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End of euphoria
In this issue
12-06-2015
37 STORIES
Letters
Letters to the Editor
United States
White lies
The investigative journalist Seymour Hersh takes apart several important pieces of the U.S. narrative on the death of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in
Unmediated
Acting the age
New schemes
Miles to go
Tamil Nadu
The verdict in question
The miscalculation that has been pointed out in the Karnataka High Court’s verdict overturning the trial court’s conviction of Jayalalithaa and three
The economy
Little to cheer about
The Modi government’s first year in power has been characterised by a series of missteps, bringing into sharp focus its lack of imagination on the eco
The Environment
Destructive decisions
The first year of the Modi government has been characterised by a brazen disregard for the environment and an eagerness to fast-track clearances for
India-Bangladesh
United on border
The Indian Parliament’s ratification of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, settling a festering border dispute, has profound implications f
Foreign Policy
Look West, Act East
The NDA government has maintained continuity in foreign policy with a more pronounced pro-Western tilt if anything, and its diplomatic initiatives, a
Yemen
Terror from the air
The United States pays lip service to the issue of a political solution in Yemen even as it supports a Saudi-led bombing campaign that has devastated
Defence
Soldiers’ lament
Defence personnel, who voted for Narendra Modi in large numbers, are unhappy about the unkept promises.
Lead Story
‘We will not let anyone bulldoze our interests’
Essay
Ambedkar, Gandhi & Jinnah
The inner history of the negotiations to give recognition to the untouchables as a separate political entity.
India
From trial court verdict by John Michael D'Cunha
Russia
Remembering a great war
Western leaders boycott the 70th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, which ended in the defeat of Nazi Germany, but signal a willingness to work w
Lead Story
‘The challenge is to safeguard labour laws’
Cover Story
The big let-down
The huge gap between promise and performance marks the first anniversary of the Narendra Modi government. There is also growing opposition within the
Science & technology
Cashless & headless
Budgetary cuts, failure to make appointments in time, and political interference in the past year have affected all aspects of science development in
Serengeti
Endless wonders of Serengeti
There is something primordial about Serengeti with its profusion of wildlife and starkly beautiful landscapes where ancient rituals of life and death
Tamil Nadu
The two verdicts
Lead Story
‘Sheer betrayal’
Editor's Note
Which way Prime Minister?
The Economy
Slogan as solution
Faced with weighty economic problems on all fronts, the Modi government has had nothing but flowery rhetoric to offer.
Legislation
Acts in haste
Civil Society
With us or against us?
Civil Society, which is the hallmark of a stable democracy, is being made redundant under the new government.
India
Karnataka cautious
Tunisia
Lingering spring
It is reasonable to hope that the North African country is moving towards democracy undeterred by the reverses the Arab political revolution has suffe
India
‘One totalling error has resulted in her acquittal’
Interview with B.V. Acharya, Special Public Prosecutor.
India
From the appellate court verdict by Judge C.R. Kumaraswamy
Tamil Nadu
Faith at fever pitch
In a display of extreme religiosity, AIADMK Ministers, legislators and cadres do their best to propitiate the gods in order to get Jayalalithaa back i
Disproportionate assets case
Trials & tribulations
The removal and reappointment of B.V. Acharya as the Special Public Prosecutor has been among the most controversial developments in the disproportion
Social sector
Two steps backward
The Modi government’s deep cuts in funds for social programmes relating to rural job generation, education, health and nutrition among other crucial s
India-China
Building bridges
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China did not produce any bilateral big-ticket announcements, but this absence was made up for by unprecedente
Institutions
Corrosive agenda at work
Over the past year, the government has successfully undermined important cultural institutions through ideological favouritism in key appointments and
Education of girls
Girls in school, a report card
A report card on India’s progress in achieving gender parity in the area of girl child education.
Books
Rise of the colonised
The author’s account of the history of development is a fascinating narrative of change, divergence and convergence between different regions of the w
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