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COVER STORY
30-09-2016
Ruling the waves
Mukesh Ambani
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Briefing
Big business
Business & politics
Lead Story
The Prime Minister’s endorsement of the Ambani group’s new digital product ends speculation of the supposed distancing between Narendra Modi and Relia
Reliance and telecom
Second coming
Lead Story
In the euphoria that has surrounded the Reliance Jio launch, Mukesh Ambani’s previous launch of mobile services 14 years ago provides some sobering th
Bangladesh
Course of justice
World Affairs
Pakistan’s statement criticising the hanging of the war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali does not go down well in Bangladesh.
Liberalism and its malcontents
Books
A book that will have a long-term bearing on contemporary political thought and the history of the “empire”.
Fiction
Two different estimates
Literature
‘Bhakti cult’
Politics
Cover Story
Voice of Reliance
Lead Story
Reliance Industries unleashes a full-scale war in the mobile business by blurring the divide between voice and data. But its entry as a harbinger of r
Prehistoric period
Heritage
Ishti
Fight against patriarchy
Cinema
G. Prabha’s Sanskrit film Ishti pits the feminine spirit against patriarchy while weaving a riveting tale of transformation within the Namboodiri comm
Controversy
Disquiet in the Ghats
India
With the time frame for stakeholders to submit complaints and suggestions over the declaration of ecologically sensitive areas in the Western Ghats ne
Public health
The six-legged enemy
India
Malaria control in India is seriously affected by the fact that the knowledge once gained through painstaking research and fieldwork by entomologists
Land acquisition
Farmers’ victory
India
The Supreme Court’s ruling that the land acquired in Singur for the Nano car project must be returned to farmers has come as a huge victory for Chief
Interview
‘We cannot merely go in for compartmentalised solutions’
India
Interview with Union Minister Anil Madhav Dave.
Restrained, yet rich
Literature
Maharashtra
Yoga made compulsory
India
Uttarakhand
Paying the price
Environment
For the first time, a company in India will have to pay compensation for damage occurring during a natural disaster: the NGT imposes a fine on GVK for
Turkey-Syria
Turkish onslaught
World Affairs
Turkey’s open military intervention in Syria, with the United States’ backing, evokes sharp condemnation from Russia and Iran, Syria’s allies in its
The Judiciary
Note of dissent
India
The history of the collegium is replete with instances of successive CJIs using their clout to suppress dissent and presenting to the outside world a
The Judiciary
Collegium concerns
India
Justice Jasti Chelameswar’s decision to keep away from the meetings of the Supreme Court’s collegium as a protest against its opaque functioning lends
Spectrum auction
Spectrum grab
Lead Story
The conduct of the spectrum auction, which was won by Reliance Jio for its services, raises disturbing questions about whether state policy is availab
Interview: Prashant Bhushan
‘The spectrum auction was rigged’
Lead Story
Interview with Prashant Bhushan, political activist and lawyer.
West Bengal
Bangla, Bengal and Bangal
India
Spotlight
A museum for the master
India
R.K. Narayan’s house in Mysuru has been made into a museum, but the execution seems half-hearted. Much more needs to be done if it is to attract the g
Interview: V.A.N. Namboodiri
‘We are victims of a legacy set up by the government’
Lead Story
Interview with V.A.N. Namboodiri of BSNL Employees Union.
Labour Issues
Striking at apathy
India
The central trade unions organise a national strike to press for their charter of demands aimed at keeping workers in the protective ambit of labour l
Archaeology
Suabarei surprise
Heritage
The ASI discovers a separate Neolithic phase for the first time in Odisha’s prehistory, followed by a clear-cut Chalcolithic horizon, in its excavatio
RBI in perspective
Books
The book opens up the windows of the Reserve Bank of India to the wider public to enable it to understand the working of a public institution that has
Tamil Nadu
Strained democracy
Politics
The manner in which the Jayalalithaa government has filed defamation cases against political opponents and the media and gone about muffling dissent
Essay
Vajpayee’s ‘insaniyat’
India
Vajpayee’s use of the slogan was of a piece with his evasion of specifics and was not informed by any real intent of conciliation.
Truer than facts
Books
Kiran Doshi takes an important period of modern India’s history and fictionalises it to make it more intelligible and plausible.
Technology
Tall claims?
Lead Story
Although the data plan rates Reliance Jio is offering seem extremely low and attractive, a closer look at them suggests that the reality does not matc
Brazil
A soft coup
World Affairs
Right-wing opposition forces have succeeded in ousting President Dilma Rousseff on dubious grounds and are in the process of making changes in the cou
Letter from America
Syrian file
World Affairs
Caught between Turkey’s demands and Kurdish ambitions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has an impossible mission in Syria in which he is both the p
To skill & be skilled
Jayati Ghosh
Communalism
Coastal Karnataka: Communal cauldron
India
The steady growth of Hindutva in coastal Karnataka has been accompanied by intense communal polarisation. In this developed region of the State, incid
Attack on journalists
Press under attack
Data Stories
Journalists continue to be the target of murder and imprisonment worldwide, which does not augur well for the health of democratic values.
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Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing laws
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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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