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Gujarat Assembly elections preview
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08-12-2017
34 STORIES
Unemployment
Rising discontent
The unprecedented economic slowdown in Gujarat coupled with high unemployment levels could hurt the BJP's prospects in the elections.
India
Bose in Singapore
Economic Perspectives
Online shopping frenzy
Sashi Kumar
The fiction of nonfiction
Preoccupations
Chinese calculations
Reminiscences
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
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
Documentary
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
Books
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
New faces
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
Football
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.
Saudi Arabia
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
Banking
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
Labour Issues
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
Controversy
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
Conservation
A homecoming for the grizzly
West Bengal
Prize catch?
Air pollution
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
Spotlight
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,
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
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
Books
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.
Books
Curzon’s warning
Interview
'All Indians have the right to speak for the Mahatma'
Interview with Tushar Arun Gandhi.
Lead Story
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
This fortnight
End of Mugabe era
Jnanpith
Writing without a full stop
The nonagenarian Hindi writer Krishna Sobti has been awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award.
Judiciary
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
Essay
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
Gujarat model
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
Crimea
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
Puerto Rico
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
Letters
Letter to the editor
Kerala
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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Battleground Barsu: Ecology versus economy conflict continues in Maharashtra
Impact of election results to go beyond electoral politics in Karnataka
Why the BJP’s communal calculations in Karnataka failed
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How underprivileged women in a Delhi slum are breaking the glass ceiling
Dismantling the gaze
‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth
Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
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Vivan Sundaram: Inviting the world into his art
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Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023): Rebel, writer, thinker, artist
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Kalindi’s story
The life and legacy of civil rights legend K.G. Kannabiran
Politics of passion
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