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COVER STORY
31-10-2014
The Mega Sale
Disinvestment cover
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Briefing
A definition that works
Jayati Ghosh
Television
Noisy signals
Sashi Kumar
HMT Watches to shut down
Lead Story
Political Corruption
Source of the wealth
India
The judgment in the disproportionate wealth case against Jayalalithaa says the Chief Minister was the real source of the wealth and delineates the way
India-U.S.
Hand in hand
World Affairs
Narendra Modi’s sublime gifts to Barack Obama and the two leaders’ visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr memorial was ironically followed by a renewal o
Legal angles
India
A scheme that wasn’t
India
An upright judge
India
Under the same roof
India
G. Bhavani Singh
Blowing hot and cold
India
Special Public Prosecutor G. Bhavani Singh’s actions and statements have been contradictory and controversial. As such his appointment, too, has seen
O. Panneerselvam
Quiet loyalist
India
Hong Kong
Short-lived storm
World Affairs
The Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong fails to go the full distance. While the Western media laud the protesters for their lily-white idealism, the
Jayalalithaa's bail plea
The law on course
India
With the Karnataka High Court denying bail to Jayalalithaa, her only hope of securing bail is through a special leave petition in the Supreme Court.
Reactions
The day after
India
AIADMK activists stage bizarre acts of protest across Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s conviction on September 27 and the rejection of her bail plea on
Cover Story
The mega sale
Lead Story
The Modi sarkar is all set to unleash a privatisation drive that will result in the sale of valuable public assets. The exercise defies economic log
Disinvestment move
Privatising profits
Lead Story
The privatisation move comes against the backdrop of a Supreme Court judgment against mala fide and arbitrary allocation of natural resources to priva
Fisheries
Deep distrust
India
Fishermen’s associations protest against an expert committee’s recommendation for a revision of the guidelines for deep-sea fishing in the Exclusive
Crime
Troubling gaps
India
The crucial gaps in the investigation and trial of the Nithari case that have come to light are expected to have some impact when the Supreme Court he
PSU disinvestment
End of debates
Lead Story
The silence of the Sangh Parivar outfits and NDA constituents on the issue of PSU disinvestment is deafening.
Photography
Colonial gaze
Arts & Culture
“Drawn from Light”, an exhibition of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries by British and Indian photographers, shows how the new medium
Governance
Critical reports
India
Health Care
Unfair practice
General Issues
Growing corruption and malpractices in the medical field raise the question whether measures like regulation and audit of medical practice will have t
Testing diplomacy
Books
Images of history
Arts & Culture
Rahaab Allana, curator of the “Drawn from Light” exhibition, says the photographs featured are marked by a creative tension between universal aspects
Cuba: More for less
General Issues
Turkey
Playing with fire
World Affairs
Turkey decides to send its troops inside Syria and Iraq to fight the jehadis even as evidence emerges that a blowback from its earlier actions promoti
West Bengal
Shadow of Islamist terror
India
Interview: Flavia Agnes
For a victim-centric approach
Social Issues
Interview with Flavia Agnes, lawyer and activist.
Public sector equity
An obsession to sell
Lead Story
The government is in a hurry to sell public sector equity, instead of borrowing, to fund its expenditures, thus losing an income greater than the inte
SAIL & ONGC
Twin targets
Lead Story
Two of India’s biggest public sector companies, SAIL and ONGC, are on the disinvestment block at prices that raise doubts about the timing and the int
Positive interventions
Social Issues
Interview: Sitaram Yechury
‘Indian private capital has gained most from the public sector’
Lead Story
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M).
Elections/Haryana
Surprises in store
Politics
In Haryana, the electorate is reluctant to re-elect the Congress, and the Modi wave of the Lok Sabha elections has disappeared. This situation may thr
Essay
Ruffling feathers
India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has perpetuated the Indian bullishness in border relations with China by raising hostile questions during Chinese Preside
Crises at seas
Books
The books provoke serious thought on the neglected subject of the freedom of the high seas.
Elections/Maharashtra
Anybody’s guess
Politics
Maharashtra faces a multi-cornered contest for the 288 Assembly seats. There are no clear favourites, but the State may throw up a few surprises.
Gender violence
Helping hand
Social Issues
In collaboration with the Maharashtra government, Rahat, an organisation working for victims of sexual assault, guides them through the traumatic proc
Data Card
Climate change and insurance
Data Stories
Low insurance penetration in India is the key reason why loss of life and property on account of climate change disasters remain unmitigated.
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Feb 10, 2023
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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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