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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

23-09-202244 STORIES

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.

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

Breach of ethics

Recent Cabinet meetings in Bihar evoke fears of greater transgressions in the future.

Lovebirds in Mumbai, all at sea

The many couples who throng Mumbai’s seafront for intimacy every day may soon have nowhere to go.

The lost city of Angkor

Angkor is at the core of Cambodia’s tourism.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

‘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.

CUET: More questions than answers

The entrance test was marked by inordinate delays and glitches in the exam process this year.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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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

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

In Erewhon’s appellate court

A fictional order from a fictional appellate board with 10 fictional members who seem very suited to real life.

Letters

Readers write to the Editor.

Abhijit Sen: Lasting legacy

Abhijit Sen (1950-2022) was an economist par excellence and an academic beyond compare.

Prabhat Patnaik

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Editor’s Note

The gloves are clearly off in the endless drama between the AAP and the BJP.

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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

FLQ - The Frontline Quiz

Action figures, puzzles, and conmen.

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Familiar strangeness

The futuristic stories here exude an old-fashioned charm, giving them their emotional resonance.

Jaideep Unudurti

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Epic effort

A significant work that challenges the dominant verse-epic tradition.

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Books on the shelves

Dravidian identity, Article 370, Hyderabadi women writers, and quirky characters.

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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.

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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

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Rani Bagh at 160: Celebrating the heritage garden of Mumbai

Five extraordinary women stopped it from falling victim to slipshod renovation plans.

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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

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Decolonising Europe’s museums

Savoy’s book makes a forceful case for the restitution of stolen African art objects.

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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.

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

Who is afraid of AAP?

The party is attempting to broaden its political horizon by combining development and Hindutva.

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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.

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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

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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

Justice for Bilkis Bano

The remission is a grievously wrong decision, which the Supreme Court must rectify at the earliest.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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

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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

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Proposal to lift prohibition in Manipur evokes ire of women activists

They fear that this will undo years of hard work.

Iboyaima Laithangbam

‘The process will be fair, transparent’: Madhusudan Mistry

Interview with the chairman of Congress party’s Central Election Authority.

Purnima S. Tripathi

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‘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

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

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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.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The last leader of the Soviet Union

His policies allowed the opponents of socialism to dismantle the Soviet Union.

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Little things, not so little

Three stories by Shankha Ghosh beautifully depict the changes that Bengal lived through in the 1940s.

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Just arrived: Books on the shelves

Tales of the Northeast, Banaras, Bhagat Singh, and the idea of India.

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