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28 STORIES
Conservation
Saving the greater adjutant stork from extinction
Once loathed as a social menace and a bird of ill omen, the greater adjutant stork has changed the fortunes of a few villages in Assam and Bihar, than
Interview: Saikat Majumdar
The sensory filters of politics: In conversation with Saikat Majumdar
Interview with the novelist and literary critic Saikat Majumdar.
Elephant corridor
Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts
A herd of 22 elephants has been camping in different parts of Maharashtra’s forested areas with no incidents of conflict, giving conservationists, the
West Asia
‘The Civilian Casualty Files’ expose the Pentagon’s killing fields in West Asia
‘The Civilian Casualty Files’, a groundbreaking investigation based on hundreds of confidential Pentagon files, reveals that military air strikes auth
World Affairs: Myanmar
Myanmar's military leadership shows no sign of backing down as the first anniversary of its coup approaches
The army leadership appears unrelenting in its bid to remain the dominant player in Myanmar’s politics despite its alienation from the majority of the
ESSAY
New media & the liberal arts
Social/new media, in their formidable outreach and ability to influence all aspects of life, tend to supplant earlier disciplinary domains, including
LAND AND PEOPLE
The myth of ‘Hindi heartland’
A case for reconstituting the fictitious geographical construct of the ‘Hindi heartland’ by creating newer States on the basis of the cultural-linguis
Cover story
Objection, Your Honour: Supreme Court judge S. Abdul Nazeer's recent speech raises eyebrows
Supreme Court judge S. Abdul Nazeer’s speech at a function organised by an RSS affiliate bodes ill for India’s democratic secular polity. By demanding
Interview: Noshir Dadrawala
Noshir Dadrawala: ‘This is absolutely unacceptable control’
Interview with Noshir H. Dadrawala, chief executive officer, Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy, Mumbai.
Restoration
How the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored
The story of how the Gaiety Theatre in Shimla was restored to its former glory.
Tension over land acquisition
Steel plant land acquisition: Dhinkia resists again
The people of Dhinkia in Odisha, who were in the forefront of anti-POSCO protests years ago, are now fighting another land acquisition attempt for an
COVER STORY
Rangayana: Theatre of the absurd
Rangayana, the pluralistic Kannada theatre repertory and a unique secular cultural space, is in danger of being reduced to a handmaiden of the BJP and
Rewriting of history
BJP attempt to rewrite textbooks a disservice to history
A parliamentary panel report on ‘reforms’ in school history textbooks attacks established scholarship and suggests controversial inclusions, in line w
Kerala
A Chancellor and a politician: Crisis brews in Kerala's universities
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan alleges political interference in universities in Kerala, declares he will no longer be the Chancellor and triggers a poli
COVER STORY: PM CARES fund
PM-CARES ‘not subject to scrutiny’
Karnataka 'anti-conversion Bill'
Karnataka Legislative Assembly passes anti-conversion Bill amid criticism
Karnataka’s Lower House passes the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, but critics say the BJP government is using conversion as a ruse t
JAMMU & KASHMIR
Kashmir up for grabs
A real estate summit organised by the government in Srinagar is projected as a major turning point that will change the economic dynamics of the Union
Missionaries of Charity
Sisters, brothers & a good Samaritan
Interview: Sunny Jacob
Sunny Jacob: ‘Prejudice or vendetta’
Interview with Sunny Jacob, member of the International Jesuit Education Commission.
Missionaries of Charity
Weaponising FCRA: Controversy surrounds govt refusal to renew licence of Missionaries of Charity
The controversy over the FCRA funds licence for the Missionaries of Charity is widely seen as part of the government’s attempt to muzzle NGOs working
Maharashtra
Stalemate on Speaker election in Maharashtra
The stalled election for the post of Speaker in Maharashtra again exposes bad blood between the Governor and the State government.
COVER STORY: PM's 'Security Breach'
The Sangh Parivar’s sympathy mantra
The Sangh Parivar’s famililar tactic of communal polarisation does not seem to be yielding the expected dividends in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly e
COVER STORY: Hate Conclave
Hate conclaves targeting minorities
Hate speeches by men seen until recently as “fringe elements” cause outrage but do not draw any firm reaction from either the government or the mainst
COVID-19
Omicron cases fuelling the surge in India’s third COVID-19 wave
However reluctant the government may be to admit to the fact, it is clear from the data that not only is India in the midst of the third wave but that
Book Review
Book Review: 'Hampi' by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat and Vasundhara Kavali-Filliozat is more than a coffee-table book on the Vijayanagar Empire
At first glance the book may seem like a coffee-table book because of its lavish photographs, but the Filliozats’ text is valuable as it explores poli
Book review
Book Review: Irwin Allan Sealy's 'Asoca: A Sutra' portrays Emperor Ashoka as a doubting Buddhist
The writer paints a portrait of Emperor Ashoka as a man who first questions and even resists the creed he eventually embraces.
Cover Story
The spectre of an ideological state
The proponents of Hindutva seek to replace India’s secular nationalism, which evolved through the freedom movement, with their version of Hindu cultur
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03-05-2024
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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