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A coversation with the former Editor of The Guardian

In this issue

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Letters to the editor

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Economic Perspectives

The search for India’s bulky middle

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Changing landscapes

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The need for a new agenda

The core of the “idea of India” is to reclaim secular democracy by winning the battle between Reason and Unreason.

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A coup in Greece

Despite the overwhelming popular mandate to resist pressures from global finance, the Syriza-led government in Greece fails to stand up for its people

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Contagion of crisis

While the volume is rich in material, insights and discussions on policies, the authors appear to be hesitant to enter into crucial matters relating t

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Dredging up trouble

With so many reasons for sand mining to flourish in Maharashtra, it is hard to see how the State will be able to regulate the activity or make it sust

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Totem of secular India

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In cold blood

The uneasy calm in the western region of Tamil Nadu that followed the protests against Perumal Murugan’s controversial novel is broken by the caste-dr

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Demystifying caste

The book will appeal to anyone who is interested in understanding the highly complex phenomenon of caste and is prepared to go beyond the “sacred” and

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Roots of the scandal

Interview with Anil Sadgopal, a botanist by training and a vocal critic of the privatisation of education.

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‘He should have realised his birth-based limitations’

Interview with K. Gopal Ramesh of the Kongunadu Jananayaga Katchi.

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Rivers no more

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Scam country

The Sangh Parivar stands exposed in the VYAPAM scam in Madhya Pradesh, probably India’s biggest corruption scandal going by the extent to which it ha

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Grim picture

A survey conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry and UNICEF in 28 States and Delhi presents a dismal picture of crucial maternal and chi

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India’s failure in Kashmir

The book reveals all too clearly how in Jammu and Kashmir the intelligence agencies subverted the democratic process with intrigue and the electoral p

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Targeting teachers

An attack on teachers and non-teaching staff of the University of Calcutta on the campus once again points to the poor state of law and order in We

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Anarchy, violence, political meddling

Interview with Dr Debasish Sarkar, eminent educationist.

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A Greece moment

By tax policy and by cuts in social spending, the Garcia Padilla administration in Puerto Rico continues to press the people to make “sacrifices”.

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The Great Barrier Reef

Miles to go

Australia’s management of the problems facing the Great Barrier Reef earns a pat from the UNESCO, but challenges remain, especially in the areas of cl

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Return of Rajapaksa

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to contest the August 17 parliamentary elections exposes President Sirisena’s lack of control over the S

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The whistle-blowers

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The toll

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Price of greed

Kurunegala, his best bet

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Taking stock in China

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M.S. Viswanathan: The legend of music

M.S. Viswanathan (1928-2015) and his music have a unique space in the hearts of both connoisseurs and commoners.

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Interview: Alan Rusbridger

Into the brave new digital order

In conversation with Alan Rusbridger, former Editor of The Guardian.

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On thin ice

Studies conducted by the Norwegian Polar Institute point to the far-reaching effects of global warming on the habitat and preying habits of the polar

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State of Dalits

Dalit nation

The findings of Census 2011 provide remarkable insight into the lives of Dalits across the country, clearly demonstrating that the government must go

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Science & Technology

Pluto revelations

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Science & Technology

LNMO batteries

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Science & Technology

Black arsenic phosphorus

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Intense rainfall & global warming

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