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Independence Day Special.
In this issue
26-08-2022
50 STORIES
India
India at 75: Epochal moments post 2010
The demonetisation saga, a Kashmir divided, and the farmers’ agitation.
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India
India at 75: Epochal moments from the 2000s
Riots, a range of protests, and the start of a rural job scheme.
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India
India at 75: Epochal moments from the 1990s
The Mandal report, the kamandal counter, and economic reforms.
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India
India at 75: Epochal moments from the 1980s
Sporting glory and the start of mandir-masjid politics.
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India
1951-52: First ever general election
Conducted over a period of four months, a total of 17.3 crore voters were registered.
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New Articles
1967: First performance of Vijay Tendulkar’s Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
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Science & Technology
India at 75 | Timeline: Science
Tracking India’s remarkable progress through milestones in its scientific journey.
R. Ramachandran
Letters
letters
Art
India at 75 | Timeline: Art
It overcame a colonial hangover to create a unique and vibrant place for itself.
Anupama Katakam
Cinema
India at 75 | Timeline: Cinema
Indian cinema never wavered from its role as cultural unifier.
Ramesh Chakrapani
Gender
India at 75 | Timeline: Gender
Gender continues to be a deeply contested and unjust space.
Divya Trivedi
Environment
India at 75 | Timeline: Environment
There have been innumerable hurdles, but the battle remains spirited.
Lyla Bavadam
Social Issues
India at 75 | Timeline: Labour
Working-class movements played a key role in giving an impetus to the national movement.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Sports
2012: Mary Kom wins Olympic medal
She had already become a sporting legend in India before winning an Olympic medal.
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India
2012: Nirbhaya case
The memory continues to sear the conscience of Indians.
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Economy
2016: Demonetisation
The government was not prepared to handle the mayhem that followed the announcement.
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Agriculture
2020: Farmers take the country by storm
It showed how a peaceful and democratic protest could challenge the might of the state.
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India
1991: Coming of satellite television
The fight for TRPs resulted in channels adding more and more programmes.
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India
2021: Death of Stan Swamy
His death marked the lowest point in the judicial process of the Bhima Koregaon case.
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India
2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked
The erstwhile State was also bifurcated into two Union Territories—J&K and Ladakh.
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Politics
1985: Assam Accord signed
At the core of the Accord was the “Foreigners Issue”.
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Sports
1980: Prakash Padukone wins All England Championship
The year 1980 turned out to be the turning point for both Padukone and Indian sports.
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India
1983: First Maruti 800 car rolls out
It was a giant leap for the collective aspirations of the Indian middle class.
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Health
2021: COVID-19 second wave
Cremation grounds and burials were so overburdened that they had to turn away bodies.
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India
2018: Section 377 struck down
The Supreme Court bench placed emphasis on the dignity and choice of individuals.
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Social Justice
2006: Forest Rights Act
The main objective is to recognise the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities.
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Social Justice
2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced
It is credited with enabling a second term for Manmohan Singh’s government in 2009.
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Sports
2003: Anju Bobby George wins India’s first medal in World Athletics
She was one of the most consistent performers in Indian athletics history.
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India
2002: Godhra riots
It is considered India’s worst riot since Partition.
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Sports
2000: Vishy and the chess revolution
Anand is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest chess players ever.
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India
2000: Irom Sharmila begins fast for repeal of AFSPA
From a normal, life-loving, gentle young woman, she became the “Iron Lady of Manipur”.
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India
1984: First TV soap ‘Hum Log’ aired
The serial dealt deftly with issues that were prevalent at the time.
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India
1984: Hanging of Maqbool Bhat
Bhat’s body was not returned to his family, which sparked widespread fury in Kashmir.
Anando Bhakto
Sports
1984: P.T. Usha misses Olympic medal by a whisker
Usha galvanised an entire generation to take to track and field.
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Sports
1983: India wins cricket World Cup
That day on, cricket rose from being just a popular sport to a national obsession.
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India
1982: Festival of India
The festivals were the first attempts to present India through Indian eyes.
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India
1989: Binaca Geetmala
The story of its success is that of the triumphant march of Hindi film music.
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India
1987: Airing of ‘Ramayan’
It laid the foundation for Hindu nationalism and reshaped the public sphere irrevocably.
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India
1986: Babri Masjid unlocked
It generated a political energy that culminated in the mosque’s ultimate destruction.
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Environment
1985: Narmada Bachao Andolan
The Narmada Valley project was conceived in 1946, but work on it started only in 1978.
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India
1999: The Y2K moment
As the 1990s ended, there was panic across the world.
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Politics
1994: S.R. Bommai judgment
The case ended peremptory dismissals of State governments by an antagonistic Centre.
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India
1992: The Harshad Mehta scam
The securities scam introduced a bouquet of historic changes.
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Economy
1991: Economic reforms
In hindsight, India’s liberalisation has been a mix of hits and misses.
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Politics
1990: Lal Krishna Advani embarks on rath yatra
The yatra was the biggest mass mobilisation of Hindutva forces.
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Politics
1990: Anti-Mandal agitation and identity politics
The Mandal moment fragmented north Indian voters decisively on caste lines.
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Politics
2007: Nandigram protest
The Left in Bengal never quite managed to fully recover from the turn of incidents.
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Politics
1984: Kanshi Ram launches Bahujan Samaj Party
The Dalit cause became a political movement in north India with the BSP.
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India
1985: Shah Bano case
The judgment was a landmark in India’s constitutional history.
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Books
Scripting a cultural continuum
What does the Sahitya Akademi mean to ordinary Indians, readers, and writers today?
Anita E. Cherian
Archive
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16-06-2023
Editor’s Note: Can Karnataka give us a governance model to emulate?
Why Bengaluru badly needs a new governance approach
Technology aside, basic questions waiting to be answered in Karnataka
Can Karnataka’s new government think out of the box to keep its promises?
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02-06-2023
Why India needs a museum for its fossils
‘The Kerala Story’ is greedy in its impulse to demonise Muslims
Girl power revolution: Anupama Hireholi from Saundatti creates history
Go First filing for bankruptcy raises questions about ‘open skies’ policy
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19-05-2023
How underprivileged women in a Delhi slum are breaking the glass ceiling
Dismantling the gaze
‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth
Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
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05-05-2023
Vivan Sundaram: Inviting the world into his art
Project Tiger @50: Success but at what cost?
Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023): Rebel, writer, thinker, artist
Online video games vs online real money games: Not one and the same
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