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Pic of Rohith Vemula
In this issue
19-02-2016
36 STORIES
C.P. Chandrasekhar
A different oil shock
Preoccupations
The future of work
Essay
Intelligence & policy
It is high time that the rogue elephant that is the Research and Analysis Wing acquires a strong statutory mahout—a charter enacted by Parliament. Thi
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Tribute
Mrinalini Sarabhai: Classicist & activist
Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918-2016) believed strongly in tradition but did not hesitate to face contemporary issues head on. She gave classical dance new
Rohith Vemula
The death of a Dalit scholar
Rohith Vemula’s suicide in the University of Hyderabad brings into the open the deep-seated caste biases and discrimination against Dalit students, es
Legal options
Systemic barriers
Comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation bringing boycott, harassment and segregation within its ambit will provide a legal recourse for persons
Profile
Who was Rohith Vemula?
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempts to ascertain his caste identity and influence his family are meant to serve a political objective as the names l
HRD Ministry
Sectarian agenda
The MHRD has been blatant in its efforts to privatise and saffronise higher education and brooks no opposition from organisations such as the ASA that
Plantation sector
Brewing resentment
Assam’s small tea growers, who contribute substantially to the total tea production in the country, get a raw deal.
Books
Creatures big and small
A book that encourages people to care for conservation through excellent photographs and valuable information.
Books
Man who lived dangerously
This commemorative volume is a timely and necessary reminder of the greatness of an extraordinary writer, film-maker and social commentator.
Controversy
Egg on the face
The humble egg comes in handy for Congress activists to protest against the Odisha government’s large-scale bungling in issuing ration cards for cheap
Tamil Nadu
Mute victims
The death of three girl students in Tamil Nadu raises serious questions about the way self-financing professional colleges run without the necessary
Delhi
Capital tussle
The stand-off between the Delhi government and the Centre over the suspension of DANICS officers has led to an administrative gridlock.
V.P. Sharma
Pioneer of malaria research
V.P. Sharma (1938-2015) built a formidable research organisation from scratch and contributed greatly to the control of malaria at a time when it was
Iran
Iran in leap mode
With the lifting of international sanctions Iran will have immediate access to its huge assets locked up in foreign banks and will look around for bus
Heritage
Tamil-Brahmi on gold bars
Public sector/SAIL
Made of steel
Steel Authority of India Limited, which makes a wide range of products, has been synonymous with India’s development and is one of the country’s fast
Kerala
Singed by a scam
Three years after it came to light, the solar scam has now gathered enough steam to threaten the State government itself.
JNU
Personnel matters
The appointment of the new Vice Chancellor for Jawaharlal Nehru University is the latest in the BJP’s attempts to push its saffron agenda in academic
Development
Road map for Kerala
An initiative focussed on Kerala’s development experience exposes a worrying trend of rising inequality and proposes a strategy for sustainable and eq
Senthil Kumar
A suicide retold
In the wake of Rohith Vemula’s suicide, it is time to revisit the 2008 death of a scholar from Tamil Nadu at the University of Hyderabad, which is a t
Interview: P.L. Punia
‘This is an anti-Dalit government’
Pakistan
Terror dots on the globe
The deadly terrorist attack on the Bacha Khan University campus in Pakistan’s Peshawar closely follows three others in the same fortnight, in Istanbul
China
Structural shifts
Three development banks—the AIIB, launched on January 16, the EBRD and the NBD—point to the emergence of new centres of power and influence in the glo
India-Nepal
Himalayan mess-up
The drafting of Nepal’s new Constitution was marred by flawed processes and neglect of the concerns of the Madhesis and other marginalised groups. Ind
Letter from America
Fault line of race
“Black Lives Matter” is a cry from the heart of the frustrated black population. A white population in despair takes refuge in the toxic language of
Legal issues
Law and loophole
The registration of cases against the accused under the old, unamended Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act may we
Politics
Cold calculations
After defensive tactics and firefighting on the Rohith Vemula issue, the BJP may now raise a communal plank with an eye on Dalit votes.
Dalit life
The pain of a Dalit
Universities
For a strong forum
Universities in Delhi are hegemonised by dominant-caste student groups and, unlike in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh, there is no campus group to effecti
Interview: Sukhadeo Thorat
‘Exclusionary practices are deeply pervasive’
Interview with Professor Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
Archaeology
Digging up Madurai’s Sangam past
The ASI’s excavations at Keezhadi near Madurai, its largest in Tamil Nadu, have unearthed hard evidence of the city’s existence in the Sangam Age of t
Dalit education
Bottom of the heap
Despite reservations and various social justice programmes, the pursuit of education continues to be an arduous task for Dalits at the senior secondar
Tribute
David Bowie: A hero forever
David Bowie (1947-2016) was the voice of the misfit and the misunderstood.
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