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15-05-201533 STORIES

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‘Education is the only solution’

Interview with Prakash Ambedkar, leader of the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh.

Letters to the Editor

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The wholeness of a water drop

D. Jayakanthan (1934-2015) captivated the Tamil reading public with an outpouring of literary works that explored the societal options available for a

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Victor Kiernan and the lords of human kind

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Norms to the wind

The National Human Rights Commission makes a forceful intervention in the Seshachalam “encounter” deaths.

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Red sanders trade

Law of the jungle

The nexus between the timber mafia, politicians and government officials and the rivalry over the control of the illegal red sanders trade are said to

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Summit of the Americas

New realities

The Summit of the Americas in Panama City sees the United States and Cuba warming up to each other, but the opposition to the U.S. sanctions on Venezu

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Modi's tri-nation tour

Links with the West

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour has been significant, with a rich haul of agreements signed, understandings reached, and diverse cons

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Kashmir’s coins & history

The book provides the reader an opportunity to gain a long-period perspective not only on the coins found in Jammu and Kashmir but on the associated h

Special Component Plan

Lip service to SCP

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A Bill in limbo

A piece of landmark legislation meant to fulfil Ambedkar’s vision of Dalit empowerment has been put into cold storage .

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Letter from America

The Iran bogey

Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran despite an irrational hatred for the country in Republican and Israeli circles signals recognition of new geopol

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‘Cold-blooded murder’

Interview with Chiluka Chandrasekhar, general secretary of the Civil Liberties Committee of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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For a green GST

A case for including eco-taxes and eco subsidies in the proposed goods and services tax.

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Understanding urban Delhi

The book examines the city as a series of overlapping meanings rather than as an identifiable urban essence.

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Towards a factory model

The introduction of the Choice Based Credit System in Central universities, many educationists feel, aligns education with industry needs instead of e

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Harvest of tragedy

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His film world

Jayakanthan interpreted effectively through visuals the spirit of his literary works, leaving behind memorable Tamil films.

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Critical exercise

The comprehensive survey under way in Karnataka, ostensibly to collect social and educational data, is also a political exercise as it seeks to enumer

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Shout-show TV

On the need for journalists to maintain the quality of public discourse on politics in political talk shows on television.

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Curious about Kolkata

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At peace with the jaguar

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Situation of Dalits

Unequal citizens, still

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The relevance of Ambedkar

An assessment of the legacy of the oppressed intellectual and social rebel Babasaheb Ambedkar in the 125th year of his birth, especially in the contex

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Guarded hope

The 21st party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) emphasises the strengthening of the party’s independent identity.

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Massacre of students

Al Shabab militants target non-Muslim students on a college campus in Garissa in the worst terror attack in the country.

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After the Spring

The ruling dispensation in the country currently enjoys public support and if it can deliver jobs and better health, education and infrastructure, inc

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Murders most foul

Families of loggers who were killed in police action in the Seshachalam forest in Andhra Pradesh and those who escaped by a stroke of luck give a chil

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Possibilities and limitations

Reservation is a very important part of Ambedkar’s constitutional legacy, which has transcended the law and contributed in no small measure to the mo

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‘The primary task is to strengthen ourselves’

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Political movements

Ambedkar: Squandered legacy

Ambedkar’s political legacy has evolved both thematically and organisationally over the 68 years of independent India.

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Ambedkar and the Constitution

Freedom from fear and the fear of freedom

If in 'Annihilation of Caste' Ambedkar imagined the destruction of a religion that perpetuated the fixity of iniquitous relations in society, then in

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The magical reality of Eduardo Galeano

The Uruguayan author’s socialism never lost its heart or its ambitions. It was closely aligned with the dreams of ordinary people to transform this ex

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