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Paddy field
In this issue
17-04-2015
45 STORIES
Letters
Letters to the Editor
From the field: Karnataka
MSP and ownership rights
Cow slaughter
Burden of a ban
The BJP government in Haryana makes the slaughter of cows and the sale of beef punishable offences, ignoring the economic impact of the move on the fa
Controversy
A dubious alliance
TERI’s partnership with Coca-Cola, whose business practices in India and abroad have been called into question more than once, raises questions of eth
From the field: Tamil Nadu
Challenges galore
Heritage
An institute for archaeology
From the field: Western Uttar Pradesh
In debt trap
From the field: Andhra Pradesh
Defacing a rural economy
From the field: Vidarbha
Cotton farmers in distress
From the field: Bundelkhand
At nature’s mercy
NDA's budgets
In true colours
The BJP-led NDA government has, in the two Budgets it has presented so far, revealed itself to be very different from the pro-farmer image that its le
Industry
Small and ignored
The myopic proposal to create a dedicated bank for MFIs does not address the systemic problems in the banking sector that work against the interests o
Crime
Bengal’s shame
The rape of a septuagenarian nun in West Bengal shocks the entire country and once again exposes the State government’s inability to deal with the dec
Women
Unseen workers
Political impact
Building resistance
There is concern even in the Sangh Parivar over the government’s position on the agrarian crisis, but it is not clear whether this will produce any re
Land acquisition ordinance
The Ides of March
The BJP government is taken aback by the groundswell of opposition to the land ordinance.
Haryana
Church under attack
Israel
A vote for apartheid
The Benjamin Netanyahu-led right-wing coalition, hostile to the aspirations of Palestinians, wins again in the Israeli general election whose only pos
Essay
AFSPA: Licence to kill
Politicians, by focussing the discussion on militancy, have successfully deflected attention from the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, a colonial reli
Heritage
An early metropolis
Kalibangan, an important Harappan site belonging to the early and mature periods, was excavated between 1961 and 1969.
Universe
Generating stars
Cover Story
Agriculture in crisis
The Narendra Modi government is pushing ahead with policies that disadvantage farmers at a time when Indian agriculture is already in deep crisis.
From the field: Marathwada
Big risks, big gains
From the field: Punjab
From prosperity to penury
Biology
How chameleons change colour
Interview: Jairam Ramesh
‘Go back to the 2013 law’
Interview with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
TIFR
Disappointing a director
The Centre’s rejection of the appointment of a new Director for the TIFR points to politico-bureaucratic meddling in the functioning of institutions,
Reservation
Flawed reading
The Supreme Court misinterprets “historic injustice” while denying the benefits of reservation to some communities.
United States
Party of paranoia
The Republicans try to undermine the Obama regime’s nuclear negotiations with Iran by resorting to nefarious manipulation of foreign affairs intended
Reforms
Failing the farmer
Outcomes of the patterns of growth induced by neoliberal economic reforms have increased the disproportionality between agricultural and non-agricultu
Books
From crisis to ISIS
The veteran journalist Patrick Cockburn’s latest book traces the history of the Islamic State and identifies the reasons for the rise of this Sunni te
Venezuela
Back to the old game
The U.S. move to impose sanctions against Venezuelan government officials comes amid the country’s attempts to ensure that basic essentials are avai
Abanindranath Tagore
Evolution of a master
Kolkata hosts a major exhibition of the paintings of Abanindranath Tagore, a pioneer of modern Indian painting who led the revivalist movement that ca
Interview: Carl Haber
Seeing voices
Interview with Carl Haber, a senior scientist in the Physics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California.
Books
Bombay raga
The book traces the history of Hindustani music and its evolution in the port city of Bombay when it was under British rule.
Communalism
Callous complicity
The acquittal of all the 19 accused police personnel in the Hashimpura massacre verdict points to the institutionalisation of violence against minorit
IAS officer's death
Tied up in knots
The Karnataka government puts itself in an embarrassing situation by mishandling the investigation into the death of an IAS officer in Bangalore.
India
Political U-turns
Particle physics
Delay in LHC restart
India
Civil service woes
India
A case for Mr Biswas
Cyberlaw
In defence of free speech
The Supreme Court upholds freedom of online speech by striking down Section 66A of Information Technology Act.
Road accidents
Death on roads
Deaths on roads continue to account for the majority of fatalities caused by accidents, natural or manmade.
Archaeology
Harappan surprise
The discovery and excavation of a new site, 4MSR, near Binjor, Rajasthan, may yield vital clues about the evolution and continuity of the mature and l
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Close encounters with the third kind
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