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Countrywide student protests over CAA, NRC and NRP
In this issue
17-01-2020
38 STORIES
Science & Technology
Malaria mosquitoes develop resistance to insecticide
Nuclear Power
Advanced core catcher for Kudankulam 3 unit
Earth Sciences
Submarine cables as seismic sensors
Cinema
King among actors
A cerebral actor, Dr Shreeram Lagoo (1927–2019) established a benchmark for naturalistic acting in Marathi theatre and infused subtlety and complexity
Jharkhand Assembly elections
BJP's losing spree
Jharkhand passes out of the BJP’s control, confirming the trend hinted at in the Haryana election and more clearly felt in the Maharashtra election.
Politics
Gandhi’s assassination
Institutions
Kolkata's Persian connection
At a time when divisive tendencies threaten to tear asunder the secular fabric of Indian society, Kolkata’s Iran Society stands like an oasis of cultu
Madagascar
Tree of life
The baobab is revered in Africa and Madagascar as a sacred and mystical tree. Baobabs can live for more than a thousand years and are perhaps among th
Sudha Mahalingam
St Thomas' Cathedral
St Thomas' Cathedral: A chapter in Mumbai’s history
St Thomas’ Cathedral, which celebrated its 300th Christmas this year, has a shared history with Mumbai from its colonial days and stands as a symbol o
Pakistan
Special Court in Pakistan finds Musharraf guilty of high treason
By sentencing former President Musharraf to death for subverting the Constitution, the country’s higher judiciary sends out a strong message on civili
U.S. & India
U.S. & India: Strengthening ties
The second ministerial-level meeting between the U.S. and India underlines the growing strategic closeness of the two countries.
Diary from Trumpland
Trump plays victim
The sum total of U.S. President Donald Trump’s feverish defence against the impeachment inquiry is that the elites and the socialists are out to get h
Industrial safety
Deadly violation of safety norms in Delhi
Three fire tragedies in Delhi highlight the lack of respect for safety norms and bring into focus the proposed Code on occupational safety and health,
Essay
Savarkar & the BJP
What was Savarkar’s record in his 83 years to hail him as a hero? Six abject apologies to the British rulers, an unprecedented record in the entire hi
The Judiciary
Questions of justice: The judgments in Nirbhaya and Unnao rape cases
Two judgments, one by the Supreme Court in the Nirbhaya case and the other by a Delhi court in the Unnao rape case involving the former BJP legislator
Lead Story
People’s march against CAA & NRC: Rallying forces in Tamil Nadu
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens have snowballed into a mass movement across India. Significant
Lead Story
People’s march against CAA & NRC: Spontaneous protests in Karnataka
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens have snowballed into a mass movement across India. Significant
Lead Story
People’s march against CAA & NRC: A different tune in West Bengal
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens have snowballed into a mass movement across India. Significant
Lead Story
People’s march against CAA & NRC: Show of solidarity in Maharashtra
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens have snowballed into a mass movement across India. Significant
Book Review
Remembering Partition
The Urdu satirist Fikr Taunsvi’s account of Partition, written between August and November 1947, brings to life one of the most tragic episodes in the
Prannv Dhawan
Syncretism
On the composite culture of India
One of the most significant frames of India’s cultural aggregation has been the idea of a joint Hindu-Muslim syncretic culture. Indians learn new form
C.P. Chandrasekhar
A self-made fiscal trap
The government’s obsession with the fiscal defict results in reduced public spending and demand and consequently lower tax revenues.
CAA-NRC Protests
What is the BJP up to?
The Centre’s brutal crackdown on the protests against the CAA is a naked assertion of the dispensation’s larger aim to fulfil the Sangh Parivar’s Hind
CAA-NRC Protests
Countrywide CAA & NRC protests: Secular unity
The widespread and continuing public support for the protests against the CAA, the NRC and the NPR has ensured that the issue does not remain a concer
CAA-NRC Protests
People’s march against CAA & NRC
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens have snowballed into a mass movement across India. Significantl
Books
Unveiling answers
The book examines, through readings from the Quran and the Hadith, the role of the mosque in Islam, and questions the ambivalence about gender equalit
Books
Shades of life
Paramita Satpathy’s stories present the life of the 21st century woman in the Odisha village, countryside and city effectively and imaginatively.
Books
Twilight narrative
A historical novel set in Mughal India that looks at history through a subaltern lens.
Socio-economic factors
Social diversity & economic growth
Social and economic differences along communal and caste lines have led to a lopsided growth in India which favours the higher castes and fails to unl
Lead Story
Historic Friday for Indian Muslims
Muslims ignore the advice of their religious leaders on the CAA.
NPR & NRC
NRC & NPR: Policy disaster
With the BJP leaders speaking in multiple voices on the NPR and the proposed NRC and distrust mounting within its own ranks, the party’s strategy seem
Protest against CAA
‘CAA is a threat to marginalised communities’
Lead Story
Reign of terror in Uttar Pradesh
The pro-majoritarian bias in the police action across Uttar Pradesh indicates an agenda to fan tension rather than diffuse it.
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Citizenship Amendment Act
CAA: The north-eastern quagmire
The CAA has added to the complexities of settling the question of who is an “illegal migrant” in the north-eastern region. Defining who is indigenous
Citizenship Amendment Act
CAA-NRC protests: A nation awakened
The CAA attempt was met with massive resistance, on a scale unparalleled since Independence, with people coming together to defend the Constitution.
CAA-NRC Protests
CAA protest: Talking power to Muslims
Policemen who assaulted students at Jamia Millia Islamia University were not out to disperse protesters but to show Muslims that they were second-clas
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Babycha’s wager
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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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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: A force to reckon with
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