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07-05-2021
32 STORIES
ARCHITECTURE
Classic examples of Hoysala excellence in sculpture
The filigreed carvings of the magnificent monuments of Belur and Halebidu in Karnataka bring alive mythology, and the mores of the Hoysala period.
Sudha Mahalingam
Interview: Mohammed Aslam Parvaiz
Mohammed Aslam Parvaiz: ‘A scientific approach is needed to discover God’
Interview with Mohammed Aslam Parvaiz, author and former vice chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
Indira canteens
Karnataka's Indira canteens starved of funds
Karnataka’s Indira Canteens, which offer subsidised meals to the urban poor, are staring at closure owing to the lack of budgetary allocations by the
Iran & China
Iran signs 25-year, $400-billion strategic and economic partnership agreement with China
Iran signs a historic economic and security cooperation agreement with China amid talks with the United States on the resumption of the nuclear deal.
WORLD AFFAIRS: Myanmar
Rebels vs rulers after military coup in Myanmar
The spectre of civil war looms large in Myanmar as opposition parties persist in a nationwide civil unrest even as 10 of the country’s major rebel gro
WORLD AFFAIRS: Myanmar
People of Myanmar resist army rule
Confronting ever more deadly military repression, and with little support from outside, the people of Myanmar are somehow finding ways to fight back.
Tribute
V. Anaimuthu (1925-2021): Crusader for social justice
V. Anaimuthu (1925-2021), who strove to combine Periyarism with Marxism, will be remembered for his marathon labour of editing E.V. Ramasamy Periyar’s
Controversy
Mumbai bomb scare case has shifted to one about allegations of corruption against politicians and police officers
What started out as a probe into a bomb scare incident near the Ambanis’ residence in Mumbai has spiralled into an investigation into allegations of c
COVID-19 Update
Telangana feeling the strain of rising cases, vaccine shortage
Non-availability of doses is hampering the State’s vaccination drive even as the sudden increase in cases, attributed to a new strain of the virus, ha
COVID-19 Update
COVID-19: Families vulnerable in Andhra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, entire families are getting the infection owing to asymptomatic cases and patients are slipping into distress within days, leaving
Communalism
Targeting Gyanvapi mosque: Sangh Parivar starts campaign to 'liberate' Kashi Vishwanath temple
A Varanasi court order seeking an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque emboldens Sangh Parivar outfits to start campaigns for ‘liberating’ the Kashi Vish
Interview: Dr Shashank Joshi
Dr Shashank Joshi: ‘Vaccination will not impact surge’
Interview with Dr Shashank Joshi, member of the Maharashtra COVID Task Force and a consultant endocrinologist at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital.
COVID-19 Update: KARNATAKA
Rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru
Bengaluru has more than 65 per cent of all active cases recorded in Karnataka in a virulent second wave where the test positivity rate in the State is
COVID-19 Update: Kerala
Kerala’s two-pronged strategy to ‘crush the curve’
The Kerala government intensifies its containment and prevention strategies to bring down the test positivity rate during the second wave of infection
COVER STORY: Chhattisgarh
Sharp spike in COVID cases in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh’s public health structure is on the verge of breakdown as it faces a deadly second wave.
COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
Lessons from the ‘first wave’
An attempt to understand India’s paradox of high COVID infection rate but low case rate and low case fatality rate and their implications for controll
COVER STORY: Gujarat
Gujarat may soon overtake Maharashtra in COVID numbers
COVID numbers in Gujarat are rising dangerously, straining the State’s poor public health infrastructure. But the government is in denial.
Interview: Sachin Sawant
Sachin Sawant: ‘Democracy under threat’
Interview with Sachin Sawant, spokesperson for the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Cover story: COVID-19 Update
In second COVID wave, Asia and Latin America suffer acute shortage of vaccines, health sectors overwhelmed
As the pandemic rages across the world and nations of the global South continue to face several hurdles, billionaires add to their wealth and military
COVID-19 Update: UTTAR PRADESH
Yogi regime takes refuge in hype amid corona surge
A sudden surge in COVID cases in Uttar Pradesh exposes the State government’s unpreparedness in handling the crisis.
Vaccine
What are the criteria to compare vaccines?
India had a golden opportunity to evaluate every serious ‘adverse events following immunisation’, but in the absence of trained public health officers
Covid update
Maharashtra government opts for cooperation over coercion in its new COVID control policy
Opting for cooperation over coercion in its new COVID control policy, Maharashtra struggles with a truculent public and politicking by the Centre.
Interview: Romila Thapar
‘Hindutva is not the same as Hinduism’
Interview with the historian Romila Thapar.
West Bengal Assembly Election
West Bengal: Trinamool and BJP in a close race
In the final three phases of the Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP and the Trinamool are locked in tough contests in several of the 114 consti
Covid Update
COVID-19 vaccines: Trials & errors
As foreign-made vaccines are cleared for emergency use and post-approval parallel bridging clinical trials are waiting to be done, it becomes imperati
Assembly Election
The elections in West Bengal and Assam have been marked by violations of the Model Code of Conduct
The elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam, have been marked by vituperative campaigns and communally polarising statements in violation of th
Cover story
COVID second wave: Clueless Centre cannot hold
As the second wave of COVID-19 rages across the nation overwhelming the public health system, the Central government remains clueless and ill-prepared
Historiography
Book Review: ‘The Making of Regions in Indian History’ reconstructs the evolution of premodern Odisha
A remarkable collection of 13 essays, written over three decades in the best traditions of Indian historiography, on the making of Odisha as a region.
Economic Perspectives
Biden’s global corporate tax plans send mixed signals
The Joe Biden administration may have ambitions of restoring U.S. economic competitiveness and dominance, but its position on digital services taxes s
Covid update
Tamil Nadu: Post-election curbs
Infections rise in Tamil Nadu as a rudderless State government struggles to contain new COVID cases, while Puducherry fears a lockdown disrupting tour
Spotlight
World-class cancer hospital in Odisha to be set up with a substantial donation from Subroto and Susmita Bagchi
Entrepreneurs Subroto and Susmita Bagchi pledge to donate a total of Rs. 340 crore towards the establishment of a world-class cancer hospital and pall
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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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