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Horror behind bars
In this issue
08-01-2016
38 STORIES
Letter from America
Receding pink tide?
In Latin America, electoral victories of the Right have shifted the balance of forces in the continent away from the Left.
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Column
A disaster for democracy
Paris Agreement
How the West had its way
The story of the just-concluded COP-21 in Paris is one of clever manoeuvring by the U.S., both before and during the conference, false goals, and comp
Tribute
Sharad Joshi: Son of the soil
Sharad Anantrao Joshi (1935-2015) was an inspiring leader who never lost focus when it came to the welfare of farmers.
Indonesia
A forgotten genocide
Millions of Communists were killed in a U.S.-backed pogrom in Indonesia 50 years ago, but the government continues to disallow discussions or film scr
Cover Story
Horror behind bars
An exhaustive report based on inspection of Bihar’s 58 prisons tellingly brings to light the denial of the basic human rights of prisoners in the Sta
Political prisoners
Prisoners of conscience
What is happening in Chhattisgarh is a reflection of the brutal treatment that political prisoners face in India. The Chhattisgarh Police has been bre
Interview: Arun Ferreira
‘The high walls keep out realities’
Interview with the social activist Arun Ferreira.
Interview: Justice V.N. Sinha
‘Prison inspection can open a can of worms’
Interview with Justice V.N. Sinha, who commissioned the Bihar prison inspection.
Controversy
A businessman as Chancellor
The growing internal resentment against the Chancellor of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University is yet another testimony to the Modi regime’s clum
Crime
Trial and errors
The actor Salman Khan’s acquittal in a 2002 hit-and-run case raises more questions than it answers.
Books
Yoginis as goddesses
The book attempts to formulate the Yogini cult in a multilayered way, taking into account multiple perspectives.
Books
Shock and awe
Baluta, the first-ever autobiography by a Dalit, is a no-holds-barred narrative which reminds us that cruelty and oppression are still in our midst.
Interview: Jerry Pinto
‘Baluta is an act of faith’
Interview with Jerry Pinto, the translator of “Baluta”.
Kolkatar King
Disturbing reflections
“Kolkatar King” holds a mirror up to a society which has gone morally bankrupt, where agencies of the state are co-opted to maintain the status quo.
Lead Story
Limits to remission powers
MEDIA
Muzzling criticism
Ananda Vikatan, a popular Tamil weekly, is the latest target of the series of defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government, which has come in f
Insurance
‘Natural disasters are part of standard covers’
Lead Story
Shocking revelations
Books
The Left in Pakistan
A scholarly book which tells the story of how the Left movement was seeded in Pakistan in the years after independence, the struggle of its early pion
Lead Story
Earthquake and after
India
Of carcasses and compensation
Diplomacy
Changing tack
The Sangh Parivar dilutes its aggressive posturing of the past and takes nuanced positions to justify the Narendra Modi government’s new dialogue with
AAP-BJP
Slugfest in Delhi
The CBI’s raids on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary sparks another round of hostility between leaders of the AAP and the BJP
Disaster: Cuddalore
Unequal relief
In rain-ravaged Cuddalore district, allegations abound of relief and compensation reaching slowly in some places even as others seemingly received mor
Legislation
A diluted Bill
The Janlokpal Bill passed by the Delhi Assembly on December 3 fails to meet the goals of the 2011 anti-corruption movement and is a pale shadow of the
Diplomacy
On the pivot to East
By signing the nuclear and high-speed rail deals with Japan, India inches closer to the anti-China alliance led by the United States.
Chennai floods
Other side of the city
Even as Chennai recovers from the devastation wrought by the floods, sanitary workers cleaning up the city get a raw deal, exposing society’s bias tow
India
Preventing infections from going viral
Solitary confinement
The dreaded cell of Jundal
Abu Jundal, the suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who is accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks, is protesting against his solitary conf
Chennai floods
Masterly inactivity
The release of water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir and the havoc wreaked by the overflowing Adyar river in several localities along its banks in
Minorities
Communal bias
Prison administrations flout every rule in the book, especially when the prisoners happen to be from the minority community.
VENEZUELA
Setback for Chavistas
Amid falling oil prices in a worsening economy and an “economic war” being waged by the private sector against the government, Venezuela’s United S
Report card
Neglected reforms
Several committees have over the years made recommendations for improving the conditions in Indian prisons, but these remain unimplemented.
S. Ramanujam
Lifelong love for theatre
The inimitable S. Ramanujam was an inspirational figure who left an indelible mark on Tamil and Malayalam theatre.
Crowding in prisons
Bursting at the seams
The prison establishment is characterised by overcrowding, uneven utilisation of annual budgets by States, and a shortage of prison staff at various l
In first person
G.N. Saibaba writes: My view from an ‘anda’
The Delhi university professor reflects upon life in prison.
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Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
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Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
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Close encounters with the third kind
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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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Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
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Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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