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33 STORIES
Private consumption
Slack spending
Consumer expenditure at constant prices has not grown significantly in the recent past, although spending in current prices has grown considerably.
Short story
Odia short story: And the tide turned
Sun Temple
A gigantic restoration effort in Konark
The ASI has taken up work at the Sun Temple to conserve those portions that are still standing and restore to the extent possible the colossal temple
T.S. Subramanian,
D. Krishnan
Finance
Shadow banking
As the crisis affecting India’s NBFC sector simmers, self-serving calls for a bailout rend the air ahead of the Budget.
Drought
Parched earth
Maharashtra is in the grip of a prolonged drought, yet sugar cane, a water-intensive crop, continues to be grown over a large area in the State.
Health & fitness
Protein music!
Controversy
Warning bells
The criminal charges filed against the leading human rights organisation Lawyers Collective smack of political intimidation of those who speak truth t
Biology
All meats equally bad for cholesterol
Commemoration
Legacy of a polymath
Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman (1886-1941) was not only an eminent jurist, educationist and litterateur but also a keen scholar of physics who questioned
Health & fitness
In conflict settings, mental disorders higher
Space
Chandrayaan 2: Giant leap for ISRO
In what will be the most technologically complex mission ISRO has undertaken so far, Chandrayaan-2 will attempt to land a rover near the South Pole of
Diary from Trumpland
A new bonhomie
China and Russia make it clear that they are ready to use their growing economic and diplomatic strength to prevent the U.S. escalating the situation
Egypt
The killing of Morsi
The death of former President Mohamed Morsi while in the custody of the state is reflective of the state of affairs in the country. The government dea
U.S-Iran
Drones of war
Yet another crisis looms over the Persian Gulf, with Iran shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone over its territorial waters and the U.S. trying to f
Essay
India's fascist challenge
If the masses are aroused, they will be better prepared to face Modi’s onslaughts on democracy, fundamental rights and the rights, specifically, of th
Tribute
Girish Karnad: Staging our times
Throughout his life Girish Karnad questioned existing social norms and refused to be a conformist. And this is what he incorporated into his craft as
West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee's loosening grip
In the month after the election results were declared, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appears to be losing control of both the State admin
Crime
Murder of a DYFI activist in Tamil Nadu
A young Dalit functionary of the DYFI is slain for his work against caste-based atrocities in his village.
Acute encephalopathy
Bihar's child victims of poverty
Acute encephalopathy strikes the poorest families in Muzaffarpur and some other districts in Bihar. For a disease that has shown a predictable pattern
Interview: S. Janakarajan
‘Floods and droughts are opportunities, not disasters’
Schools
Towards education shops
The proposed new education policy signifies the return of elitist control of the school system and the reinforcement of the traditional social segmen
Water Resources
Chennai’s thirst
The city is facing unprecedented water shortage. Failure of the monsoons for two consecutive years and total mismanagement of water resources by the S
Health Care
Skewed vision
The policy fails to address concerns of equity in access to health care or access to health care education and will pave the way for an unhealthy comm
Language
Resistance to formula
Education is in the Concurrent List, and any issues relating to it is determined by both the Centre and the State government concerned. Therefore, the
Books
Celebrating an auteur
The book vividly portrays Girish Kasaravalli as a consummate artist and deals with his body of work in all its thematic diversity and aesthetic vigour
Books
Identity and belonging
For Indian readers, particularly, the novel hits bang in the solar plexus: everything said and implied is relevant in our context.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Dangers of ‘Libra’
Facebook’s plan to launch a cryptocurrency in 2020 raises questions about the company’s motives and the lack of regulatory control.
Higher Education
Corporate route in higher education
The government’s obsession with getting a few higher educational institutions in some kind of world ranking should be replaced by attention to quality
NEP 2019
NEP 2019: The devil in the detail
The draft National Education Policy 2019 systematically evades the Constitution’s focus on social justice in educational institutions. It seeks to hav
Jharkhand Primary Schools Merger
Primary schools: Merger muddle
The mergers of small primary schools with low enrolment rates with bigger ones may have saved money for the Jharkhand government, but it has wreaked h
Interview: Joyprakash Majumdar
‘Law and order has collapsed’
Interview with senior BJP leader Joyprakash Majumdar.
Lead Story
The rot runs deep
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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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