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COVER STORY
10-09-2021
Throwback to Taliban era (September 10, 2021)
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Briefing
Personality
Agnes Smedley: ‘Daughter of Earth’
Literature
Novelist, feminist and world revolutionary Agnes Smedley rejected “ordained social hierarchy” to follow her radical path to self-discovery. She consid
France & Israel
Israel: France’s foster child
World Affairs
France has been a key contributor to Project Israel and its lethal, life-destroying remit.
HISTORY
New light on Tipu Sultan
India
A Persian manuscript in the British Library in London and other documents help correct an error in Tipu Sultan’s birthdate. The ensuing research also
Environment
Protests in Gujarat against corporate projects that threaten people’s livelihoods and damage the environment
Environment
Gujarat’s poor track record in environmental governance has pushed people to the wall, and they are now making their voices heard and using legal mean
Finance
RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for private players a catastrophe in the making
India
The RBI’s proposal to loosen regulations for private lenders in the microfinance space will have disastrous consequences for the poor, especially wome
Hate sloganeering
Hate speech at Jantar Mantar rally latest attempt by Hindutva forces to stoke communal passions
Communalism
The hate speech at Jantar Mantar in Delhi is the latest in a string of attempts by right-wing organisations to stoke communal passions ahead of the Ut
Muslim victims of false terrorism charges
New book sheds light on struggle of Muslim victims of false terror after acquittal
India
Several Muslims framed under bogus terrorism charges struggle to lead a normal life after their acquittal and release. A new book in Hindi, a product
COVID-19
No data, little relief: Panel report exposes government inadequacies
Covid-19
A parliamentary panel report exposes the government’s cluelessness on the extent of job losses caused by the pandemic and its inability to provide ade
JAMMU & KASHMIR
Congress changing tack in Kashmir?
Politics
The Congress under Rahul Gandhi seems to be focussed on countering the BJP in Jammu with a soft Hindutva line, sidestepping in the process crucial iss
COVID-19
The trajectory of scientific progress in the time of pandemic
Covid-19
The scale and spread of the pandemic have imposed unprecedented demands on modern science. But science being bound by the complex nature of reality an
COVID-19
Will India be able to avert a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic?
Covid-19
The downward trajectory of the second wave has slowed down to imperceptible levels, a worrying trend in a context where the numbers are rising again a
Mamata Banerjee’s Project Tripura
Politics
The Trinamool Congress makes forays into Tripura to form key alliances as part of its plans to overthrow the BJP government and establish its base in
IPCC report on climate change
IPCC issues dire warning on global warming
Environment
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report comes as an ominous reminder of how global warming will impact the world in the coming years and stresses the urgen
Climate Change
The takeaway messages in the IPCC’s AR6: What does it mean for India?
Environment
From the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, it is clear that the outlook is grim for India on the climate change front. It can expect to experience errat
Climate Change
IPCC calls for immediate action rather than rhetorical references to a “climate crisis”
Environment
The IPCC report is an important wake-up call to the world to not get taken in by the claim that net-zero declarations of developed countries represent
Economic Perspectives
An insider’s warning on environmental, social and governance investing
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Tariq Fancy, former chief investment officer of BlackRock Inc., says that the financial services industry that has promoted environmental, social and
Book Review: Abhishek Saha's "No Land's People" talks about the lack of transparency in citizenship determination in Assam
Books
Abhishek Saha’s book captures the lack of transparency in citizenship determination in Assam and exposes the deep inequality in the relationship betwe
Book Review: "Ranganayaki" by K. Bharathi is the saga of a community
Books
The writer successfully captures the milieu of an upper middle-class Brahmin household with a keen eye for ethnographic detail.
Book Review: M. Mukundan's "Delhi: A Soliloquy" is an elegy for innocence
Books
A nonchalant depiction of the personal tragedies of people as they unfold in Delhi during the war years in the 1960s and 1970s, the Emergency and the
COVER STORY
Afghanistan’s neighbours react cautiously to Taliban takeover
Lead Story
India stands out in the region as Afghanistan’s only neighbour to steadfastly refuse to do business with the Taliban, the new rulers in Kabul.
U.S. policy & Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s chequered history
Lead Story
What has happened in Afghanistan can be traced to the United States’ ‘muscular’ foreign policy after the Cold War and the floundering global war on te
Interview: William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple: ‘Prestige of America heavily dented’
Lead Story
Interview with William Dalrymple, writer and historian.
Cover Story: Afghanistan
Taliban takeover pushes Afghanistan into chaos
Lead Story
The Taliban seizes power swiftly as the United States pulls out its troops after 20 years of misadventure, plunging Afghanistan into an atmosphere of
Afghan Crisis
Afghanistan’s long struggle with reforms and conservativism
Lead Story
For a hundred years, the Afghan people have struggled between two visions of their society—one that saw the need to reform society through women’s ema
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Feb 10, 2023
P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’
Editor’s Note
Shah Rukh Khan: The new action hero on the block
Tapovan Vishnugad: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis
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Jan 13, 2023
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
A chat over tikki
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Jan 27, 2023
The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area
How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of community
Pele (1940-2022): At his feet, football transformed into poetry
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