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25-05-2018
41 STORIES
Interview: Justice R.M. Lodha
'Heavy burden is on the CJI'
Interview with Justice R.M. Lodha, former Chief Justice of India.
Social media
Everybody’s soapbox
On the potential and perils of social media.
Economic Perspectives
Return of the oil threat
Disinvestment
Questions over a sale
The planned privatisation of the Dredging Corporation of India, a strategic asset, apparently ignores the security risks involved.
Archaeology
Finger fossil find in Saudi Arabia pushes back migration date
Ashok Mitra
A lovable rebel
Ashok Mitra (1928-2018), renowned writer, critic and political thinker, strode the worlds of economics and literature like a colossus and was in many
CPI(M)
'A maturation of inner-party democracy'
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Livelihood issues
Women divers of Rameswaram
The Koreas
Korean detente
With the historic meeting between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea on April 27, the two countries have come closer than ever before to signi
Impeachment motion
Erroneous decision
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu’s rejection of the motion to remove Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra from office suffers from certain flaws.
Cover Story
Credibility crisis
The credibility of the Supreme Court as an independent institution suffers erosion, with the office of the Chief Justice of India coming under a cloud
The judiciary
Anatomy of a turf war
As the Supreme Court collegium reconsiders its recommendation, returned by the government, to elevate Justice K.M. Joseph, issues of independence of t
Assembly Elections: Karnataka
Divide and win
The Siddaramaiah government’s welfare schemes will stand the Congress in good stead in northern Karnataka and to some extent in the coastal districts
Crime
Flawed justice
The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018, providing for the death penalty for rape of girls below 12, will have little meaning if the process of inv
Interview: H.D. Deve Gowda
‘Will fight on our own’
Executive vs judiciary
Ominous signs
Recent developments concerning the judiciary, marked by controversial confrontations with the executive, are reminiscent of events that resulted in th
Cuba
Generational shift
Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first Cuban President to be born after the Cuban revolution, takes over the reins of power from Raul Castro, marking the end of
Cyberworld
Real war in virtual space
The objective of cyber capitalism is to colonise cyberspace and generate and use big data for further enslavement of people. The battle between freedo
Books
Revisiting Vaishnavism
A meticulous study of the evolution of religion, caste and gender.
Interview
'Audacious movements have to start'
Interview with Samir Amin.
Nanotechnology
Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients
Books
The new China
The book deals with the role of the Communist Party of China and the manner in which it exercises control over all aspects of the Chinese polity, econ
RAJINDER SACHAR
Tireless crusader
ASHOK MITRA
Economist with a difference
The broad perspective within which Ashok Mitra saw questions of pricing, terms of trade and income distribution will always remain both powerful and r
Essay
Of Ajit Bolton & John Doval
Foreign policymaking is a sphere where dissenting voices are indispensable. Certitude, a vice of the ideologue, leads to disaster. But in the U.S. and
Banking
Running dry
The sudden ATM cash crunch in several States points to the government's ham-handed approach to currency management and evokes suspicions of plans to w
Medicine
A pill to detect breast cancer
Short story
Pain
Brazil
Standing by Lula
The Landless Workers’ Movement, which puts ending hunger as its first priority, is in the front line of the struggle to enable jailed former President
India & China
A fresh start?
Against a backdrop of accumulated grievances, highlighted by the Doklam standoff, the informal summit at Wuhan comes as an unprecedented trust-rebuild
Interview: Raja, CPI
‘If Parliament’s powers are curtailed, it will create conditions for a fascist regime’
Interview with D. Raja, national secretary of the CPI.
Lead Story
Raising the bar
Interview: Siddaramaiah
‘I am fighting communal forces’
Interview with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Interview: Vikas Singh, SCBA
‘Nobody is interested in selecting the best candidate’
Interview with Vikas Singh, president of the SCBA.
India
‘Winnability is everything’
Interview with B.S. Yeddyurappa, the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate.
Assembly Elections: Karnataka
Pulling out all the stops
Caste, money and muscle power. These factors play a major role in the choice of candidates by the three main political parties in arguably the most ti
Interview: Justice Abhay Thipsay
On the irregularities in the Sohrabuddin case
Interview with Justice (retd) Abhay Thipsay.
Lead Story
Diversity in U.K. & U.S. Supreme Courts
Party Affairs
Clear agenda
The five-day-long party congress of the CPI(M) in Hyderabad witnesses an intense debate on the draft political resolution even as it reaffirms the par
Letters
Letters to the Editor
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Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Of Magadh, Manjhi and Musahars
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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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