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Tata Institute of Social Sciences

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26-06-201538 STORIES

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Interview: A.S. Kiran Kumar

‘Design process has been validated’

Interview with Dr A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.

Lip service on labour

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Alarm call

Britain’s most senior Muslim police officer warns of the need for parents to be extra vigilant as more and more of the Muslim community’s young people

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Issues in Focus

Left high and dry

The dependents of the victims of the Hashimpura massacre have been further disadvantaged by an uncaring State government, which has done little to all

Distorted message

The Supreme Court’s judgment banning the publication of photographs of leaders in government advertisements, with a few exceptions, draws criticism.

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Fall of Ramadi

With Ramadi succumbing to the Islamic State, a large part of Iraq is now under the sway of the extremist outfit.

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Interview: K. Chandrashekhar Rao

‘Committed to what we fought for’

Interview with K. Chandrashekhar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana.

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Agents of change

Through creative partnerships and meticulous research, the TISS tries to close the gaps in state intervention to address social deprivations and suffe

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Melding theory with practice

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Ideas in good faith

A historian of remarkable confrontational disposition, Tony Judt will be long remembered for his polemical writings.

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‘TISS is a movement’

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Arson at Atali

The attack on the Muslim community at Atali, a village in Haryana, by a mob which included women gives the lie to the claim that minorities are safe

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The capital question

The book adopts the three capitals approach for an understanding of economic evolution but does not explain what growth indicates and what development

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Maharashtra’s poor record

Interview with Anand Teltumbde, writer and civil rights activist.

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Experiments with truth

Riyas Komu’s work “On International Workers’ Day, Gandhi from Kochi”, which layers a Gandhi image against a background reminiscent of the red flag, a

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Little choice

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Local thrust

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Capital stand-off

The battle over the devolution of powers between the Delhi government on the one side and the Lt Governor and the Central government on the other poin

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Nowhere people

The humanitarian crisis involving Rohingya refugees grabs global attention as hundreds of them are found abandoned in rickety boats in the waters of

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Interview: Riyas Komu

‘It is my attempt to reclaim fearlessness’

In conversation with Riyas Komu.

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One-sided contest

As Jayalalithaa prepares to contest a by-election to firm up her position as Chief Minister, the opposition, except the Left, is wary of what it sees

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Between life and death

The death of Aruna Shanbaug after 42 years in a comatose state brings into focus once again the issues of passive euthanasia, living wills, organ dona

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Derecognising dissent

Controversy rages over the decision of the Dean of Indian Institute of Technology Madras to derecognise a student group, the Ambedkar Periyar Study Ci

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AFSPA goes after 18 years

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Murder for land

In a land dispute that turned into caste violence, five members of a Dalit family are killed in Dangawas village in Rajasthan.

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GJM leaders in murder case charge sheet

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Transgender at the top

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Ringing with hate

Crimes against Dalits are on the rise in Maharashtra. Among the root causes are land-grabbing and sheer rage of dominant castes against the “defiance”

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Africa’s ark

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Interview: S. Parasuraman

Redefining social sciences

Interview with S. Parasuraman, Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

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A mixed bag

The TRS government in Telangana has seen ups and downs during its first year in office, but the people seem to be in a mood to give the Chief Minister

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Great dream of prosperity

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Orchestra in search of a conductor

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Squandered heritage

For 65 years, media and academia have failed to do justice to the towering intellect that Ambedkar was. Successive governments have undermined the Con

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Extreme step

Suicide rates remain high in India and the latest set of numbers throws up several disturbing facts.

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Of Dalit life and resistance

Response: Seema Ahuja

Letters to the Editor

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