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35 STORIES
Medical travel
Healthy arrivals
The number of people flocking to India for medical treatment grew significantly in recent years and there is enormous scope to increase the country’s
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Towards a meltdown
Close on the heels of the IL&FS crash in 2018, Dewan Housing Finance Limited “delays payment” on a Rs.1,000 crore debt, signalling a second major cris
Interview
Uzma Aslam Khan: ‘The story has to come from within’
Interview with the Pakistani author Uzma Aslam Khan.
Health
Limits to human endurance
Lead Story
Distress and divide
In the aftermath of the Easter bombings, Muslims have become the new bogeyman for the majoritarian politics in Sri Lanka. The communal divide is likel
Interview: Douglas Devananda
‘Sri Lanka needs a strong leadership’
Interview with Douglas Devananda of the EPDP.
Lead Story
‘Minority community severely affected by laws’
Interview with A.L.M. Sabeel.
Easter bomb blasts
Home-bred terror
An extremist preacher, willing accomplices and access to the Internet—that is all it took to pull off the April 21 suicide bombings in Sri Lanka.
Indonesia | Thailand | South Africa
Staying power
In key national elections, Presidents Joko Widodo and the ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa are re-elected in Indonesia and South Africa, and the coup leader Pra
Election Commission
In EVM do we trust?
Voices against the use of electronic voting machines, which are widely seen as black boxes that lack transparency and verifiability, are growing loude
India-Sri Lanka Relations
Troubled neighbour
India-Sri Lanka relations are often fraught, and after the terror attacks in the island nation, there is a fear that it could once again be sucked int
Lead Story
Tourism in tatters
Tourism, one of the pillars of the Sri Lankan economy, has taken a beating with the Easter blasts, leading to empty flights and mass cancellations of
Sudan
Elusive spring
The interim military council in Sudan, which seized power in a coup overthrowing President Omar al-Bashir in April, cracks down on peaceful pro-democr
Interview: Mahinda Rajapaksa
‘We are getting a lot of support’
Interview with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Lead Story
Intrusive watch
Lead Story
‘We cannot be pushed too much’
Interview with Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader and former Minister.
Crime
Speedy justice
The Pathankot Sessions Court sentences three main accused in the Kathua rape case to life imprisonment and three others to five years in prison.
Akshaya Patra
Imposing a food culture
The controversy in Karnataka over the Akshaya Patra Foundation’s refusal to include onions and garlic in its mid-day meals in government schools raise
Books
Women and caste
"Gendering Caste" examines the role of women in the perpetuation of caste and the need to go beyond the conventional dichotomy of purity and pollution
Education
Privatisation push
The draft of the new education policy speaks of making education universally accessible but pulls back on the issue of public investment and pushes fo
The Economy
Growth story in shreds
A former senior adviser to the government on economic matters delivers another blow to the credibility of India’s growth rate, but the methodology of
Free transport for Delhi women
A free ride
The Delhi government seems determined to implement its proposal to make travel on the Metro and DTC buses free for women notwithstanding the many ques
U.S. & Russia
Close encounters
U.S. and Russian warships record a near-collision in the North Pacific region near China’s coast at a time when Russia-China relations reach an “unpre
Astronomy
Supermassive black hole and beyond
Books
New electoral dynamics in Bihar
The book under review studies election patterns in the State over the 1990-2015 period but leaves out crucial details on issues such as communalisatio
Freedom of expression
Unlawful arrests
By arresting journalists for their social media posts under the provisions of the IT Act that the Supreme Court has struck down, the Uttar Pradesh Pol
Microbiology
Enzyme to create universal blood type
Girish Karnad's activism
Committed to secularism
Girish Karnad believed that it was wrong to view medieval Indian history as a clash between Hinduism and Islam and that often made him the target of t
Jammu & Kashmir
Devious design
The Centre’s purported delimitation exercise as a route to power evokes anger and consternation among non-BJP leaders and the disgruntled youths in th
Books
Bold imagination
Paul Zacharia, in this new narrative structure, ushers in a new sensibility, a new approach, examining in a playfully sceptical vein all that is held
Interview: Akeel Bilgrami
‘In India, it’s pathological authoritarianism’
Interview with Akeel Bilgrami. This is the final part of a two-part article.
Health
High levels of mercury in urban Indians
Girish Karnad
Irrepressible storyteller
Exploring mythology and legend, Girish Karnad (1938-2019) confronted contemporary issues by asking uneasy questions about institutions.
Cannibalism in Tigers
Tiger fight club
Cannibalism among tigers is a natural phenomenon linked to factors such as social organisation and territoriality, and unlike what some would like to
Rakesh Shukla
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05-04-2024
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
Haryana: Scripting a new chapter
Alliance of convenience: AAP, Cong seal deal for Delhi, to go solo in Punjab
Karnataka: Congress still hunting for a compelling strategy
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22-03-2024
‘Scent of a Bird’: A Malayalam story in translation
Babycha’s wager
A new biography delves into the turbulent life and subversive legacy of Michael Madhusudan Dutt
WTO is now just a tool to bully weaker nations
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08-03-2024
Mahatma Gandhi, in his own words
Finding home in the act: How Aagaaz theatre trust empowers young lives through art
Beyond borders: Unhoming in Lahore’s magical world
A worthy sequel to Animal Farm?
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23-02-2024
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: A force to reckon with
How would Vivekananda view the Ramjanmabhoomi movement and Ram Mandir?
Modi government’s crackdown on FCRA cripples civil society organisations
Rahul Gandhi, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, and the power of walking
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