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Nitish on the cover
In this issue
18-08-2017
37 STORIES
Land Acquisition
Subverting FRA
The Forest Rights Act recognises the indispensability of forest rights for the survival of tribal people and forest dwellers, but the NDA government i
Unmediated
Deja vu in Colombo
NPA
All talk and no action
Goondas Act
Act of suppression
In Tamil Nadu, preventive detention laws have become a convenient tool in the hands of the State government, which sees dissent as a threat.
Iraq
Mosul regained
The Iraqi Army reclaims Mosul from the Daesh after a protracted battle. The cash-strapped central government in Baghdad will have to depend on foreign
Interview: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav
‘Part of Amit Shah’s ploy to bind Nitish’
Interview with Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.
Education
Distorting history
In Rajasthan, Savarkar is the new hero of history textbooks that give short shrift to Gandhi and Nehru and the movements they led during the country’s
Brazil
Tumultuous times
The political system in Brazil has been rocked by a mammoth corruption investigation nicknamed Operation Car Wash, even as the country’s economy remai
Maldives
Resisting autocracy
The opposition makes yet another serious attempt to break the shackles put on it by the government.
Diary from Trumpland
Appetite for war
There is an eagerness in the White House and amongst its Israeli and Saudi partners to start another war. This time it will be against Iran.
Land Acquisition: Jharkhand
Losing in India
While the Chief Minister dreams about the heights that he hopes Jharkhand will achieve, the farmers who stand to lose their land to make way for indus
Yash Pal
For the love of science
Yash Pal’s (1926-2017) career spanned many decades and disciplines but his main commitment was to demystify science and instil in students a wonder fo
India
Dubious distinction
Bihar
Power games
Nitish Kumar’s power play in Bihar, while dealing a crippling blow to the entire mainstream opposition in India, sends out the unmistakable message th
Land Acquisition: Madhya Pradesh
Solar betrayal
The rocky terrain of Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district has emerged as the largest solar power-generating hub in India, but the nomadic communities tha
Land Acquisition: Maharashtra
Grand scheme
The Maharashtra government’s Mumbai-Nagpur expressway is on course despite large tracts of irrigated land being lost to the project.
Controversy
Bleeping out Amartya Sen
The censor board’s objection to the use of words such as “cow”, “Hindutva” and “Gujarat” in a documentary on the Nobel Prize-winning economist is seen
India
“How can you deny an objective fact?”
Interview with Suman Ghosh, the maker of the documentary on Amartya Sen.
Books
Theory unlimited
The book is a cogent summation of the most influential modern theories that have grappled with and tried to explain the dynamics of unequal societies
Development Issues
Private interests & public resistance
The recent turnaround in the role of the state from one that would push progressive redistribution of land in favour of the landless to one that would
The Red Fort
Many-splendoured citadel
Books
Archiving an archivist
An anthology of P.K. Nair’s writings provides one a glimpse into the heart and mind of a diehard cinephile who was also an archivist, a chronicler and
Celebrating Shakespeare
The poet with a muse of fire
Shakespeare is celebrated for his plays and sonnets, but his life is no less fascinating.
Natural disaster
Assam’s sorrow
Unprecedented floods cause devastation to life and property in 29 districts of the State, reviving the opposition to a mega dam project in neighbourin
Books
Revolutionaries with ribbons of sea-green
The author takes us into the very tissue of contention, reconnecting us with the fire and passion of the English Revolution and enabling the Levellers
Land Acquisition: Telangana & Andhra Pradesh
An Act undone
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh use devious means to undermine the Land Act of 2013 in order to enable legalised land grab.
Bihar
Anatomy of a coup
Nitish Kumar’s volte-face was in the making for a long time, and the growing popularity of Tejashwi Yadav was only an immediate provocation.
U.R. Rao
Satellite man
Prof. U.R. Rao (1932-2017) was the architect of Aryabhata, the first satellite that India built, and a key figure in ISRO’s rise to international reco
Air India
Bowing to privatisation
The move to privatise Air India comes after years of deliberate neglect by the government and a series of measures taken over two decades to systemati
Anti-lynching law
Dodging duty
Instead of bringing in a strong law against lynching and other forms of violence by cow vigilantes, the Centre plays down the seriousness of the threa
Art history
The Art of India—a coffee-table book from Frontline
Books
The Army in Kashmir
A valuable first-hand account of the start of militancy in the Kashmir valley in 1988-89, showing how the Army’s ruthless high-handed role sent the si
Bangladesh
Judiciary vs parliament
The Bangladesh government loses its appeal against the High Court verdict that termed the 16th amendment to the Constitution, which gave Parliament th
Social Issues
Up for grabs
Letters
Letters to the editor
Essay
Abuse of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
To empower New Delhi with collection of taxes on goods and services “with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir” is to s
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