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26 STORIES
Interview
Prakash Louis: ‘We need many more Stan Swamys’
Interview with Prakash Louis, author of Fr. Stan Swamy: A Maoist or a Martyr?.
Civil aviation
Case in point
Review
Ma Anand Sheela's tryst with life
By My Own Rules is a memoir that chronicles former Osho disciple Ma Anand Sheela’s journey of life: her search for paradise lost and found.
CONSERVATION
River as a living entity
Recognising river ecosystems or other entities of nature as having rights offers the possibility of managing and governing habitats based on the ecolo
Shrishtee Bajpai
Civil aviation
How safe are the Indian skies?
A poor safety culture and lax regulatory oversight make flying in India risky. And critics blame the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for this st
REPORTS
2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’
In the list of crimes in the country in 2020 released by the National Crime Records Bureau, “offences against the state” show a significant spike.
Reports
Two recent household surveys reveal no trickle down
Two surveys paint a stark picture of an India divided between a small minority that owns most of its wealth and the large majority that is excluded fr
AUKUS & QUAD
AUKUS: U.S.' military grouping could be the start of a Cold War with China
The U.S.’ announcement of the trilateral AUKUS military grouping and its reaffirming of the Quad alliance are indications of the distinct anti-China d
Germany election
Germany returns a fractured mandate
The German political landscape witnesses a dramatic change as the results of the general election force the two mainstream parties, the Christian Demo
Social issues
A casteist crime beyond doubt
The Cuddalore Special Court judge invokes the doctrine of the rarest of rare cases to pronounce the death sentence on Accused No.2 in the 2003 ‘honour
Education
Medical education: A case against NEET
Even as allegations of question paper leak and impersonation mar NEET 2021, a Tamil Nadu government panel report slams the examination for obstructing
Uddhav strong in Maharashtra
Uddhav Thackeray's staying power amid BJP hostility, internal rumblings
Nearly two years after the Maha Vikas Aghadi took charge of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has managed to steer his ship in the face of
Jammu & Kashmir
Prelude to a revolt
As New Delhi continues to lie to itself and the people of India on Kashmir, the engineered peace in the valley is likely to lead to a prolonged phase
Movements
Bharat bandh hailed as historic
The bandh on September 27 repealing farm laws saw unprecedented support from over 12 opposition parties and women’s participation from across the nati
WEST BENGAL POLITICS
Bubble of BJP's organisational base in West Bengal burst with Babul Supriyo's defection to the TMC
Babul Supriyo’s defection to the Trinamool Congress may signify not just a weakening of the BJP’s organisational base but also a decline in the party’
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu fights back: Economic policies of the Union Territory slammed
The economic policies of the Union Territory administration in Jammu come in for severe criticism from traders, small businesses, industrialists, lawy
Interview: Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha: ‘Alienation of people in Kashmir at an all-time high’
Interview with Yashwant Sinha, Trinamool Congress leader and former Minister for External Affairs (2002-2004).
Assam Evictions
'I converted voluntarily': A temple priest’s widow debunks Assam BJP leaders’ hate campaign
A victim’s testimony nails the lies spread by the BJP and its supporters about forcible conversion.
Interview: Aman Wadud
Aman Wadud: ‘There is normalisation of hatred’
Interview with Aman Wadud, human rights lawyer.
Jammu & Kashmir
Cultural invasion: Modi's move to rename historical places and institutions in Kashmir
The Narendra Modi government’s move to alter names of historical places and institutions is one more in a series of attempts to rewrite the political
Assam Evictions
A recent history of evictions
Eviction drives have been carried out in Sivasagar, Nagaon, Marigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Barpeta, Dhubri, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Nalbari, Biswanath,
Punjab politics
Congress turbulence in Punjab; Amarinder, Sidhu quit
The Congress’ self-destructive streak is all too evident in its missteps in Punjab, which resulted in Captain Amarinder Singh’s exit, and raises troub
Jammu & Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir’s apparatus of repression
In post-August 2019 Kashmir, the state is using, among other things, raids, look-out circulars, denial of passports, anti-terror laws and sweeping sur
COVER STORY: ASSAM
Assam discord
The BJP-led government’s latest eviction of ‘encroachers’ exposes its ominous intention of targeting Muslims with systematic violence as a precursor t
Economic Perspectives
Evergrande conundrum
A Chinese behemoth’s missing of an interest payment triggers local and global fears of its impending collapse, but the government is in no hurry to ba
Archive
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03-05-2024
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
Is India losing the goodwill of its neighbours?
Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
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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
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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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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