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With the Gujarat Assembly election coming up, the BJP has uncorked a fresh stream of corruption allegations against the AAP, its bête noire, but Arvind Kejriwal has shown he is no pushover.
In this issue
23-09-2022
44 STORIES
Wildlife
Trek to Amboli: When the night comes alive
Come monsoon, head to the Western Ghats, if amphibians and reptiles are the stuff of your dreams.
Emmanual Yogini
Environment
Rampant tourism renders Andaman and Nicobar Islands more fragile than ever
A mega development project threatens to destroy the islands’ fragile ecosystem.
Purnima S. Tripathi
Books
Decolonising Europe’s museums
Savoy’s book makes a forceful case for the restitution of stolen African art objects.
Shelley Walia
Books
Women working the invisible double shift
A diagnosis of our unequal society and an explanation for all that is messed up for women in India.
K. Srilata
Social Issues
Proposal to lift prohibition in Manipur evokes ire of women activists
They fear that this will undo years of hard work.
Iboyaima Laithangbam
Columns
How the Kyelong Museum of Himachal Pradesh came into being
If you ever travel from Manali to Ladakh, stop by Kyelong and step into the museum.
Ganesh Devy
Politics
Mamata Banerjee plays Puja card to deflect attention from corruption charges against Trinamool leaders
It only tightens the shackles of religion by which she has bound her own politics.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Science & Technology
IISER scientists find gene link to COVID-19 susceptibility and severity
This was done through a meta-analysis of all globally published data from case-control studies.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
A perfect ‘light trap’ to improve efficiency of photovoltaic systems
Using mirrors and lenses, a light beam is steered in a circle and then superimposed on itself.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
The Very Large Telescope captures collision between two galaxies
The merger event led to the formation of a single giant galaxy: NGC 7727.
R. Ramachandran
Arts & Culture
Tracing 200 years of the history of photography in India
This book is the product of substantial research into timelines, notes, and choice of images.
Malavika Karlekar
Conservation
Rani Bagh at 160: Celebrating the heritage garden of Mumbai
Five extraordinary women stopped it from falling victim to slipshod renovation plans.
Lyla Bavadam
Politics
Who is afraid of AAP?
The party is attempting to broaden its political horizon by combining development and Hindutva.
Anando Bhakto
World Affairs
Cries of foul play in Kenya as election results show narrow margins
The low voter turnout was perhaps a reflection of the people’s disillusionment with politicians.
John Cherian
World Affairs
Ruling party feud casts shadow over election prospects in the Maldives
An opposition victory could mean security challenges for India in the Indian Ocean region.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
India
Srinivas Kodali: ‘Anonymity on the Internet was by design’
And this precisely what is being negated in Digital India through Aadhaar, says the hacktivist.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
India
Justice for Bilkis Bano
The remission is a grievously wrong decision, which the Supreme Court must rectify at the earliest.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Columns
Neat and anodyne: Anurag Kashyap misses a beat with ‘Dobaaraa’
The perverse lushness of Kashyap’s cinema is lacking in Dobaaraa, making it his worst film to date.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Society
Lovebirds in Mumbai, all at sea
The many couples who throng Mumbai’s seafront for intimacy every day may soon have nowhere to go.
Joseph Antony
Travel
The lost city of Angkor
Angkor is at the core of Cambodia’s tourism.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Science & Technology
Particle Zoo 2.0 at CERN: LHC observes pentaquark, tetraquarks
These are the latest additions to the growing list of new particles found at Large Hadron Collider.
R. Ramachandran
Education
CUET: More questions than answers
The entrance test was marked by inordinate delays and glitches in the exam process this year.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
‘We know how to take on the BJP’: Saurabh Bhardwaj
The AAP MLA has an interesting take on the perception war between his party and the BJP.
Anando Bhakto
Literature
Reclaiming the legacy of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati
It is time to give his widow, Chellamma, her due as his first biographer.
Mira T. Sundara Rajan
India
In Erewhon’s appellate court
A fictional order from a fictional appellate board with 10 fictional members who seem very suited to real life.
Sriram Panchu
Obituary
Abhijit Sen: Lasting legacy
Abhijit Sen (1950-2022) was an economist par excellence and an academic beyond compare.
Prabhat Patnaik
Letters
Letters
Readers write to the Editor.
Politics
AAP in battle mode ahead of Assembly polls in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh
Earlier, the AAP fought shy of direct political confrontation with the BJP. But not any more.
Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Politics
Editor’s Note
The gloves are clearly off in the endless drama between the AAP and the BJP.
Vaishna Roy
Columns
Long-standing debate on privatisation of state-run banks resurfaces
Neoliberal ideologues should remember that criticism of public ownership of banking is misplaced.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Other
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz
Action figures, puzzles, and conmen.
Yooti Bhansali
Books
Familiar strangeness
The futuristic stories here exude an old-fashioned charm, giving them their emotional resonance.
Jaideep Unudurti
Books
Epic effort
A significant work that challenges the dominant verse-epic tradition.
RUCHI SINGH
Books
Books on the shelves
Dravidian identity, Article 370, Hyderabadi women writers, and quirky characters.
Politics
Seeds of AAP vs BJP conflict sown in amendments to GNCTD Act in 2021
They attempt to take away fundamental functions of a Legislature, thus violating the Constitution.
P.D.T. Achary
Politics
AAP enters political fray in Gujarat with verve
It is giving the BJP a tough fight with an early, aggressive, and focussed campaign.
Anupama Katakam
India
Breach of ethics
Recent Cabinet meetings in Bihar evoke fears of greater transgressions in the future.
A.G. NOORANI
India
‘The process will be fair, transparent’: Madhusudan Mistry
Interview with the chairman of Congress party’s Central Election Authority.
Purnima S. Tripathi
India
‘Bal Congress’: Rahul Gandhi wants to catch them young
He has an ambitious plan to instil Congress values in the next generation.
Purnima S. Tripathi
Politics
Bharat Jodo Yatra unlikely to change much for Congress in survival battle
The grand old party is unable to offer any viable alternative to the BJP.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
India
Backdoor ambush: Adani attempts to acquire significant stake in NDTV
The bid to acquire control over NDTV does not augur well for media independence in India.
V. Sridhar
News
Mikhail Gorbachev: The last leader of the Soviet Union
His policies allowed the opponents of socialism to dismantle the Soviet Union.
Vijay Prashad
Books
Little things, not so little
Three stories by Shankha Ghosh beautifully depict the changes that Bengal lived through in the 1940s.
Sarbari Sinha
Books
Just arrived: Books on the shelves
Tales of the Northeast, Banaras, Bhagat Singh, and the idea of India.
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Editor’s Note: Beating the law has become aspirational
BJP’s Rajasthan election strategy: A micro-management model rooted in Hindutva
With his focus on welfare schemes, K. Chandrashekar Rao holds a commanding lead in Telangana
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01-12-2023
Anti-Semitism: How it should and should not be defined
Intolerance and outrage leave Indian stand-up comics with less to laugh about
Maratha quota agitation: A cat among the pigeons
How small-town comedians are taking the internet by storm
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17-11-2023
Despite India’s low ranking in the Global Hunger Index, Modi government is hesitant to address the issue
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
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03-11-2023
Assault on NewsClick marks the lowest point for media freedom in India since Emergency
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