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COVER STORY
24-06-2016
Rhetoric & reality
Modi on the cover
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Briefing
Controversy
The hurt runs deep
Literature
The writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar explains why he opposed Vedanta’s sponsorship of the Jaipur Literary Festival in London.
Environment
More smoke, less fire
Lead Story
The Modi government invokes Mahatma Gandhi for its clean cities drive but ignores his dislike for promoting economic growth that neglects the weaker c
Letter from America
Election exhaustion
World Affairs
Americans have to endure a permanent election season, but most of them find that their votes are worth nothing at the end of the day.
Development
Good days yet to come
Lead Story
Data show that our days are not statistically any more “acche” than they were under the previous governments.
Wildlife
Symphony on ice
Environment
The icy South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean reverberates with the shrill call of penguins, the predominant wildlife species of the region
A journey into temples
Books
A collection of articles on temple architecture in South and South-East Asia.
Legislation
Forest rights under siege
India
Attempts to dilute the Forest Rights Act and steamroller the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015, through Parliament raise concerns about viola
Spotlight
Colour of violence
India
A spate of hate crimes targeting African nationals in Delhi reopens old debates on racism and intolerance.
Investigating violence
Books
A novel that asks searching questions about contemporary urban living in a family setting.
Boycott call & response
Arts & Culture
Education
Test in question
India
The Supreme Court prescribes a centralised examination for MBBS admission as a small step in correcting the role of money power, but concerns raised a
Growth concerns
Books
The sustainable use of resources rather than unbridled growth must be the basis for development.
Communalism
Half justice
India
Twenty-four people have been convicted in the high-profile Gulberg Society massacre case, but the survivors feel it is not complete justice as the mai
Theatre
Bard of Bhojpuri
Literature
Bhikhari Thakur used folk tradition to recount the ordeal, courage and humanity of his community and bring about social change.
Media
Managing media
Lead Story
The pressure on journalists to toe the government line is immense.
Social sector
Slogans as policy
Lead Story
While the government has stumbled from one blunder to another in its efforts to reorient education ideologically, it has nothing to show beyond grand
Afghanistan
Deep in despair
World Affairs
The Taliban appoints a new leader in the wake of the killing of Mullah Mansour and vows to continue with its military offensive, putting paid to all h
Maldives
Opposition prepares for battle
World Affairs
Woman’s right to divorce
India
Social issues
‘I don’t want to bow down to higher castes anymore’
India
Interview with Radhika Vemula and Raja Vemula, Rohith Vemula’s mother and brother, on life after Rohith and why social activism has become a driving
Cover Story
Two years and waiting
Lead Story
In its first two years, the Narendra Modi government has consistently sought to cover up its administrative and governance deficiencies with high rhet
Essay
The ban on cow slaughter
Social Issues
The provision in the Constitution to ban cow slaughter, Article 48, was conceived in deceit and executed through fraud.
Youth & employment
Growth in joblessness
Lead Story
Job creation no longer seems to be a major policy priority of the government, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches no longer emphasise how much
West Bengal
Victor’s violence
Politics
The repeated attacks on the oppostion after the Trinamool Congress scored a huge victory vindicate the allegation that the ruling party wants an oppo
Space
Growing wings
Science & Technology
ISRO crosses yet another milestone with the successful launch and return of a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle in a scaled-down configuration that flew
Economy
Road map to a failed state
Lead Story
As the Modi government’s hard-nosed neoliberal policies lead the country to a dead end of economic stagnation and more hardships for the people, there
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Letters
Institutions
For a world in its own image
Lead Story
Modi’s rule is marked by intolerance towards divergent views, a deafening silence on attacks on people who oppose it, and the wresting of control of i
Primary education
Long road ahead
Data Stories
Significant progress has been made at the primary schooling level, but much needs to be done to stem senior secondary dropout rates.
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