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Economic Perspectives

Justice in the Age of Finance

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Interview: Prof. K.M. Shrimali

‘It is terrorism of a different nature’

Interview with Professor K.M. Shrimali.

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Ayodhya project

Mandir manoeuvres

Not much is actually happening in Ayodhya, but the fact that the BJP is now in power in Uttar Pradesh stokes the hopes of those seeking to build a Ram

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Deprivation tales

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Hatred unleashed

In the past three years, mob violence, including lynching, particularly by cow vigilantes, has almost become a strategy to intimidate Muslims.

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From the States

The ways of the Parivar

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March of Hindu Rashtra

The rise in violence against Muslims across the country in the name of gau raksha is full of dire portent when seen against the subtle push the Centra

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Shifting goalposts

With the dream of regime change in Damascus evaporating, the U.S. and its allies have begun to work on new goals, such as carving out areas of influen

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End of the social contract

Harshness towards the vulnerable defines President Donald Trump’s agenda. His is a harsh project, to push aside the vulnerable in a social Darwinist d

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Palace coup

King Salman of Saudi Arabia sacks the Crown Prince, Muhammad bin Nayef, and makes his favourite son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the thron

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Taxing times

The launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens t

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Debt of honour

The Maharashtra government comes through on its promise of loan waiver to farmers, but many other issues remain unresolved.

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Scars of memory

The book brings out the horrifying stories of the women victims of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, opening old wounds that leave one hurt, angry and ashamed

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Traffic jam

Driven by growth in two-wheelers, the country's motor vehicle population is touching new heights, which does not augur well from a pollution standpoin

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Academic institutions

A quiet invasion

The interpretation of history, the demonising of communities and historical periods, and the appointment of pro-Hindutva persons to key academic posit

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Economics with a human face

The narrative combines history, theory, anecdotes and diagrams to put forward suggestions for reworking economics for the future.

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Presidential election

Symbolic contest

The opposition fails to put up a show of unity ahead of the presidential election, while the BJP attempts to foil the criticism about its upper-caste

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Human shields & pellet guns

It is a particular outlook that shuns conciliation in and on Kashmir, resolves to “settle” the matter by brute force condoning pellet guns and hostage

Hindutva mind games

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Hills in chaos

The Gorkhaland agitation seems to be heading for a point of no return after three persons die in alleged police firing and violence engulfs the region

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An oxygen mystery

Two Caltech chemical engineers, on the basis of their experience with semiconductor fabrication technology, have come up with a novel theory that migh

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India & the U.S.

Transactional hug

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump may have enthused about bilateral relations in front of the media, but behind all the bro

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Generals Rawat & Dyer

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Glorious past, perilous present

At 100, Osmania University, which began with Urdu as the medium of instruction, is a crumbling institution whose foundations are being corroded by all

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Case for inclusive courts

In the past few decades, courts have largely failed to protect crucial rights affecting the poorest and the most vulnerable.

Jobs or basic income?

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From the Archives

What is Hindu Rashtra?

An expose of Golwalkar’s fascistic ideology and the Saffron Brigade’s practice. This article was first published in the Frontline issue dated March 12

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Ambedkar’s warning

Proponents of Hindu supremacy knew that democracy could be used to establish a Hindu Raj. They and their followers have sought to use the vote for end

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RSS & The Constitution

Debating secularism

Secularism is a priceless objective to strive for and defend given the grim challenges it faces from non-state actors, often with the connivance of th

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Birding in Bruny Island

The tiny island on the southern-most part of Tasmania, with rainforests, lagoons and bays, bursts alive with birds of rare feathers.

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Battle against post-truth

What is happening today is a vile attack on the very concept of Indian nationhood that subsumes a wide range of diversity with the intention to replac

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