla.
Books
Enfant terrible
Rashid Jahan, Urdu literature’s angry young woman, inspired a host of other women writers although her body of work was slender.
Controversy
Justice as Governor?
P. Sathasivam’s acceptance of the post of Governor of Kerala four months after he retired as Chief Justice of India is widely seen as inappropriate an
Fiji
Closer to democracy
There is hope as well as cynicism in Fiji as the multiracial nation goes to the polls to elect a new, more representative, 50-member National Assembly
Books
Memorable innings
A book on the history of cricket in Pakistan, well researched with attention to detail but often given to hyperbole and gushing admiration.
Lead Story
Saffron slant
Using education as a tool of indoctrination, the RSS and various organisations associated with it have begun a systematic campaign in BJP-ruled States
Nuclear power
India’s nuclear power
While the performance of India’s nuclear power reactors offers plenty of reasons to cheer, there are many hurdles ahead.
Legislation
Alarming act
The amendments the Tamil Nadu government has made to its law of preventive detention threaten fundamental rights and the principle of rehabilitative
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