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22-04-2022
19 STORIES
Wildlife
Butterflies as nature’s early warning system
Butterfly species need to be conserved in real landscapes, not only because they deserve it in their own right but also because of their usefulness as
HISTORY
Grit and gumption: Annie Besant and the Indian freedom movement
An assessment of Annie Besant’s (1847-1933) role in the Indian freedom movement on the 175th anniversary of her birth.
Interview: G.N. Devy
Prof. G.N. Devy: 'All our languages are losing linguistic prowess'
Interview with Prof. G.N. Devy, scholar and cultural activist.
'The Kashmir Files'
Ashok Kumar Pandey: ‘A clear case of selective portrayal’
Interview with Ashok Kumar Pandey, historian and writer.
NORTH KOREA’S NEW MISSILE
North Korea on a testing spree
North Korea tests an ICBM citing the escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula, the inevitability of the long-standing confrontat
Ukraine conflict
Signs of hope: Negotiations could lead to an end to Ukraine conflict
As the war in Ukraine enters its second month, there is a glimmer of hope that negotiations between the warring sides could end the conflict. This wou
Common University Entrance Test
CUET challenge: Attempt to centralise education and undermine federalism
The proposed Common University Entrance Test is a move towards centralising education and undermining the federal structure, something similar to repl
Bhagavad Gita in syllabus
Targeting young minds: BJP plans to introduce Bhagavad Gita as subject in Gujarat
The Gujarat government’s plan to introduce the Bhagavad Gita as a compulsory subject in school leads to a strong backlash from secularists, who suspec
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Stench of brutality in West Bengal’s Rampurhat
The arson in West Bengal’s Rampurhat where eight women and a child were killed in internecine violence between supporters of the ruling Trinamool Cong
Controversy
Hijab verdict: Lifting the veil on essentiality
With so many sections of society approaching the judiciary for redress of grievances, the concept of essentiality of a religious practice will be put
Economic refugees
Passage to India: Arrival of economic refugees from Sri Lanka looms large
Intelligence agencies believe that up to 2,000 economic refugees from crisis-torn Sri Lanka will arrive in India.
Bihar
The BJP's ‘swallowing’ tactics in Bihar
The BJP poaches all three MLAs of the Vikassheel Insaan Party in Bihar, sending a strong signal that there is no change in its decades-old strategy of
Interview: M.A. Sumanthiran
‘They kept denying that there was a crisis’
Interview with M.A. Sumanthiran, Tamil National Alliance leader.
COVER STORY: Sri Lanka's worsening crisis
Roots of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis is rooted in its long dalliance with IMF-imposed conditionalities and has been aggravated by the Rajapakse governm
Foreign exchange crisis
Sri Lanka's forex crisis bodes ill for tottering economy
Low worker remittances and falling tourism revenue as a result of COVID-19 and diminishing export earnings have, among other reasons, triggered a mass
Cover Story: Sri Lanka's worsening crisis
Inherited problems that led to Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
The Sri Lankan crisis has been intensified by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. However, the government’s attention is focussed on its foreign exch
Book Review
Book Review: 'Avvai' by Inquilab reimagines the Tamil poet
A deeply political play which establishes Avvai as a vibrant, passionate poet of the Sangam period, almost an antithesis of the holier-than-thou image
Sri Lanka's worsening crisis
In danger zone: Sri Lanka's downward spiral into full-blown crisis
Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic and humanitarian catastrophe becomes a full-blown political crisis, with the people taking to the streets in protest and
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05-04-2024
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Narratives from the Indo-Muslim world
A date with Apollo
Will Forest Conservation Amendment Act of 2023 sound the ‘death knell’ for India’s forests?
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22-03-2024
‘Scent of a Bird’: A Malayalam story in translation
Babycha’s wager
A new biography delves into the turbulent life and subversive legacy of Michael Madhusudan Dutt
WTO is now just a tool to bully weaker nations
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08-03-2024
Mahatma Gandhi, in his own words
Finding home in the act: How Aagaaz theatre trust empowers young lives through art
Beyond borders: Unhoming in Lahore’s magical world
A worthy sequel to Animal Farm?
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23-02-2024
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: A force to reckon with
How would Vivekananda view the Ramjanmabhoomi movement and Ram Mandir?
Modi government’s crackdown on FCRA cripples civil society organisations
Rahul Gandhi, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, and the power of walking
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