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Bhopal "Encounter"
In this issue
25-11-2016
42 STORIES
Books
Demystifying democracy
For a democracy to work, you need an electorate that has the basic knowledge of civic and social systems, but the author says democracies lack a knowl
Encounter killings
Dismal record
The rising numbers of allegations of fake encounters and complaints against police personnel are a blot on India's human rights record.
Economic Perspectives
Uncertain media future
Jayati Ghosh
Colombia’s search for peace
Unmediated
Nationalism cannot be a TV season
Essay
Limits of diplomacy
The law on diplomatic practice and behaviour remains uncertain and uncodified; practice abounds in contradictions.
Interview: Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch
‘Serious concerns about entire operation’
Interview with Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia Director, Human Rights Watch.
Lead Story
For judicial redress
Fake encounters in Jammu and Kashmir
Matter of routine
The killing of innocent civilians in fake encounters and branding them as foreign mercenaries has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir for close to 27 y
Interview: Parvez Alam
‘They were killed in cold blood’
Interview with Parvez Alam, lawyer of the Bhopal accused.
Encounter deaths in Gujarat
Getting away with murder
Gujarat’s notoriety for encounter deaths is traced to the period following the 2002 pogrom. Between 2002 and 2006, the police-politician nexus and ext
CBI report on Dantewada
Nailing a lie
The Central Bureau of Investigation’s reports pin the 2011 violence in Dantewada on the police and other security forces.
Books
For new approaches
Public health
Zika control, the Ugandan way
Uganda’s success in containing the Zika outbreak is the product of a long history of cutting-edge infectious disease research that resulted in the dis
Lead Story
The lure of bauxite
Essay
Never kill a cow in kaliyuga
The ritual and random killing of cattle for food and sacrifice continued long after the Vedic period, possibly up to the Mauryan period, but by the la
Media
Award for Frontline journalist
Literature
Poignant tale
Books
World of insects
An authoritative book on insect lives covering a wide range of creatures, some familiar and many unfamiliar.
Books
Chasing the middleman
A searing look at the pervasive role of middlemen in the financial dealings of the country and the nexus between industrialists and politicians.
Punjab
Sidhu’s spin
The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are trying to reach an electoral understanding with Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Awaaz-e-Punjab, but the former BJP MP is
Bhopal "encounter"
Hollow claims
The official narrative around the “encounter killing” of eight SIMI members in Bhopal throws up more questions than answers and the State’s credibilit
Philippines
Pivot to China
The new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is seen to be moving close to China and appears willing to reverse the military alliance with t
Malkangiri encounter
Malkangiri massacre
The killing of 30 Maoists, including some senior leaders, at Malkangiri in Odisha in late October is one of the deadliest encounters involving the Com
Books
Hashimpura retold
Reading Vibhuti Narain Rai’s Hashimpura 22 May is a nerve-racking experience, but it is a book everyone should read to know how the state denied justi
LEGISLATION
Divisive demarcation
The Narendra Modi government’s new Citizenship Bill, which seeks to enable non-Muslim minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan to acq
Uttar Pradesh
Advent of Akhilesh
The emergence of the “Akhilesh factor” in the political space in Uttar Pradesh and the surge in the 43-year-old Chief Minister’s stock within the Sama
Rampura
Remembered village
A visit to Kodagahalli, made famous as Rampura by the social anthropologist M.N. Srinivas in his book The Remembered Village, shows how caste relation
Industry
A coup in the House of Tatas
The crisis in the Tata group is not just a boardroom battle between Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry. It is a conflict between two ideas of doing business,
Cover Story
Rise of the police state
From Madhya Pradesh to Delhi to Jharkhand to Chhattisgarh, agencies of the BJP governments have literally been on the rampage. The fake encounters, t
Afghanistan
Military quagmire
With the Barack Obama administration keen on retaining a military presence in Afghanistan in the form of permanent military bases, it will be difficul
Letter from America
Standing Rock’s last stand
Native Americans protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a multibillion venture by a corporation to carry crude and natural gas acr
NCRB data
Systemic bias
NCRB data and other reports indicate how the most marginalised sections are also the most criminalised.
Supreme Court guidelines
Violation of doctrine
The Bhopal “encounter” and its aftermath raise the question whether the Madhya Pradesh government is aware of the Supreme Court guidelines to be follo
Land Acquisition
Assault on tribal rights
The Jharkhand government has promulgated two ordinances to bypass the tribal people’s rights over their land and resources which are guaranteed by the
The Maldives
Trouble in paradise
President Yameen is unlikely to mend his undemocratic ways as long as he enjoys the tacit or active support of India and China.
Industry
Trusts and control
The ownership structure of the Tata group is such that whoever controls the many trusts run by the group controls the business empire.
Short Story
The saga of Sarosadevi
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Heritage
Sister Nivedita’s house
The house that was her home in Kolkata was for decades practically unnoticed by the public.
Arunachal Pradesh
Shrinking green cover
Arunachal Pradesh has nearly 60 per cent of its area under forest cover.
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