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10-09-202128 STORIES

A spring far behind: Tunisian President Kais Saied seizes power, sacks Prime Minister

Arab Spring dreams are snuffed out as Tunisia appears headed for a dictatorship following President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament and sacking

The Caribbean

Shaken island: Haiti earthquake the latest crisis to leave citizens in distress

The earthquake that struck Haiti recently has added to the island-nation’s multiple crises: political instability, rising levels of gang violence, an

Conservation

An NGO gives urban wildlife in Mumbai and its environs a helping hand during the lockdown

In the Mumbai metropolitan area and its surroundings, the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare had its hands full during the lockdown, rescuing mo

Lyla Bavadam

Short story in Translation

Protests in Gujarat against corporate projects that threaten people’s livelihoods and damage the 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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

Politics

Mamata Banerjee’s Project Tripura

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

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?

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”

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

Tariq Fancy, former chief investment officer of BlackRock Inc., says that the financial services industry that has promoted environmental, social and

Books

Book Review: "Ranganayaki" by K. Bharathi is the saga of a community

The writer successfully captures the milieu of an upper middle-class Brahmin household with a keen eye for ethnographic detail.

Books

Book Review: M. Mukundan's "Delhi: A Soliloquy" is an elegy for innocence

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

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

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’

Interview with William Dalrymple, writer and historian.

Cover Story: Afghanistan

Taliban takeover pushes Afghanistan into chaos

The Taliban seizes power swiftly as the United States pulls out its troops after 20 years of misadventure, plunging Afghanistan into an atmosphere of

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Afghan Crisis

Afghanistan’s long struggle with reforms and conservativism

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

Books

Book Review: Abhishek Saha's "No Land's People"

Abhishek Saha’s book captures the lack of transparency in citizenship determination in Assam and exposes the deep inequality in the relationship betwe

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In this issue

A spring far behind: Tunisian President Kais Saied seizes power, sacks Prime Minister

Shaken island: Haiti earthquake the latest crisis to leave citizens in distress

An NGO gives urban wildlife in Mumbai and its environs a helping hand during the lockdown

‘Savara’ by Chaudhury Hemakanta Misra: Odia short story in translation

Agnes Smedley: ‘Daughter of Earth’

Israel: France’s foster child

New light on Tipu Sultan

Protests in Gujarat against corporate projects that threaten people’s livelihoods and damage the environment

RBI proposal to loosen lending norms for private players a catastrophe in the making

Hate speech at Jantar Mantar rally latest attempt by Hindutva forces to stoke communal passions

New book sheds light on struggle of Muslim victims of false terror after acquittal

No data, little relief: Panel report exposes government inadequacies

Congress changing tack in Kashmir?

The trajectory of scientific progress in the time of pandemic

Will India be able to avert a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic?

Mamata Banerjee’s Project Tripura

IPCC issues dire warning on global warming

The takeaway messages in the IPCC’s AR6: What does it mean for India?

IPCC calls for immediate action rather than rhetorical references to a “climate crisis”

An insider’s warning on environmental, social and governance investing

Book Review: "Ranganayaki" by K. Bharathi is the saga of a community

Book Review: M. Mukundan's "Delhi: A Soliloquy" is an elegy for innocence

Afghanistan’s neighbours react cautiously to Taliban takeover

Afghanistan’s chequered history

William Dalrymple: ‘Prestige of America heavily dented’

Taliban takeover pushes Afghanistan into chaos

Afghanistan’s long struggle with reforms and conservativism

Book Review: Abhishek Saha's "No Land's People"

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