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33 STORIES
Reports
Hunger levels "serious" in India
A global report shows that India suffers from serious levels of hunger and food deprivation despite being a major food producer, which indicates a fai
Literature
Mirza Waheed: I will always write about Kashmir
Interview with Mirza Waheed, novelist.
Interview
Mark Tully: Censorship more covert, structural now
Interview with Sir Mark Tully, veteran journalist.
Law and order
NCRB data for 2017: Criminal delay
The NCRB finally releases data on crime for 2017 after a two-year interval, raising many eyebrows with its omissions and commissions.
Narcotics
On a high
The seizure of various kinds of narcotic drugs recorded a significant rise in 2017, according to data from the Narcotics Control Bureau.
Telecommunications
BSNL rescue package is too little, too late
The rescue package for BSNL and MTNL, the fall guys of the Indian mobile telephony boom, hides more than it reveals.
The Judiciary
The judiciary: Credibility concerns
Justice Arun Mishra’s refusal to withdraw from the Constitution Bench seeking to provide the correct interpretation of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act r
India
Kamlesh Tiwari's mysterious murder
Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari’s political and personal journey and the complicated ways in which these progressed raise doubts about whether
Essay
Diplomacy & language
Lapses from civility are rare in diplomacy, but the diplomat’s reputation for care in the use of language has at times landed him in trouble.
India
A right royal snub
Politics
Crime of criticism in West Bengal
In West Bengal, Congress spokesperson Sanmoy Bandopadhyay is arrested and allegedly tortured for posting on social media views critical of Chief Minis
Movements
Youths all over the world stand up to power
Youths rise in protest in Chile, Ecuador, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt against elitist rulers, neoliberal policies, unemployment and poverty, whereas in Bo
Iraq
Death blow to Islamic State
The U.S. President’s self-congratulation over the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was a product of the radicalisation that followed the U.S. inva
World Affairs
Sri Lanka: New reality
Regardless of who wins the presidential election on November 16, India’s equation with its neighbour will have to be reworked owing to the China facto
Myanmar
Myanmar: Struggling democracy
As Myanmar gets set for the 2020 general election, peaceful and inclusive democracy remains a far cry: in fact Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for
Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir: Inviting global scrutiny
A 27-member European Union delegation becomes the first foreign team to be allowed access to Kashmir since August 5, close on the heels of a heated de
Economics
A Nobel-winning prescription for symptoms
As the euphoria over India’s latest Nobel Prize win subsides, it is time to question the validity of randomised control trials advocated by the prize
Lead Story
Block Development Council elections: Another shock for the BJP
The Modi government tried to portray that its decision to abrogate Article 370 was received warmly in Jammu and Kashmir, but the outcome of the Block
Lead Story
Vinod Nikole in Dahanu: Left victory with a history
Interview: Sitaram Yechury
Sitaram Yechury: The opposition needs to get its act together
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Lead Story
Waiting game
Lead Story
Haryana and Maharashra election results: Reality check
The results of the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections halt the march of the Hindutva juggernaut and give the opposition parties space and time
Implication for the Congress
The Congress: Slow take-off
The Congress, which has made unexpected gains in Maharashtra and Haryana, appears to be not in a hurry to seize the moment.
The NCP
Sharad Pawar: Powering on
Sharad Pawar single-handedly raised the morale of a flagging and dispirited NCP, reclaimed western Maharashtra for the party, and became largely respo
Maharashtra Assembly election
Bittersweet victory for the BJP in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra Assembly election comes as a reality check for the BJP, which ignored ground-level issues, and energises the opposition.
Books
Lyrical & radical
A collection of 19 Malayalam stories in English translation where the translator proves to be as intrepid as the author.
Haryana Assembly election
In Haryana, strange bedfellows
The Bharatiya Janata Party manages to form the government in Haryana on the back of a post-election alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party, which foug
Interview: Anand Sharma
Anand Sharma: The BJP has lost its sheen
Interview with Anand Sharma, senior Congress leader.
Interview: Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi: Muslims are looking at alternatives
Interview with Asaduddin Owaisi, president, AIMIM.
Books
Sikh resistance in colonial Bengal
This fascinating account of a failed migration attempt by working-class Sikhs in 1914 lucidly illumines an important segment of India’s colonial histo
Economic Perspectives
In dire straits
The recent Supreme Court judgment on what constitutes revenue in the telecom industry has thrown the latter into disarray and put the government in a
Book Review
Roots of Hindutva
The book narrates the saga of the RSS and how the ideology of Hindutva that is unfolding in the political arena now should not just be traced to 2014
Letters
Letters to the Editor
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03-05-2024
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
Of Magadh, Manjhi, and Musahars
‘BJP is the fountainhead of corruption’: Sitaram Yechury
Caught in a saffron storm
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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
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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