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Leslee Udwin documentary
In this issue
03-04-2015
39 STORIES
Bangladesh
Freethinker silenced
Fundamentalist forces strike again, killing the writer and blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka in what is being perceived as yet another attack on freethinki
Interview: Film-maker Rakesh Sharma
‘The feminists’ position is extremely short-sighted’
Interview with documentary film-maker Rakesh Sharma.
Essay
Dynasty in democracy
In democracies governed by a dynasty, the leader is the prime fundraiser with control over the party machine and sees to it that the leading members r
Vinod Mehta
Unlikely editor
Vinod Mehta (1942-2015) was self-taught, intellectually honest and, unlike the typical editor, a minimalist—a man of action and very few words.
Egypt
Republic of Tahrir
Obituaries for the 2011 revolution are only now emerging. The general sense is of futility: What was the point of the uprising if the outcome is worse
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Ban as a political practice
Politics of ban
The practice of ban has been prevalent in India since the time of the British, through the many decades of Independence, and it continues to grow with
Development Issues
Vanishing lakes of Hyderabad
Rapid and unplanned urbanisation has shrunk and polluted Hyderabad’s waterbodies, main among them the Hussain Sagar Lake.
Jayati Ghosh
How not to treat agriculture
Maharashtra
Pact for peace
Architecture
In tune with nature
Rajasthan
Noon meal without egg
India
T.N. Kaul's letter to Indira Gandhi
Paramilitary forces
Raw deal
The government’s treatment of the National Disaster Response Force, which battles heavy odds to perform its duties, is seen as highly discriminatory.
India
‘Driven by the communal agenda’
Interview with Ram Puniyani, social activist.
Technology
An end to power cuts
Researchers at IIT Madras come up with an innovative solution to link decentralised solar-based DC power to grid-based AC power which has the potentia
West Bengal
Relief for professor
Jammu & Kashmir
Troubled start
The actions and pronouncements of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed soon after assuming office as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir have been terribly embar
Politics
Delhi durbar
Torn apart by internal conflict soon after its stupendous electoral success in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party struggles to remain united and keep its fo
Shooting the messenger
In denial
Instead of acknowledging and addressing systemic problems such as rape and other forms of violence against women and regressive mindsets, the governm
Economy
Public funds to push neoliberal agenda
The Modi government has apparently realised that the private sector is not up to the task of driving growth. It hopes to fund its neoliberal dream of
Gender inequalities: Universal experience
Cracking of the mirror
The gang rape and its aftermath, Leslee Udwin believes, universalised both the experience of gender inequality and the fight against it. She wanted to
Books
Terror of performance
This significant book distinguishes the experience of terror from the ideology of “terrorism” carefully cultivated since 9/11.
Free speech vs justice
Delicate balance
The controversy over the telecast of “India’s Daughter” brings to the fore the need to balance free speech with legitimate restraints in the interest
BNHS
B for Bharat
Books
Understanding culture
The wide-ranging field the book covers and the vividness of the conceptual concerns it encapsulates make it an important source of reference on the cu
West Bengal
Arrest in the hills
India
Indira Gandhi's letter to T.N. Kaul
Controversy
Beef ban
The BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra bans the sale and possession of beef. The cultural and economic implications of the new law can be serious
Physics
Unchanged in over 12 billion years
Global warming
Double paradox in Antarctica
Mars
ISRO’s Mars images
Inadequate measures
Words and deeds
The furore about the documentary film on the Delhi gang-rape draws attention to how inadequate the government’s measures are in dealing with crimes ag
Socio-economic factors
Missing the point
There is a need to address the factors that lead to the increase in the violence against women. For this, a more consistent examination of the socio-e
Interview: Vrinda Grover
‘Right to justice at stake’
Interview with Vrinda Grover, lawyer and human rights activist.
Crime data
Rape and the Indian record
K.Satchidanandan
Finding her voice
Books
The story behind the stories
These two books by journalists are written with eloquent simplicity.
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Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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