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31 STORIES
Science & Technology
The Prize and many firsts
Sabarimala
Faith and politics
Rafale: Political implications
Looking for a way out
The absence of a strong political movement against the questionable transactions involved in the Rafale deal allows the Narendra Modi government to ad
Rafale deal
Problematic all the way
In cancelling the original tender and going for the outright purchase of a mere 36 Rafale fighters instead of the projected requirement of 126, the go
Rohingyas
Hounding Rohingyas
India deports seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, attracting sharp criticism from human rights organisations and striking fear in the minds of Rohingya ref
Lead Story
Scope of apex court’s intervention
Cover Story
Murky deal
The controversy over Narendra Modi’s unilateral decision to purchase 36 Rafale aircraft will not die down until the government gives clear and convinc
Ayodhya/Babri Masjid
Courts and Babri Masjid
When the Ayodhya dispute comes up for hearing before the Supreme Court on October 29, the fundamentals of India’s secular polity, public confidence in
Controversy
Battleground Sabarimala
The hill shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala erupts in unprecedented violent protest as young women try to make their way to the temple following the Supre
Literature
The Emperor
An Odia short story by Chandrasekhar Rath.
Bangladesh blast case
Closure of sorts
The judgment in the August 2004 grenade attack case, in which 19 accused were sentenced to death and 19 to life imprisonment, reveals the dark side of
Books
Gujarat: A soldier’s testimony
Zameer Uddin Shah’s "The Sarkari Mussalman" throws new light on the delay in the deployment of the Army during the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.
India-Russia
Strengthening old ties
India signs a crucial defence purchase deal with Russia despite warnings from the U.S., reaffirming military and economic ties with its old strategic
Tourism in India
Yet to take off
Foreign tourist arrivals are growing at a healthy pace, but India’s share of global traffic and receipts is still woefully low.
Environment
Death of a Ganga activist
Books
Islamic inquiry
On self-critique as a fundamental tenet of Islam, women’s equality and the evolution of the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Ziya Us Salam
Interview with Wolfgang Streeck
‘Marx’s writing more relevant today than ever’
Interview with Wolfgang Streeck, German political economist.
Livelihood Issues
Enemies overnight
The attacks against migrant workers in Gujarat are symptomatic of jobless growth and a resentment that has its roots in the governmental neglect of SM
Cyber warfare capability
Electronic warfare concerns
The Indian military’s dependence on imported critical cyber equipment calls for an immediate and deliberate review of India’s real-time military capab
Nobel Prize
Laser revolution
The 2018 Prize in Physics is awarded to Arthur Ashkin for his invention of optical tweezers and to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for developing t
Media
Freedom at stake
The Governor’s office invokes Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code against Nakkheeran magazine editor R.R. Gopal, but timely judicial intervention sav
Jammu & Kashmir
Another election farce
The local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir, held after 13 years, were marked by tepid reception throughout the Valley, bred by the Centre’s “muscul
Islamic faith
The mosque in Islamic law and faith
Column
When Vivekananda reconstructed Hinduism
The real success of Swami Vivekananda’s iconic speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 lay in his ability to rise above theol
IMF
Bracing for the bust
The message from the IMF’s October meeting suggests that a return to recession is a real possibility, but this time around the crisis could also hamme
Architecture
The Bahmani remains
A short excursion through the towns of Bijapur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Yadgir in north-eastern Karnataka can turn into a marathon heritage walk with sere
India
‘Daily Desher Katha’ resumes publication
Jamal Khashoggi murder
Journalist silenced
The cold-blooded murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul turns the international spotlight on Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salma
#MeToo Movement
Day of reckoning
Social media in India erupt with #MeToo complaints as women from various fields, including cinema and the media, out prominent personalities, includin
Letters
Letters to the editor
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03-05-2024
Is India losing the goodwill of its neighbours?
Thames Water and the collapse of neoliberal privatisation
History does not agree with the BJP on Katchatheevu
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
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19-04-2024
Kashmir: Valley of contention
Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
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05-04-2024
Farewell Appappan
Why a proposed private port in Karnataka’s Honnavara faces stiff resistance from fisherfolk
India’s oscillating opposition and the dynamic evolution of protest politics
The crisis of the secular opposition
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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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