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Gujarat Assembly elections preview

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08-12-201734 STORIES

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Rising discontent

The unprecedented economic slowdown in Gujarat coupled with high unemployment levels could hurt the BJP's prospects in the elections.

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Bose in Singapore

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Economic Perspectives

Online shopping frenzy

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The fiction of nonfiction

Chinese calculations

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The world through a village

Melanmai Ponnusamy, one of the most authentic literary voices of the countryside, passed away on October 30. Living in his isolated village in Virudh

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The caste question

Caste on top

Caste has always been important in Gujarat’s electoral politics. Now, with several social groups speaking up for their rights and against perceived in

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Remembering Begum Akhtar

Nirmal Chander’s documentary focusses on the essentials of Begum Akhtar’s music and her rise to greatness in the feudal ambience of pre-Independence

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Britain & Arabs

Three books of high scholarship together establish the enormity of the crime of the Balfour Declaration on establishing “a national home” for the Jewi

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Three challengers

Three young leaders, Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani, determined to dethrone the BJP in Gujarat, have already changed the politics of t

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Soccer’s turn

The Under-17 FIFA World Cup, which India hosted, was a huge success, and it has given the game a big boost in the country.

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Saudi intrigues

The purge of the Saudi royal family, camouflaged as an anti-corruption drive, has torn apart its erstwhile unity, while the forced resignation of the

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A losing game

With Reliance Payment Bank, a joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited and SBI, set to begin operations in December, there is widespread conc

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On the warpath

Central trade unions mobilise lakhs of workers from across different sectors to hold a sit-in protest in New Delhi to demand the implementation of the

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The past as present

The attacks on medieval Muslim rulers by the Hindu right wing constitute not only an attempt to rewrite the past but also to interpret the present in

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A homecoming for the grizzly

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Prize catch?

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Gasping for breath

The country’s air pollution problem is going from bad to worse owing to the high usage of coal for generating power and the rise in the number of vehi

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A family finds its sepoy son

Srikantaraj Urs, a sepoy in the 1st Mysore Infantry regiment of the princely state of Mysore, died fighting on the side of British India in Singapore,

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Freedom of Expression

Stifling dissent

The arrest of a cartoonist and the detention and torture of an anti-nuclear activist without a warrant are only the latest instances of the Tamil Nadu

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Farming & Fisheries sector

Sweet promise

Narendra Modi’s promise of a sweet revolution and a blue revolution to enhance the incomes of farmers and fishermen in Gujarat is an unconvincing chim

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Tragic divide

A well-researched book on the Partition of India, giving a month-by-month account of the tragedy as it unfolded in 1947.

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Curzon’s warning

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'All Indians have the right to speak for the Mahatma'

Interview with Tushar Arun Gandhi.

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Gujarat's battle lines

The BJP juggernaut with its propaganda about the Gujarat model of development has been brought up short by new players in the State’s electoral battle

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End of Mugabe era

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Writing without a full stop

The nonagenarian Hindi writer Krishna Sobti has been awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award.

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Crisis of leadership

The crisis in the Supreme Court, triggered by the Chief Justice of India’s refusal to subject himself and his brother judges to the well-recognised le

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The road to IT greatness

Contrary to popular perception, India began its journey to become an IT superpower much before the reforms of 1991. The roots can be traced as far bac

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Whose development is it anyway?

The Assembly elections have put under intense scrutiny Narendra Modi’s Gujarat model of development which is touted as worthy of replication throughou

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Show of solidarity

An international conference held in Yalta highlights how Crimea has been subjected to harsh sanctions by the West since it conducted a constitutionall

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Ruined infrastructure and a refugee crisis

Two months after two hurricanes hit Puerto Rico, the island nation continues to be plagued by collapsed infrastructure, widespread power failure and f

Letter to the editor

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The Solar Scam of Kerala

The judicial commission constituted to inquire into the “solar scam” submits its report, but there is a lack of clarity on the measures the government

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