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04-03-2016
40 STORIES
Assembly Elections: Kerala
Old rivals and a new front
In Kerala, the UDF, overcoming the infighting in the Congress, and the LDF are ready with their lists of candidates to resume their age-old electoral
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Literature
Nordic thrills
Layers of history and culture and a tradition of social criticism add depth and literary heft to Nordic noir, a genre that is a happy hunting ground f
Higher Education
Campus rising
Rohith Vemula’s suicide has led to an unprecedented political mobilisation of students. The ASA and other student organisations at the University of H
Beethoven
Musical expressions
Economic perspectives
The IMF in Pakistan
Arunachal Pradesh
A coup and its echo
The Governor’s role in dismissing the elected government and the imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh raise pertinent questions about C
Aihole
Gifts from the Chalukyas
Gender Issues
Renewed hope
The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the curative petitions against its 2013 verdict re-criminalising consensual sex between two adults in private to
Assange
Whistle-blower’s victory
A U.N. panel’s ruling that Julian Assange’s confinement in the Ecuadorean embassy in London constitutes “arbitrary detention” deals a reputational bl
Ornithology
New bird species
From the States
Despair & death
Seismology
Small slips and big earthquakes
Books
Understanding insurgents
The book portrays the intricate mechanics of insurgency, where the participants’ interests and stakes are varied.
Essay
AMU under assault
The Modi government’s reversal of the Union government’s stand on the Aligarh Muslim University not only perpetuates a grievous wrong but betrays a po
Gujarat
Anti-terror Bill fails again
Crop insurance
Insurance sop
The new crop insurance scheme introduced by the NDA government in an election year does not provide for a comprehensive coverage of all crops, against
Mathematics
Largest known prime number
West Bengal
Death sentence in gang-rape case
Media
Award for Frontline journalist
Interview: R.V. Deshpande
‘Focus is on realistic targets’
Interview with R.V. Deshpande, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries.
Interview: Yogendra Yadav
Distress and denial
Interview with Yogendra Yadav, leader of Swaraj Abhiyan.
Judicial intervention
Supreme Court steps in, again
The Supreme Court goads Central and State governments to respond to drought seriously.
Climate change
‘We need to be prepared to adjust to drier conditions’
Interview with Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Research.
Movements
Plachimada betrayed
The Centre and the State government of Kerala seem to be turning their backs on the people of Plachimada as the President denies assent to a Bill that
Interview: Radha Mohan Singh
‘Nothing to fear’
Interview with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh.
United States
Sticking to his guns
Barack Obama exerts his executive authority to address the growing gun violence in the United States as Congress fails to pass stringent laws to contr
Books
A lifetime of service
The book is a worthy tribute to a legendary IAS officer who devoted his life to the uplift of the poor and the marginalised in society.
Cover Story
Rural tragedy
Successive years of drought and crop failure across India’s landmass push rural society into distress and disharmony and government measures fall far
Malaysia
Yes, Prime Minister
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s hand-picked attorney general gives him a clean chit in the biggest corruption scandal to hit the country since independen
Theatre
The Zoukak mystique
A Lebanese theatre group engaging with the sociopolitical crises of its native land, which resonates with people’s movements everywhere, was the high
Controversy
Highly inflammable
Farmers in seven Tamil Nadu districts are up in arms against a natural gas pipeline that will run through agricultural land.
Letter from America
‘Feel the Bern’
Bernie Sanders has brought the idea of “socialism” back on to the table in American homes. His campaign has rejuvenated a politics that had fallen int
Dealing with distress
Political farce
The political posturing by parties only serves to hide their failure to come up with a tangible plan to address rural distress.
Railways
Risky route
The cost of land acquisition, loan repayment and subsidies could render the proposed bullet train project with Japanese cooperation a white elephant.
Astronomy
The most powerful supernova?
Jammu & Kashmir
Hobson’s choice
Jammu and Kashmir waits for a functioning government as PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti continues to be in a dilemma over her party’s alliance with the BJP.
Invest Karnataka
Another jamboree
The recently concluded investor meet in Bangalore raises serious doubts about the efficacy of hosting such mega events to promote industrialisation.
Farming crisis
Rural distress
Successive droughts have imperilled the livelihoods of crores of farmers and agricultural workers in India.
Sashi Kumar
Re-presenting intolerance
Archive
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16-06-2023
Oil palm plantations prove to be a disaster in Mizoram
New forest laws and ‘development’ push: A prelude to a ‘land grab’ in India’s north-east?
Militancy returns to Jammu after 15 years of relative peace
Why are migratory birds giving India a miss?
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02-06-2023
Journalists, human rights defenders in Kashmir face increasing assaults
Why India needs a museum for its fossils
‘The Kerala Story’ is greedy in its impulse to demonise Muslims
Girl power revolution: Anupama Hireholi from Saundatti creates history
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19-05-2023
How underprivileged women in a Delhi slum are breaking the glass ceiling
Dismantling the gaze
‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth
Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
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05-05-2023
Vivan Sundaram: Inviting the world into his art
Project Tiger @50: Success but at what cost?
Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023): Rebel, writer, thinker, artist
Online video games vs online real money games: Not one and the same
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