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33 STORIES
Advertorial
Destined for the long haul
Founded in 1906 by Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, Canara Bank stands tall as a premier bank in India that pairs traditional prudential values with the embrac
Interview with the Chairman
‘Canara Bank is a people’s bank’
Interview with Chairman T.N. Manoharan.
Gold
Golden opportunity
The government’s policy think tank moots a transformation of the gold market, which can give a boost to exports and FDI accompanied by a significant r
Unveiling Sardar Vallabbhai Patel's statue
Sardar as pawn
The 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, named the Statue of Unity and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is just one more mov
Regime-change in Sri Lanka
Change that fuels fears
Sri Lanka has entered a hugely uncertain phase of its post-civil war politics in which the disillusionment of young voters can result in their radical
Rise of a super cop
Modi’s blue-eyed boy
Rakesh Asthana, Narendra Modi’s trusted super cop, rose quickly in the ranks after he began to serve the Hindutva project in Gujarat and elsewhere.
Brazil elections
Brazil in the abyss
The extreme right-winger Jair Bolsonaro wins the presidential election in Brazil and has indicated his willingness to play up to the designs of the Un
Books
Teaching of languages
A look at the state of education in Banaras and the way school education standardises languages and valorises one language over another.
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh's mea culpa
Saudi Arabia admits that Jamal Khashoggi was killed within the consulate’s premises, but the Crown Prince denies any direct role in what was a “premed
Controversies in the CBI
Contentious record
The wrangling within the CBI may have come out for the first time, but controversy is not new to this premier investigative body.
Central America/U.S.
March of migrants
Thousands of migrants from Central America march towards the U.S. seeking a new life in the "land of opportunity", even as the U.S. government continu
Politics
Respite and anxiety
The Madras High Court order upholding the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs loyal to T.T.V. Dinakaran brings a welcome breather to the State governme
India
Now, Vedic science
Amritsar train tragedy
Blood on the tracks
The blame game follows the train accident that claimed the lives of 62 Dussehra revellers in Amritsar on October 19.
CBI and the SC
Apex court again
This is not the first time the Supreme Court has intervened to secure the autonomy of the CBI. The earlier instance was two decades ago, in the Jain h
Books
Retailing religion
An attempt to use economic theories and tools to understand the economics of religion.
Obituary
Remembered realities
Na. Muthuswamy (1936-2018) belongs with the great lyrical realists of medieval Tamil poetry, says David Shulman on the founder of the avant-garde thea
Controversy
Ram temple in place of memorial
Discovery of Mysore rockets
Striking legacy
The discovery of 1,700 Mysore rockets belonging to the 18th century gives a fillip to the argument that Tipu Sultan was a progressive king who made gr
Goa governance crisis
Unstable in Goa
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s health situation has brought governance in the State to a standstill and set off political power games.
Books
Islands no more
The book clarifies that internationalisation of higher education is imperative for India, but not at the expense of the real purpose and process of ed
CBI & RAFALE DEAL
The Rafale stink
Questions regarding the Rafale deal continue to dog the Narendra Modi government and the CBI Director’s ouster has only added fat to the fire.
All about the CBI
The CBI story
Books
A Muslim soldier
The test of a Sarkari Mussalman is the selling of the soul. The author is not a Sarkari Mussalman, but ambition drives him to hover precariously on th
CBI's loss of independence
Credibility crisis
Supreme Court's intervention
At a crossroads
The Supreme Court’s intervention to monitor the resolution of the CBI’s internal crisis is a defining moment in the agency’s history.
Using CBI for political ends
History of abuse
Every government, irrespective of the party in power, has used the CBI as a tool to arm-twist opposition and other political party leaders in order to
Lead Story
Undermining institutions
The Narendra Modi government’s interference in the functioning of the CBI seems to be part of a larger pattern of undermining institutions of governan
Regime-change in Sri Lanka
Constitutional coup
The island nation passes through a political crisis as President Maithripala Sirisena sacks Ranil Wickremesinghe and appoints his rival and two-time P
Interview: Mohammed Hanif
"Writing a novel is about being fearless"
Author Mohammed Hanif talks about latest novel and life in Pakistan.
Ziya Us Salam
Transfer of A.K. Bassi
The plot thickens
Social Issues
A ghastly murder
The gruesome killing of a 13-year-old Dalit girl in Salem district brings to the fore the growing number of casteist and sexual assaults on hapless wo
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Letters
Letters to the editor
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03-05-2024
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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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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