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03-04-201539 STORIES

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

‘The feminists’ position is extremely short-sighted’

Interview with documentary film-maker Rakesh Sharma.

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

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.

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

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