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COVER STORY
02-09-2016
Dalit upsurge
The Una incident and its backlash in Gujarat
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Briefing
Cover Story
Milking the holy cow
Lead Story
There is no way of producing milk profitably in a commercial venture if unproductive cows are retained. If one is serious about not killing cows, one
‘We can make the government fall’
Lead Story
Interview with Vivek Premi, district convener of the Bajrang Dal.
Chhattisgarh
Journalists targeted
India
Kerala
Stories on walls
Books
Kerala Murals offers a delectable feast of detailed descriptions of wall paintings in six temples and a palace in Kerala that are protected monuments
Uttarakhand
Rain havoc
Books
A timely reminder of the tragedy that struck Uttarakhand in 2013 and what compounded a natural disaster and made it so serious.
Short story
Desperation
Literature
Arab world
The big picture
Books
The author advances an argument about the slow political death of the idea of Arab nationalism in the fires of sectarian war and chaos that run from I
Karnataka
Tribunal blow
India
Pakistan
Jinnah’s heirs
Books
Politics
Capital vendetta
India
The alacrity shown by the Delhi Police in arresting Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on flimsy charges smacks of a witch-hunt by the BJP regime.
Awards
‘The focus has to be on the safai karamchari women’
India
Interview with Bezwada Wilson, national convener of the Safai Karamchari Andolan and recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work for manual sc
Interview
‘The cow is just a political animal’
Lead Story
Kerala
An exit and interesting possibilities
India
Art
From view to vision
Art
S.H. Raza’s trajectory as an artist involved the transformation of a painter struggling to construct an image into a visionary lucidly revealing what
Yemen
Misadventure in Yemen
World Affairs
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting a losing battle in Yemen, and Riyadh’s own economic problems make a long-running war there unsustainable.
Letter from America
‘There will be a hawk in the White House’
World Affairs
Interview with Medea Benjamin, one of the founders of CODEPINK, a U.S.-based anti-war activist organisation.
Poland
For a taste of Krakow
Travel
Death of public reason
Lead Story
The continuing atrocities against Dalits, including the recent one in Una, Gujarat, and the lack of public outrage are indicative of the death of a co
Public Health
A disaster in the making
World Affairs
Medecins Sans Frontieres warns that the free or regional trade agreements that are being negotiated, which seek to strengthen current patent regimes,
A case for lifting the ban
Lead Story
The ban on cattle slaughter is a story of missed opportunities for economic development and withdrawing it will have a salutary effect on farmer incom
Politics
Round one to Centre
India
The Delhi High Court rules against the Aam Aadmi Party government in a dispute over the extent of its powers.
Taxation
A killer tax
Economy
The euphoria over the Goods and Services Tax masks the deadly assault on tax policy as a means of promoting equity.
Livelihood Issues
A fight for their land
India
The mounting opposition to land acquisition for the Mallanasagar project, which threatens to submerge 14 villages, is turning out to be the first seri
Vigil and violence
Lead Story
Of ‘cowpathy’ & its miracles
Lead Story
Promotion of cow urine and dung as super drugs is part of the cow politics of the Sangh Parivar. Not only have these claims not been substantiated sci
Interview: P.L. Punia
‘Protests by Dalits a good sign’
Lead Story
Interview with P.L. Punia, Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
‘Mission Dalit’ gone awry
Lead Story
Attacks on Dalits in several parts of the country by vigilante gau rakshaks spoil the BJP’s carefully crafted plan to retain Dalit support for the for
Poetry
Days of irreverence
Obituary
Gnanakoothan’s (1938-2016) dissenting spirit not only opened up new landscapes of literature to aspiring young poets but also gave fresh meaning and f
Unmediated
Media made to order
Sashi Kumar
Response [Jute industry ]
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Letters
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Letters
Tribute
Mahasweta Devi: Beyond labels
Obituary
Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016) was the voice of the subaltern. She remained a rebel and a free spirit right until the end.
Interview: Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Mahasweta Devi: ‘Different from us all’
Obituary
Interview with novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
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Feb 10, 2023
Hills of Hassan district plagued by perennial human-animal conflict
Tiger man, burning bright
Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing laws
P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’
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Jan 13, 2023
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
A chat over tikki
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Jan 27, 2023
The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area
How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of community
Pele (1940-2022): At his feet, football transformed into poetry
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