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COVER STORY
14-10-2016
Cauvery conflict
Cauvery water dispute
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Briefing
Interview: Dr Soumya Swaminathan
‘Surrogacy a hot topic’
Social Issues
Interview with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
Interview: Captain S. Raja Rao
‘Karnataka is open about its water usage’
Lead Story
Communalism
Midnight mayhem
Social Issues
Murder, gang rape, and vandalism in the name of cow protection are changing the face of the Mewat region in Haryana and the future of its predominant
Supreme Court's Role
Caught in a tangle
Lead Story
The Supreme Court finds it difficult to extricate itself from the Cauvery conundrum even as the disputing States continue to test its ability to adjud
Extracts
Towards conciliation
Lead Story
Communalism
Halting history
India
The National Book Trust has decided to stop printing the historian Bipan Chandra’s book Communalism: A Primer.
Inter-State water issues
Disputes aplenty
Lead Story
The Cauvery water dispute has put the focus on inter-State river water disputes in India and the experience so far.
Crime
Suspicious end
India
The alleged suicide of Ramkumar, the accused in the Swathi murder case, at the Central Prison in Chennai, fuels doubts about the investigating authori
Jammu & Kashmir
Fuelling fear
India
The terrorist attack in Uri which killed 18 Indian soldiers has generated fears about a resumption of hostilities across the border and added new dime
Situation in Karnataka
Karnataka’s troubles
Lead Story
The Supreme Court’s directive to release water to Tamil Nadu arouses strong feelings in Karnataka which is yet to recover from two consecutive drought
Lady Elliot Island
Gentle giants of the Pacific
Travel
Surrogacy
Surrogacy and law
Social Issues
The surrogacy Bill sends out a conservative political message about what kind of families are culturally acceptable. A complete ban on surrogacy, on t
History
The other revolt
Heritage
Assamese nationalism
Books
Through academically relevant and well-illustrated arguments, this volume does an admirable job of examining the issues relating to sovereignty in the
Letter from America: Election watch
In a hall of mirrors
World Affairs
No significant issues drive the campaign. No one is seriously entertaining the questions that bother ordinary Americans. The haste to drop ballots int
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
High drama again
Politics
The tables are turned on the Congress in Arunachal Pradesh as Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who was preferred over previous Chief Minister Nabam Tuki i
North Korea
Bigger bomb
World Affairs
North Korea conducts another nuclear test, which helps it gain the capability to produce “standardised and minimised” nuclear warheads, and the U.S. p
Salafi-jehadism and its cohorts
Books
Two books attempt to explain the apparent contradiction between Islam’s precept and its practice in the context of the wanton destruction and violence
Uttar Pradesh & Bihar
Divided family
Politics
The fight for supremacy between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav in Uttar Pradesh and the struggle for predominance between t
Slice of small-town life
Literature
The lawyer as writer
Books
Many of the writer’s remarks are strikingly relevant to the Indian judicial system.
Short story
Godavari Gundu
Literature
Interview: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
‘This dispute needs political solution’
Lead Story
Interview with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Defence Services
United against pay panel award
India
Syria
Fragile state
World Affairs
Russia and the U.S. were able to come up with a ceasefire agreement for war-ravaged Syria, but the many violations of the agreement and two serious at
In Conversation: Wendy Doniger
‘Fight words with words’
Arts & Culture
Bengaluru’s water woes
Lead Story
Space
Cryogenic gains for GSLV
Science & Technology
ISRO announces its arrival in the global satellite launch market with the successful flight of the GSLV-Mk II rocket with an indigenous cryogenic engi
NAM Summit
Bye-bye NAM?
World Affairs
India’s growing political and strategic alliance with the U.S. came into sharp focus when Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to skip the NAM summit
People's Initiatives
Voice of the family
Lead Story
Scramjet success
Science & Technology
Essay
RSS & Gandhi’s murder
India
There is enough historical evidence to nail the RSS’ lie that Nathuram Godse was not a member of that organisation when he assassinated Mahatma Gandhi
Minding the language
Sashi Kumar
Anti-farmer mergers
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Communalism
Intolerance unplugged
Arts & Culture
The academic Meera Nanda is under attack for her article on the Hindu right wing’s positions on the history of science.
Spending on education
Cost of education
Data Stories
NSSO data reveal marked disparities in what people spend on education and also point to a steady erosion of the state's role in higher education.
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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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