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Tata Institute of Social Sciences
In this issue
26-06-2015
39 STORIES
Interview: A.S. Kiran Kumar
‘Design process has been validated’
Interview with Dr A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.
Labour
Lip service on labour
United Kingdom
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
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
The Judiciary
Distorted message
The Supreme Court’s judgment banning the publication of photographs of leaders in government advertisements, with a few exceptions, draws criticism.
Iraq
Fall of Ramadi
With Ramadi succumbing to the Islamic State, a large part of Iraq is now under the sway of the extremist outfit.
Interview: K. Chandrashekhar Rao
‘Committed to what we fought for’
Interview with K. Chandrashekhar Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Great dream of prosperity
Preoccupations
Orchestra in search of a conductor
Essay
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
TISS
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
Lead Story
Melding theory with practice
Books
Ideas in good faith
A historian of remarkable confrontational disposition, Tony Judt will be long remembered for his polemical writings.
Lead Story
‘TISS is a movement’
Communalism
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
Books
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
Social Issues
Maharashtra’s poor record
Interview with Anand Teltumbde, writer and civil rights activist.
Exhibition
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
Politics
Little choice
Lead Story
Local thrust
Delhi
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
Rohingyas
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
Interview: Riyas Komu
‘It is my attempt to reclaim fearlessness’
In conversation with Riyas Komu.
Tamil Nadu
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
Euthanasia
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
Controversy
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
Tripura
AFSPA goes after 18 years
Rajasthan
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.
West Bengal
GJM leaders in murder case charge sheet
West Bengal
Transgender at the top
Maharashtra
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”
Wildlife
Africa’s ark
Interview: S. Parasuraman
Redefining social sciences
Interview with S. Parasuraman, Director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Telangana
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
Suicide
Extreme step
Suicide rates remain high in India and the latest set of numbers throws up several disturbing facts.
Literature
Of Dalit life and resistance
Letters
Response: Seema Ahuja
Readers Write
Letters to the Editor
Archive
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The saint, the song, and the social revolution
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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05-04-2024
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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