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RSS and Fascists

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23-01-201536 STORIES

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Economic Perspectives

Revisiting rural indebtedness

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Tyranny of the majority

The Narendra Modi government resorts to promulgation of a series of ordinances unmindful of its constitutional implications.

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A village’s nightmare

Two hours was all it took to destroy 80 hectares of fertile land with standing crop in Kannankottai, as the Tamil Nadu government went about “acquirin

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More hot air

If the outcome of the Lima climate summit is any indication, in all likelihood the Paris agreement in December 2015 will be a weak and seriously compr

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Skills and ills

Letters to the Editor

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Judging a genius

The book describes the kaleidoscopic personality of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. More importantly, in the guise of a biography, it illustrates the poli

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History and art

Jacques Ranciere aims to show that as one moves through the pages of history, one notices the function of art as the consequence of cultural patterns

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Calculus & India

There is probably no hope of ever coming to a firm conclusion on whether calculus originated in India. But if one considers the question whether or no

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Killing fields

Militant attacks on Adivasi villages and retaliatory violence in Assam claim more than 80 lives, displace thousands of Bodos and Adivasis, and revive

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Himachal Pradesh

Majestic Masrur

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Giant leap for ISRO

GSLV-Mark III puts a 3.75-tonne unmanned crew module into a sub-orbit as per plan, making it the perfect launch vehicle for India’s human spaceflight.

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U.S.-North Korea

Taunts and threats

The Hollywood movie “The Interview”, depicting the assassination of the North Korean head of state, is released in U.S. theatres at the prompting of P

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‘Arrogance of alternatives’

Interview with Shubhankar Dam, author of Presidential Legislation in India: The Law and Practice of Ordinances.

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Tamil literature

Truly new

Pudhumaipithan revolutionised the Tamil short story in form, content and language, making it truer to the lived realities of the times.

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Retelling history

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Moonje & Mussolini

Controversial ordinance on local elections

The Hindu Lit for Life 2015

A lit fest in Chennai

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S. Balasubramanian

Institution builder

S. Balasubramanian, chairman of the Vikatan group of publications, was the epitome of clean journalistic conduct and humanitarian spirit.

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Closing in

The Mamata government feels the heat as the CBI arrests Cabinet Minister Madan Mitra in the Saradha scam.

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Double standards

There is no logic to the way in which the Indian government grants Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to citizens of certain countries and not to o

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Assembly Elections: Jammu and Kashmir

Result of polarisation

A fractured verdict, that too along communal lines, makes government formation a formidable task in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Rage over a custom

A Tamil novel that dwells on a custom of 75 years ago relating to childless women incenses elements of the Sangh Parivar but the Tamil literary world

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Assembly Elections

Victory of sorts

The BJP continues to dominate electoral politics, but the not-so-spectacular show in the latest Assembly round affects its confidence.

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‘The law has to be compatible with human rights’

Interview with Anupama Roy, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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RSS and Sikhs

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Looming shadows

The I.S. will remain a threat as long as Turkey persists with its ambiguous stand over the organisation and there is no serious understanding between

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Fable for the times

PK is a film that, through an alien figure, throws up point-blank questions about religious beliefs, customs, rituals, temples of gods, priests, godme

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Prohibition Policy

Conflict of interest

The Tamil Nadu government banks on tax from the liquor trade to finance its burgeoning expenditure. This makes it imperative that the arbitrariness an

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Cuban triumph

The United States’ offer to normalise relations and lift the economic embargo imposed in 1960 has come as a victory for Cuba, which is firm that the r

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Assembly Elections: Jharkhand

A new chapter

The BJP makes substantial gains in the Assembly elections and in the process changes many of the basic parameters of Jharkhand’s politics.

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RSS & Narendra Modi

Soldiers of the Swastika

The RSS’ current fascist rhetoric is not surprising given its historical links to fascism in the 1930s, which have been established convincingly using

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Madan Mohan Malaviya

Portrait of a propagandist

Madan Mohan Malaviya played a key role in the construction of a politicised Hindu identity.

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Godseites’ day out

The Sangh Parivar has always been ambivalent about Gandhi and felt embarrassed if asked to denounce Godse.

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LPG subsidy transfer

It is a long haul ahead for the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG scheme, aimed at giving “subsidy to the right beneficiary”.

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