Tamil writer Thi. Janakiraman (1921-1982) was a modernist whose fiction explored the man-woman relationship and its tangles in a changing world. For him, writing was an act of resistance against the Brahmin orthodoxy he had been raised in.

The peculiar case of a book on Indian democracy that almost got pushed out of the Indian market but has managed to make a comeback.

Former President Abdullah Yameen is leading a concerted campaign to remove India’s presence from his island nation. Solving the problem of deteriorating bilateral relations may require the ruling BJP to change what it is doing at home in the case of Muslims.

With the Left registering impressive victories in recent elections in Honduras, Venezuela and Nicaragua and expected to win in the near future in Chile, Brazil and Colombia, Latin America seems all set for a socialist resurgence.

S. Ganesalingan (1928-2021), the Sri Lankan Tamil writer whose works largely had as the setting the years of the Eelam struggle, looked at developments in a Marxist perspective.

The Satyagraha movement in Odisha, directly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, was led, at many places, by women freedom fighters. Their contributions were rich, varied and covered many aspects of public life — political, legal, social and literary.

The government seems to have acknowledged the need to recognise and regulate trade in cryptocurrencies, which enthusiasts say points to a new future, but critics warn that it is a bubble that is bound to burst.

The overwhelming sense among the Kashmir-based parties is that the Modi government is on the back foot at the moment, so this is the opportune time to strike back at the BJP and the Sangh Parivar and rebuild their own credentials and space in the Kashmir valley.

Munawar Faruqui was imprisoned in Indore jail earlier this year for allegedly insulting Hindu gods in his comedy shows, which have been cancelled thereafter owing to ultimatums by right-wing vigilante groups. He now faces threats to his life and the denial of the right to earn a livelihood.

The validity of the Centre’s fourth draft notification on ecologically sensitive areas in the Western Ghats will end soon. But Kerala stands firm on exclusion of more area from ESA category as recommended by an experts’ committee. The five other stakeholder States too demand exclusion of more areas.

Interview with Aakar Patel, author of ‘Price of the Modi Years’.

The People’s Commission report cautions the government against privatisation, as it will find it difficult to deliver on the future challenges emerging on various fronts.

Interview with Prof. T.V. Sekher, head of the Department of Family and Generations at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

The government’s jubilation over the ‘economic recovery’ hides the bitter reality of persisting low wages and poverty among a large section of the people.

Imposition of vegetarianism receives a pushback in Hindutva’s laboratory of Gujarat.

The COVID-induced devastation and the state’s tepid response have enhanced the severity of the current economic crisis and official claims of a V-shaped recovery amount to mere wishful thinking.

General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, and defence personnel killed in a helicopter crash.

The peculiar case of a book on Indian democracy that almost got pushed out of the Indian market but has managed to make a comeback.

Former President Abdullah Yameen is leading a concerted campaign to remove India’s presence from his island nation. Solving the problem of deteriorating bilateral relations may require the ruling BJP to change what it is doing at home in the case of Muslims.

With the Left registering impressive victories in recent elections in Honduras, Venezuela and Nicaragua and expected to win in the near future in Chile, Brazil and Colombia, Latin America seems all set for a socialist resurgence.

S. Ganesalingan (1928-2021), the Sri Lankan Tamil writer whose works largely had as the setting the years of the Eelam struggle, looked at developments in a Marxist perspective.

The Satyagraha movement in Odisha, directly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, was led, at many places, by women freedom fighters. Their contributions were rich, varied and covered many aspects of public life — political, legal, social and literary.

The government seems to have acknowledged the need to recognise and regulate trade in cryptocurrencies, which enthusiasts say points to a new future, but critics warn that it is a bubble that is bound to burst.

The overwhelming sense among the Kashmir-based parties is that the Modi government is on the back foot at the moment, so this is the opportune time to strike back at the BJP and the Sangh Parivar and rebuild their own credentials and space in the Kashmir valley.

Munawar Faruqui was imprisoned in Indore jail earlier this year for allegedly insulting Hindu gods in his comedy shows, which have been cancelled thereafter owing to ultimatums by right-wing vigilante groups. He now faces threats to his life and the denial of the right to earn a livelihood.

The validity of the Centre’s fourth draft notification on ecologically sensitive areas in the Western Ghats will end soon. But Kerala stands firm on exclusion of more area from ESA category as recommended by an experts’ committee. The five other stakeholder States too demand exclusion of more areas.

Interview with Aakar Patel, author of ‘Price of the Modi Years’.

The People’s Commission report cautions the government against privatisation, as it will find it difficult to deliver on the future challenges emerging on various fronts.

Interview with Prof. T.V. Sekher, head of the Department of Family and Generations at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

The government’s jubilation over the ‘economic recovery’ hides the bitter reality of persisting low wages and poverty among a large section of the people.

Imposition of vegetarianism receives a pushback in Hindutva’s laboratory of Gujarat.

The COVID-induced devastation and the state’s tepid response have enhanced the severity of the current economic crisis and official claims of a V-shaped recovery amount to mere wishful thinking.

While Russia has repeatedly denied that it has any plans for military intervention in Ukraine, the United States insists that an invasion is imminent even as Ukraine stated its intentions to reclaim both Crimea and the Donbas region from Russia.

The COVID-induced devastation and the state’s tepid response have enhanced the severity of the current economic crisis and official claims of a V-shaped recovery amount to mere wishful thinking.

The latest NFHS findings point to many areas that need improvement, but the Central government decides to give the whole report a positive spin, underplaying the harsh realities.

The story of Lalbagh is intertwined with the story of Bengaluru, and the book makes this connect wonderfully.