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COVER STORY
23-12-2016
Unkindest cut
Tearing asunder lives
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Briefing
Perspective
Money and social contract
Lead Story
We are now in relatively uncharted economic territory in India. But this also means that we may be entering an entirely new phase of our social contra
Fidel Castro
Valediction for the Comandante
World Affairs
Fidel Castro’s vision was at the root of what his comrades and then increasingly larger numbers of his compatriots began to aspire for. Fidel, the ori
Tribute
Fidel Castro: Soldier of socialism
World Affairs
Fidel Castro, who defended the values of the revolution that he led in his country and extended his moral and material support to the forces of progre
Tribute
‘Fidel’s vision will live on’
World Affairs
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Tribute
Fidel Castro: Revolutionary legacy
World Affairs
No other Communist leader in the post-Second World War period had such an internationalist vision as Castro.
Political fallout
Political rollercoaster
Lead Story
The seemingly never-ending glitches in the demonetisation drive and the pressure of expectations from the ground seem to be pushing the government int
Interview: Utsa Patnaik
‘Government has confiscated the poorest sections’ wages and working capital’
Lead Story
Interview with Utsa Patnaik, professor emerita of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Cover story
A nation in agony
Lead Story
Narendra Modi’s "surgical strike on black money" through demonetisation tears asunder the lives of vast sections of the poor, promoting a gi
Interview: Hannan Mollah, AIKS
Compounding a crisis
Lead Story
Interview with Hannan Mollah of the AIKS.
Memoirs
A youth icon
World Affairs
Vivan Sundaram recounts his “exceptional experience” at the World Youth Festival in Havana in 1978.
Legal issues
Legal challenges
Lead Story
When the government declared high-denomination currency notes as not being legal tender in 1978, it did so through an Ordinance. In contrast, the Nove
Interview: A.K. Padmanabhan, CITU
‘Government claims made as an afterthought’
Lead Story
Interview with A.K. Padmanabhan, president, Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
What people say
Voices from the villages
India
What some farmers and agricultural workers at the All India Kisan Sabha rally in New Delhi on November 24 had to say.
Industry
Corporate, not cashless
Lead Story
Corporate India consists of many small and medium units that need cash to pay workers, buy inputs and distribute goods. Hence, the currency shortage h
Severe slowdown
Lead Story
Small manufacturers in Maharashtra who operate on cash may close shop. This will lead to retrenchment.
Informal sector: State reports
Lives put on hold
Lead Story
Shock and death
Lead Story
The impact of the announcement banning notes on the common man’s life has been so severe that it pushed scores of them to the point of death.
Rural banking
Bankless, cashless
Lead Story
Banking operations in rural areas have come to a grinding halt, and even three weeks after the demonetisation announcement there seemed to be no respi
Reality check
Modi’s ‘model villages’
India
The adverse impact of demonetisation has not spared the two villages adopted by the development man in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi.
After the Arab Spring
Books
A well-timed effort at explaining why the dreams of the Arab Spring were crushed and why the West Asia and North Africa region is now experiencing suc
Cooperatives
Blocked artery
Lead Story
Kerala is worried about the demonetisation drive’s impact on its cooperative banks and societies which form the backbone of the State’s rural economy.
Kashmir
The Kashmir difference
Lead Story
Weather and violence have always made Kashmiris prepare for a rainy day; demonetisation was just another storm that passed the State without having an
Agriculture: State reports
Down and out
Lead Story
Agricultural growth
Brakes on the rural economy
Lead Story
Demonetisation is likely to adversely affect agricultural growth and shrink rural incomes and consumer demand. It has already created a serious credib
Wildlife initiatives
Books
On the excellent model of wildlife reintroduction and conservation practices of the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
Informal sector
Livelihoods in peril
Lead Story
The devastating impact on the informal economy, which has strong links with the formal economy, may have catastrophic implications for society as a wh
Demonetisation
Bearing the brunt
Data Stories
Demonetisation has thrown into disarray the livelihoods and incomes of informal workers, who account for the bulk of the labour force.
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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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