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Manmohan and Rahul
In this issue
05-01-2018
40 STORIES
Climate change
Mussels face the heat
Pollution
Delinquency is in the air
West Asia
Cracks in the council
The failed GCC summit points to a stalemate in West Asia that might last for a while, adversely affecting the economies of its members, and only a cha
Ayodhya case
Right of withdrawal
Genetics
Parkinson's gene
Atrocities against Dalits and minorities
Acts of intolerance
Systematic targeting of the poor, irrespective of their caste, community or religion, shatters several families in Rajasthan and other BJP-ruled State
Cover Story
Close call
The BJP survives an electoral scare in Gujarat by resorting to its time-tested politics of communal polarisation, but the verdict destroys the Modi-Am
Science & Technology
Russian reactors for Bangladesh
India
When someone goes missing
Books
A rare harvest
The two volumes give the non-Malayalee readers and the diaspora a solid, tangible proof of the existence of a proud culture and heritage.
India
Faith vs law
India
A good precedent
Ayodhya case
Supreme Court on trial
The Supreme Court should consider seriously whether it should proceed with the appeals on the Ayodhya case at all after quashing the partitioning judg
Nepal
New direction
The Left alliance, forged just before the elections, makes spectacular gains in the Parliament and Provincial Assembly elections, but the challenge be
Yemen
Saleh’s last sigh
The Houthi militia kills the former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh after he showed willingness to hold talks with Saudi Arabia, whose military cam
United States
Trump as Balfour
Donald Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem seems more dangerous theatre than anything else, another of his mischievous political acts.
Rahul Gandhi
Long road ahead
With his formal elevation as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi now faces several challenges to lift his party from the doldrums.
Books
The Zionist project
The book makes a significant contribution to the understanding of India-Israel relations and Gandhi’s opposition to a nation based on religion.
Books
Different drumbeat
A well-curated collection of insightful essays celebrating important new voices in contemporary Hindi cinema.
Books
Impeaching Trump
The book is an invaluable guide to the drama unfolding on Capitol Hill as a series of exposures threaten to derail the Trump presidency.
Crime
Blow to casteism
United action by progressive groups forces the hand of the government to act decisively in the case of the “honour killing” of a Dalit youth for marry
Assembly election
Clean sweep in Himachal Pradesh
The BJP wrests power from the Congress in a keenly fought election marked by a few upsets.
AtomEco 2017
Nuclear glasnost
The “Public dialogue-forum AtomEco 2017”, organised in Moscow on November 21 and 22, discussed the pros and cons of nuclear power generation and its f
Cyclone Ockhi
Waves of grief and anger
Cyclone Ockhi devastates the coast of south India and lays bare the administration’s indifference to the plight of fishing communities.
SUKOMAL SEN
From worker to leader
Sukomal Sen (1934-2017), a stalwart leader of the working class movement, a scholar and a visionary, spent his whole life in the social and political
Right to Information
Threat from within
Vacancies in the Central Information Commission, the backlog of applications and the attempts to weaken the RTI Act raise fresh concerns about the gov
Assembly election: Gujarat
The caste factor
The Assembly election results have brought navsarjan (rejuvenation) to the Congress party in Gujarat and beyond, the credit for it going mainly to its
Literature
The vengeance
Disqualification from Rajya Sabha
Punishing dissent
The disqualification of Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar Ansari as Rajya Sabha members under the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution ignores the principles o
Assembly Election: Gujarat
Distress vote
In the neck-and-neck race in Gujarat, the Congress sweeps the Saurashtra region which is beset by widespread distress within the farming community and
Museum
Bihar model beckons
Bihar Museum, a significant initiative by the State government, has the potential to inspire similar projects across the country. But its success hing
Foreign investment
Dip in FDI growth
FDI inflow growth takes a hit after robust growth in the first two years of the current regime.
Architecture
The making of New Delhi
The imperial capital of New Delhi forms one of the most enduring architectural legacies of colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent.
Column
Making merry on bitcoin
Tribute
Shashi Kapoor: Stuff of dreams
Shashi Kapoor (1938-2017) was Hindi cinema’s most good-looking actor, but his persona was even more handsome.
History
Tipu in Malabar
Tipu Sultan’s largesse to temples as recorded in the 19th century Inam Registers of Malabar shows that he was sensitive to the religious sensibilities
Readers write
Letters to the Editor
Israel-Palestine
Woe to Jerusalem
Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, against international opinion, legitimises Israel’s brutal occupation of the city and dum
Jayati Ghosh
Obscenity of hunger deaths
Archive
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The saint, the song, and the social revolution
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films
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19-04-2024
Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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05-04-2024
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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22-03-2024
Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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