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COVER STORY
06-01-2017
Jayalalithaa's legacy
Leaving an emasculated party
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Briefing
History
Tipu—fact & fiction
India
The opposition to the celebration of Tipu Jayanti in Karnataka is rooted in a distorted narrative of history that portrays the Mysore ruler as a relig
Cover Story
Jayalalithaa’s legacy
Lead Story
The AIADMK supremo won the hearts of millions, especially women, with a slew of welfare measures though she was strongly criticised for her imperious
Ramayana
An epic tale in many forms
Heritage
Legal cases
Uncertain outcome
Lead Story
Jayalalithaa’s demise renders uncertain the verdict in the case of disproportionate wealth against her, on which the Supreme Court reserved its verdic
Music
Original octaves
Obituary
His fearless experimentation, his willingness to collaborate with artists belonging to other genres, his zest for life and his appeal to the young gav
India & Pakistan
Reluctant to talk
World Affairs
There has been an escalation in tensions, apart from a deterioration of diplomatic relations, between India and Pakistan after the “surgical strike” a
The actor & the person
The star, the actor & the woman
Lead Story
Many of the characters played by Jayalalithaa in her films were dramatisations of patriarchal anxieties, with the female body rendered pleasurable and
DMK's challenges
DMK in transition
Lead Story
The political situation created by Jayalalithaa’s death presents a new set of challenges before the DMK.
Myanmar
State slaughter
World Affairs
The government is busy stoking anti-Muslim sentiment to justify its genocidal treatment of the Rohingya, who have been denied basic rights despite hav
Demonetisation
Blundering along
India
The opaque manner in which the government has handled demonetisation has fatally damaged the framework of economic governance.
Controversy
Where is Najeeb?
India
More than two months after Najeeb disappeared from JNU following an attack on him by ABVP supporters, neither the police nor the university authoritie
Letter from America
The Trump team
World Affairs
This is a government of fables. It is appropriate that it is led by Donald Trump, a man made more by the world of entertainment than by the world of g
Demonetisation
Murky disclosure
India
The massive income declaration of little-known businessman Mahesh Shah throws up a gamut of questions on the presence of politicians on the black mone
AIADMK's evolution
Icons and outsiders
Lead Story
The story of the transformation of MGR’s AIADMK into Jayalalithaa’s, and at least for now Sasikala’s, party.
Labour issues
Corporate neglect
India
A World Bank report chastises IFC and APPL for failing to improve the conditions in the tea estates of Assam, confirming long-standing complaints by w
Will to excel
Books
A tribute to the indomitable spirit of an injured IAF officer.
Kashmir in perspective
Books
The book is a significant contribution to the contemporary understanding of the larger political problem in Kashmir in a broad historical perspective.
A diplomat’s musings
Books
A lucid account of the making of India’s foreign policy in the past four decades and the rationale for the choices made.
Short story
Faraway land…
Literature
Refreshing change
Lead Story
Court lifts ban on combination drugs
India
Reluctant leader
Lead Story
Contempt for media
Lead Story
Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister did not hesitate to make public her intolerance of the media and opposition criticism, and she did this through a slew
Health care
Loosening control
India
The Health Ministry’s moves to dismantle the established price regime for essential medicines, undermining affordable access to drugs and weakening th
Triple talaq
A monstrous wrong
India
There is no Quranic sanction for triple talaq at all. Muslims of India cannot avoid or evade the stark choice that faces them. Do they want their law
The Judiciary
Patriotism, by order
India
The Supreme Court’s interim order making it mandatory to play the national anthem and show respect to it by standing in cinema halls runs the risk of
He stood tall
India
Cho Ramaswamy
On the Right trajectory
Obituary
‘Cho’ S. Ramaswamy (1934-2016) spoke truth to power in the early days, but his conservative political ideology, which expressed the anxieties of the u
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