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In this issue
30-10-2015
35 STORIES
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Interesting turnaround
Column
The question of learning
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Sashi Kumar
The vigilante is watching
Death Penalty
‘A trapeze act by the Law Commission’
Interview with the eminent jurist Mohan Gopal.
Interview: D.N. Jha, historian
‘The cow was neither unslayable nor sacred in the Vedic period’
Interview with D.N. Jha, the historian of ancient and medieval India and the author of Holy Cow: Beef in Indian Dietary Traditions and The Myth of th
India & U.S.
Modi in Facebookland
Narendra Modi draws Indian Americans in large numbers, but diverse people also got together to put on record their frustration with his government.
What the law says
Legal farce
Article 48 is a handy tool to cloak and pursue the majoritarian agenda by the state. It requires deft reasoning by the judiciary to lift the veil and
Folk Art
Keeping a tradition alive
A small but dedicated community of performers continues to enthrall audiences by performing the centuries-old ritual art form of Kaniyan Koothu in sou
India
Time for introspection
Buddhism in Japan
March of Buddhism in Japan
Maharashtra
Shiv Sena stops Ghulam Ali concert
From the States
Matter of choice
Interview: Nilanjana Roy
‘People will reject Hindu nationalist vision for India’
Interview with Nilanjana S. Roy, literary critic.
Interview: Akhilesh Yadav
‘Silence and inaction is a way of encouraging communal bigots’
Interview with Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
Syria
Russia in action
Russia’s intervention in Syria is a possible game changer. President Assad has said that the military campaign by Syria, Russia and their allies is vi
Meat exports
Height of hypocrisy
A ban on beef is being debated at a time when beef is the food item that earns the largest export revenue for the country.
Nepal
Himalayan challenge
The promulgation of the new Constitution leaves half of Nepal in tumultuous protest, with large sections of the population feeling it is not inclusive
The Judiciary
Bar vs bench
The confrontation between the Bar and the bench in Tamil Nadu has reached a flashpoint with the Bar Council of India suspending the licences of 14 adv
Bihar Assembly elections
No holds barred
Multiple factors impart a distinctively unpredictable character to the 2015 Assembly elections in Bihar.
Books
Elephant story
The insights and information provided in the book are of immense value in understanding the Asiatic elephant better and in planning conservation strat
Books
State and inequality
Books
Role of the revolutionaries
The story of the intersection between the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, the Congress, and the British government in India’s movement fo
Interview
The making of Astrosat
Interview with M. Annadurai, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
Labour Issues
Storm in a tea garden
A spontaneous agitation by a collective of women labourers has thrown Kerala’s plantation sector into disarray, caught its male-dominated trade unions
Debate on Islam
Myth and reality
The debate on Islam has been reduced to carping about Islamophobia. This not only alienates people whose support Muslims need to fight real Islamophob
Emission
Volkswagen shock
Arvind Thiruvengadam, research assistant professor at West Virginia University, speaks on the emission scandal.
Report from Dadri
Hate culture
The lynching at Dadri came after months of concerted attempts at communal polarisation.
Interview: Nayantara Sahgal
Iron curtain on freedom of thought
Interview with Nayantara Sahgal, writer and columnist.
Cover Story: Dadri Lynching
The lynch mob
The Dadri lynching is only one of the systematic ploys the Sangh Parivar is employing to wrest geographical, social and cultural control of the countr
Essay
A failure ordained
In 1960, India lost a chance to settle the border disagreement with China. China’s position has since hardened, and the concessions that Zhou Enlai wa
Forest cover
Growing forest cover
India’s forest cover has been steadily growing in recent years, with a steep rise in the extent of very dense forests, but the loss of over 20,000 sq
Social Issues
Germany refuses to sign treaty
Saudi Arabia
Saudi stampede
Saudi Arabia, which has already been criticised for the brutal bombing of Yemen, comes under increasing pressure from various nations and organisation
Archive
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Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Of Magadh, Manjhi and Musahars
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19-04-2024
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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22-03-2024
Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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