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End of euphoria

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12-06-201536 STORIES

Letters to the Editor

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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

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Acting the age

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Corrosive agenda at work

Over the past year, the government has successfully undermined important cultural institutions through ideological favouritism in key appointments and

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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

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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

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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

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Miles to go

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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

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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

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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 two verdicts

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‘Sheer betrayal’

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Which way Prime Minister?

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Slogan as solution

Faced with weighty economic problems on all fronts, the Modi government has had nothing but flowery rhetoric to offer.

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Acts in haste

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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

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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

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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

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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

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With us or against us?

Civil Society, which is the hallmark of a stable democracy, is being made redundant under the new government.

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Soldiers’ lament

Defence personnel, who voted for Narendra Modi in large numbers, are unhappy about the unkept promises.

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‘We will not let anyone bulldoze our interests’

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Ambedkar, Gandhi & Jinnah

The inner history of the negotiations to give recognition to the untouchables as a separate political entity.

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From trial court verdict by John Michael D'Cunha

Karnataka cautious

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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

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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

‘One totalling error has resulted in her acquittal’

Interview with B.V. Acharya, Special Public Prosecutor.

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From the appellate court verdict by Judge C.R. Kumaraswamy

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‘The challenge is to safeguard labour laws’

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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