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In this issue
11-12-2015
35 STORIES
Clean India Campaign
Tardy progress
One year after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission, it is clear that the mission is still a long way from meeting its targets and that its approac
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Uniform Civil Code
Zeal and poor scholarship
The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Terror trumps economy
Jayati Ghosh
Shameless ‘punditry’
Birds of Kerala
In quest of the frogmouth
Sighting the Ceylon frogmouth at close quarters is perhaps a great achievement in bird monitoring and habitat restoration.
Islamic State
Agents of death
Highly motivated squads of suicide bombers are in the forefront of both conventional warfare and urban terror attacks by the Islamic State, like the o
Interview: Prof. B. Sheik Ali
On the life and times of Tipu Sultan
Interview with Prof. B. Sheik Ali.
Myanmar
Halfway to democracy
The Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy scores a thumping victory in Myanmar, marking a partial comeback of civilian rule in the countr
India
Focus on official apathy
Nobel Prize
On the neutrino trail
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics underscores the need to study the nature of neutrino, but imagined fears and unfounded allegations are thwarting I
Nimhans
Mending minds
The Bengaluru-based NIMHANS has built an archive of registers and case records that tracks the development of psychiatric care from the British period
Uniform Civil Code
Zeal and poor scholarship
The cure to the malaise is not the imposition of a hated uniform civil code but a strong agitation for respect for the sharia and rejection of the Ang
India
Shah Bano & Ayodhya
Kerala
Forced out
Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani resigns under pressure following allegations of corruption in the bar bribery case and now the spotlight is on some
Climate change
A text for Paris
West Bengal
Demand for a new hill district
Cover Story
Terror in Paris
Retaliatory action against the Islamic State is high on the agenda of an angry Europe and the international community in the wake of the Paris terror
Bird Migration
Speed leads the way
Disaster
Rain & ruin
The monsoon havoc in Tamil Nadu points to serious lapses on the part of the government in urban planning and the maintenance of waterbodies.
BJP
BJP: All is not well
The Bharatiya Janata Party is in a state of flux with party veterans poised to become the rallying point for forces opposed to the authority of Naren
Neuroscience
3-D tongue images to improve speech
Medicine
Aspirin against cancer?
Clean India Campaign
Down the drain
Safai karamcharis in Delhi work without proper compensation, medical allowances, risk allowances or timely salaries. The government’s bid to privatise
Tribute
Magical fingers
At 80, mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is as committed to his art as ever. The veteran of more than six decades on the concert stage has rew
Climate Change
A text for Paris
The Bonn draft that will be the basis for the negotiations in COP-21 in Paris is to the general satisfaction of developing countries as well, though c
History
Contested legacy
The controversy in Karnataka surrounding “Tipu Jayanthi” becomes meaningless in the light of the fact that the legacy of Tipu Sultan cannot be underst
Russian airplane
Terror in the sky
The I.S. claims responsiblity for the crash of a Russian airplane with 224 people on board after it took off from Sharm el-Sheikh. Western and Russian
Mali
Mali massacre
Jehadi groups like Al Mourabitoun, which struck in Mali killing close to 30 people, have had a free run in the region after the military campaign tha
Colombia
At the edge of peace
Anticipation sweeps Colombia over peace talks with the FARC-EP rebels. This time the hope is that the terrifying example of the 1980s will not be repe
India
Politics at play
Child marriage
Too young to wed
The scourge of child marriage continues to be widespread in India despite the laws prohibiting the practice.
Environment
What India plans to do
Defence
OROP stalemate
With ex-servicemen unhappy with the government’s notification on One Rank One Pension, it does not look like the issue is going to get resolved any t
Books
India in the new world order
A comprehensively structured book that is a substantial contribution to the debate on India’s foreign policy approach and engagements in the new era.
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Impact of election results to go beyond electoral politics in Karnataka
Why the BJP’s communal calculations in Karnataka failed
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