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COVER STORY
09-12-2016
Monumental blunder
'Surgical strike' on black money
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Briefing
Environment and business
Books
The strength of the book is that it casts a wide net and looks at the interface between business and the environment over multiple sectors. Its weakne
Environment
Hazy winter
India
An unusual confluence of factors caused unprecedented pollution and smog in the Delhi region soon after Deepavali, and experts warn of a similar episo
Essay
Balochistan vs Kashmir
India
The pursuit of a tit-for-tat diplomacy will not get India anywhere because Balochistan and Kashmir are not on a par, legally and politically. The time
South Korea
The President's friend
World Affairs
Protests against President Park Gyeun-hye of South Korea gain momentum in the wake of revelations of corruption and the vice-like grip an adviser had
U.S. Elections
Far Right captures imperial homeland
World Affairs
All forces of the Right recognise Donald Trump as a soul mate. On issues of imperial wars, loyalty to Israel and confrontation with Russia and China,
U.S. Elections
Politics of refusal
World Affairs
The times demanded popular change. Donald Trump had an appeal to crucial voters in essential States who had been bludgeoned by the trade deals favoure
U.S. Elections: Impact on Europe
Echoes of Trump
World Affairs
Trump’s election raises a number of questions for Europe, particularly around the extent to which his victory will impact the politics of the continen
U.S. elections
To friends in the U.S.
World Affairs
We understand and empathise with you because in our own way we have been there. Do not be afraid: fear is what the newly powerful groups want to insti
Cover story
Politics at its cynical worst
Lead Story
As people across the country queue up to gain access to cash, the politics of the demonetisation move reveals the utter cynicism of the ruling dispens
Informal sector
Ruined livelihoods
Lead Story
More than 80 per cent of India’s workforce is in the informal or unorganised sector and has taken the full brunt of the demonetisation move.
Short Story
Darkness
Literature
Black money
Black in a new hue
Lead Story
The notion that replacing high-denomination currency will end the menace of black money only points to an unwillingness to tackle its truly menacing f
Perspective
All pain for the majority
Lead Story
The impact of the measures on the farming community, the poor and the lower middle classes was hugely underestimated by the political establishment,
Challenges to the global economy
Books
In this tribute to their teacher, Prabhat Patnaik’s former students put together a volume that covers three major themes: the internal contradictions
Western Uttar Pradesh
‘Cash bombs’ in rural U.P.
Lead Story
Times are bleak in the season of sowing wheat, mustard and lentil in western Uttar Pradesh.
Cooperatives
Choking a lifeline
Lead Story
Ruling and opposition parties in Kerala join hands to protest against what they see as a politically motivated move to destroy the cooperative sector
Fishing
Struggling to stay afloat
Lead Story
Fishermen in Tamil Nadu are hit hard as the cash flow dries up and people stop buying fish.
Cauvery delta
Despair in the delta
Lead Story
Coming on top of a severe water crisis following a failed monsoon and the Cauvery deadlock, demonetisation has played a cruel joke on the farmers of t
Business & industry
After the shock
Lead Story
The beating to cash-driven sectors like gold and real estate notwithstanding, Indian industry is gung-ho about the Prime Minister’s decision to dereco
Rural India
Rural distress
Lead Story
To rural India, which is already reeling under multiple crises, demonetisation has come as yet another blow.
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Letters
Culture
Ramayanas of South and South-east Asia
Heritage
The story of the Ramayana is enacted more often than any other story in the world.
Labour Issues
End of wage disparities?
India
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, upholds the principle of equal pay for equal work irrespective of whether one is a “permanent” or a “contra
RAJA RAO
A quester and his play
Literature
There is a critical need to free Raja Rao from the constricting political interpretations that have been imposed on him and see him for what he really
Demonetisation: Currency crisis
Wrecking the system
Lead Story
The liquidity crisis of unprecedented dimensions that the Modi government has unleashed shocks the economy, drives people to despair and ruin and thre
Interview: Pronab Sen
‘Demonetisation does nothing to stop generation of black money’
Lead Story
Interview with Pronab Sen, Country Director for the India Central Programme, International Growth Centre.
BJP deposits
Deposits before dark
Lead Story
In Kolkata, the BJP deposits in its bank account Rs.3 crore just before the demonetisation announcement, raising allegations of “selective leaking” of
Telangana
Grinding to a halt
Lead Story
The response to the Narendra Modi government’s sudden jolt to the country’s monetary policy ranged from adulation to shock.
Bank employees
Bank staff at breaking point
Lead Story
Employees in nationalised banks were often mocked for their slow pace of work and long lunch breaks. Until the midnight of November 8 when demonetisat
A history of Demonetisation experiments
African experience
Lead Story
Examples from the continent show that if demonetisation is not properly conceptualised and implemented, it can spell endless suffering for the people.
Demonetisation
Deadly disruption
Lead Story
The chaos following the move to remove notes from circulation exposes the country’s lack of preparedness in the bid to shift to a cashless economy.
Paperless economy
Digital pipe dream
Data Stories
The digital infrastructure is so woefully inadequate that a paperless economy is a distant dream.
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Editor’s Note
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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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