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27 STORIES
CIVIL SERVICES
Recruitment from the private a sector: A blow to reservation
Lateral entry into the bureaucracy from the corporate sector is likely to generate conflicts of interest, subvert reservation and compromise the indep
Social Issues
Maharashtra: Neoliberal road to poverty
In 125 villages in Maharashtra, the writer Heramb Kulkarni finds the poor trapped in a cycle of poverty and unemployment.
Wildlife
Cheetah bonding
A wildlife photographer spent a week on the trail of a cheetah named Malaika and her two cubs in Masai Mara and came away with some stunning visuals.
G. SHAHEED,
Padmanabhan Narayanan
Cinema
Anand Patwardhan: Dissent in the time of intolerance
Anand Patwardhan’s films have always dealt with explosive issues. Reason, a searing account of the rise of Hindu militancy, is not an exception.
Interview: Anand Patwardhan
Voice of reason
Interview with the documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan.
Russia
The "happiness" project
Russia showcases methods and programmes associated with its own iteration of the “happiness project” pioneered by Bhutan, with specific focus on longe
Libya
Murder and mayhem in refugee camps
Horror stories are emerging from Libya, where refugees are being held in inhumane conditions in detention centres and rebel groups are battling each o
Power-sharing deal in Sudan
Sudan: A chance for peace
Sudan’s opposition groups fighting for democracy have agreed to a power-sharing deal with the ruling military council, but civilian leaders warn that
World Affairs
Hong Kong: Protests against "extradition Bill"
Massive street protests against an “extradition Bill” rock Hong Kong, forcing the government of China’s Special Administrative Region to suspend its t
Higher Education
Uttar Pradesh Private Universities Ordinance: Autonomy under threat
The Uttar Pradesh Private Universities Ordinance to bring “uniformity” in higher education may have run into rough weather, but the State government p
Interview
A conversation with Aijaz Ahmad: ‘The state is taken over from within’
Interview with Aijaz Ahmad.
Communalism
Lynch victim Pehlu Khan: Victim as accused
A magisterial court in Rajasthan takes cognisance of the State police’s charge sheet of December 2018 that names the Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan,
Communalism
Law against lynching in Madhya Pradesh: Pointless punishment
Madhya Pradesh proposes changes to the law against cow slaughter in an attempt to stop lynching, but sections of the State’s ruling Congress feel that
Legislation
Amendments to the Forest Act: Forests over rights
The BJP’s proposed amendments to the Forest Act give the Central and State governments untrammelled powers and militate against the hard-won rights of
Budget 2019
Budget 2019: Wooing speculative finance
Budget 2019 sends the clear message that the second Modi-led government plans to use every trick in the financial innovation book in its desperate sea
Economic survey 2018-19
Economic Survey 2018-19: Vacuous exercise
The Economic Survey waxes eloquent on the standout economic problems of our times, without offering solutions or a road map to nudge the country on th
Books
Making of the U.N.
This book by an eminent practitioner of multilateral diplomacy is not only for students of international relations and serving diplomats but also for
Books
Trysts with trauma
Engaging and disturbing narratives, in prose and in verse, about displacement, dispossession and the legacy of Partition.
Books
Of India’s genetic roots
A remarkably accessible book about the ethnic foundations of the Indian people, dense with evidence from archaeology, linguistics, ancient texts and t
Books
Physician par excellence
This book helps in preparing its reader to face death calmly even as it instructs him in the history of medicine and the joys of music.
Science & Technology
Global call to tackle air pollution
Science & Technology
Painkiller ban to save vultures likely
Science & Technology
Human sperm viable in space
The Legal Angle
Constitutional issues
Science & Technology
An alternative to LED lamps
Natural rubber
Natural rubber products: Untapped area
Inadequate production and falling yield per hectare amid rising demand have resulted in strong growth in rubber imports in recent years.
Letters
Letters to the editor
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03-05-2024
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
Is India losing the goodwill of its neighbours?
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
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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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