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A music festival in remote Ziro valley, home to the ancient Apatani people, puts the spotlight on Arunachal Pradesh in more ways than one.
In this issue
04-11-2022
43 STORIES
India
Editor’s Note
We focus not just on the ZFM but also on the State’s music, ecology, people, food, and politics.
Vaishna Roy
India
Music a language in itself in north-east India
Singers and bands are creating a complex tapestry of melodies that defies easy analysis.
Eshwar Sundaresan
India
Tara Douglas: ‘Their stories keep the Wancho together’
Interview with the filmmaker and cultural researcher on her work with the Wancho community.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
India
Ziro valley in danger of losing pastoral heritage as development arrives
The indigenous Apatani people, who were mostly agriculturalists once, leave home for jobs elsewhere.
Anupam Chakravartty
India
Ziro Festival of Music brings Arunachal Pradesh into mainstream focus
It has done far more than just putting the remote Ziro valley on the music map.
Eshwar Sundaresan
India
Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh feel push to resist conversions to Christianity
The RSS is simultaneously proclaiming that tribal faiths come under the Sanatana Dharma.
Sushanta Talukdar
India
Meats dominate cuisine in Arunachal Pradesh
Indigenous groups have traditionally relied on cattle, farm, and game for nutrition.
Ranju Dodum,
Anusua Mukherjee
India
Mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh a threat to its environment and people
It is at odds with the State government’s commitment to ‘climate resilient development’.
Anusua Mukherjee
Politics
Proposal on electoral promises a case of Election Commission overreach
It contradicts the EC’s own stance in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
DMK party elections see most office-bearers re-elected
The party’s recent organisational elections was held with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
India
Ankita Bhandari murder case points to rising crime in Uttarakhand
A rapid spate of urbanisation is seeing young women from rural areas often becoming soft targets.
Ismat Ara
Politics
With Bharat Rashtra Samithi, KCR sets his sights on national ambitions
The decision to take his party national is premised on the support for his pro-farmer initiatives.
B. Chandrashekhar
India
Tamil Nadu attempts to tackle scams in land registration
The State government hopes that a new amendment to the Registration Act will curb corruption.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Social Issues
Caste violence in Karnataka rears its ugly head in two separate incidents
Schoolboys were ruthlessly beaten up and their families ostracised by dominant caste members.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Science & Technology
Cell and gene therapy for Lou Gehrig’s disease
Clinical trial using this therapy shows promising protective outcome in ALS patients.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Max Auwarter Prize for Indian scientist
Manish Garg has won this prestigious award for his breakthrough in microscopy.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
The moon was formed in a matter of hours
A supercomputer simulation at NASA’s Ames Research Centre points to this theory.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Bacteria can count even in deep sleep
Dormant bacteria spring back to life in favourable conditions after evaluating their surroundings.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Svante Pääbo wins Medicine Nobel for his work in analysing ancient DNA
His research led to discoveries that laid to rest many incorrect theories about human evolution.
Partha P. Majumder
Books
Coming of age in 1950s Kerala
An intimate look at how the observed world and the imagined world meet in a writer’s head.
Shahnaz Habib
Books
Forged in fire
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie is an intense, almost forensic, look at the anatomy of friendship.
Ranjana Sengupta
Books
Strikingly slow
J.K. Rowling’s latest novel starring Cormoran Strike is high on pyrotechnics and low on suspense.
Aditya Sinha
World Affairs
Donald Trump in firm control of Republican Party, remains frontrunner for 2024
The few Republican politicians who dared to oppose him are now in the political wilderness.
John Cherian
World Affairs
Brazil elections: Lula falls short of a majority against Jair Bolsonaro
Now, the leader of the Workers’ Party must now wait for the second round run-off on October 30.
John Cherian
Books
‘While nationalism simplifies, literature complicates’: Vivek Narayanan
The collection ‘After’ offers a hip, hyper-literate, often ironic commentary on Valmiki’s Ramayana.
Aditya Mani Jha
Books
Painting the world
It also gives readers a comprehensive historical-aesthetic perspective on his life and works.
C.S. Venkiteswaran
Books
New books on the shelves
A family as a microcosm of modern-day India, chronicle of a Tamil encyclopaedia, and more.
India
‘The Santal rebellion was indeed a war’: Peter Stanley
In conversation with the author of Hul! Hul!, a new book on the Santal rebellion of 1855.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Environment
Massive infrastructure project threatens Great Nicobar Island
It will result in devastating ecological changes and endanger the island’s unique flora and fauna.
Ishika Ramakrishna
Columns
Idea of the spectacle
In the age of social media, what we consider “appearance” might become “essence”.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Columns
Can austerity end the Sri Lanka crisis?
IMF’s solution for Lankan debt crisis could be a case of the cure being worse than the disease.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Columns
Concerns around abortion in India differ from those in the West
The Supreme Court order reaffirming safe and legal termination of pregnancy is welcome.
Arathi P.M.
Heritage
Remembering the Mysore Lancers and their heroic charge in the ‘Great War’
A tribute to the men who liberated Haifa from the Ottoman Turks in the First World War.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Other
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz
An assortment.
Yooti Bhansali
Letters
Letters
Letters to the Editor.
Literature
Another Beginning
The story is set in the turbulence of an anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka 45 years ago.
Ayathurai Santhan
Travel
In Oxford, the university is all around
Oxford at the beginning of Michaelmas term is lovely. The trees are red, gold, and green.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Arts & Culture
Langur Mela in Amritsar sees hundreds of children visit Bada Hanuman temple
The mela is held during Navratri and, according to historical chronicles, started centuries ago.
Raminder Pal Singh
India
How is the Sangh Parivar stamping its mark on Indian philately?
The postage stamps issued by BJS and BJP governments lay open the Parivar’s internal conflicts.
Vikas Kumar
Obituary
Hinterland hero: The life and politics of Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939-2022)
He left an indelible mark by spearheading the arrival of OBCs on the political centre stage.
Smita Gupta
News
Communal clash in Kolkata sparks BJP protests against State government
Mounting tension during Milad–un–Nabi celebrations in Ekbalpore area escalated into violence.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Books
A scholar’s midlife sojourn
A philosophical novel about the experiences of a visiting Indian scholar in a foreign country.
Mary Vidya Porselvi P.
Books
The South writes back
A highly readable book that serves to redress erasure of the Deccan from popular Indian history.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
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