Leading the Debate
Since 1984
Open in App
Home
Current Issue
Home
Current Issue
Latest
The Nation
Politics
Columns
Newsletters
|
Buy Print
Login
Account
Subscribe
Go to Search
Login
Account
Subscribe
Go to Search
Sections
News
The Nation
Politics
Economy
Arts & Culture
Social Issues
Science & Technology
Environment
Books
Health
Features
Travel
Letters
Data Stories
Columns
Interviews
Photo Essay
Essentials
Newsletter Sign-up
Print Subscription
Digital Subscription
Sitemap
RSS feeds
Digital Exclusive Stories
Print Edition
Current Issue
Past Issues
CONNECT WITH US
Read EBook
Subscribe
With the Gujarat election propelling his party into the big league, Arvind Kejriwal’s dream of becoming the BJP’s main opposition is growing. What does reality look like?
In this issue
13-01-2023
41 STORIES
Politics
AAP continues to expand its national base unlike other regional parties
It rides high on general distrust of traditional parties and anti-incumbency, among other factors.
Ashutosh Sharma,
Anupama Katakam
Politics
Silence of AAP on crucial issues leaves Muslims in a dilemma
There have been rumours of disillusionment with the AAP’s alleged “soft Hindutva” agenda.
Ismat Ara
Politics
Sandeep Pathak on AAP: ‘Our agenda is clear: hospitals and schools’
Interview with the national general secretary (organisation) of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Ismat Ara
Politics
Confident AAP presents national narrative as challenger to BJP after Gujarat gains
However, it has deliberately kept the ideological contours of this challenge open to interpretation.
Asim Ali
Politics
AAP: Regional gains, national aim
The party’s growth and metamorphosis is built around its electoral gains in Punjab and Gujarat.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
The intriguing failure of AAP in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
It seems to defy logic given the party’s recent performances in Delhi and Gujarat.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
Pasmanda gamble by BJP to pose a challenge to Grand Alliance in Bihar
It is unlikely though that economic largesse alone will win it the community’s vote.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
Shahnawaz Hussain: ‘We are the party of OBCs, Dalits and tribals’
In conversation with the BJP leader and former Union Minister.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
Wooing the Vokkaligas: Cracks appear in JD(S) vote base in Karnataka
The BJP is pulling out all the stops to get them to its side in the 2023 Assembly election.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Politics
Editor’s Note
One watches AAP’s rise with a degree of anticipation because of the absence of a strong opposition.
Vaishna Roy
Social Issues
With no place to call home, the Gutti Koya tribe fights for survival
Displaced from Chhattisgarh and seeking refuge in Telangana’s forests, they face a grim future.
Ayesha Minhaz
India
‘Bofors pales into insignificance’: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Ravi Nair
In conversation with the authors of ‘The Rafale Deal: Flying Lies?’.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Environment
Wildlife Act amendment misses chance to free captive elephants
But the amendments pertaining to CITES and the schedules are largely viewed as an improvement.
Rishika Pardikar
World Affairs
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Sacred sites are under attack by the establishment’s deliberate policy of cultural sanitisation.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Economy
Digital rupee not the magic bullet Central government is hoping for
Societal transformation is not possible without addressing inherent structural inequalities.
Rana Mitra
Science & Technology
Researchers explain how wet surfaces can exhibit more friction than dry ones
During their experiment the relative humidity was varied from 0.6 per cent to 80 per cent.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Aerosolised particles shoot out of a lid-less toilet when it is flushed: study
The particles can carry pathogens and potentially expose users of public bathrooms to disease.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Rocky meteoroid that exploded over Canada came from the edge of the solar system
This is an extraordinary finding because scientists thought only icy bodies existed there.
R. Ramachandran
Columns
Why Netflix reality show ‘Dubai Bling’ is a voyeuristic ode to a post-global city
It fetishises a culture of smoke and mirrors.
Prathyush Parasuraman
India
Walls of defiance in downtown Srinagar
Graffiti is a statement of both resistance and remembrance in Kashmir.
Mehak Wani ,
Hassnain Riza
Travel
Enigma of arrival in Kashmir
Returning to Srinagar in the fall.
Amit Dixit
Art
The lived realities in Aban Raza’s art
Her emphatically social paintings make us see the “invisible” people whose labour fuels the economy.
Arushi Vats
Books
A chat over tikki
“The language of your heart and soul is English, but you wander about in Hindi and Urdu.”
Amitabha Bagchi
Books
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
Racy but insightful, action-packed but convincing, this is a potboiler with a difference.
Aditya Sinha
Columns
Debate over old pension scheme divides State governments and Centre
The Centre has launched a propaganda war to discredit this decision against the new scheme.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Columns
Small-print India: The time is now
Our passion for democracy is explicit in “small-print” publications brought out by local communities.
Ganesh Devy
Books
A quixotic academic misadventure
This book argues English is now a vernacular language of India but fails to make a persuasive case.
Harish Trivedi
Letters
Readers respond
Readers write in
Books
A taste of Bihar
This valuable anthology makes some of Bihar’s astounding literary output accessible via translation.
Abdullah Khan
Books
New books on the shelves
A literary tour de force, India’s tryst with public policymaking, an anthology of narratives, and more.
Other
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz
Paintings, TV programmes, AI models, and scores of zero.
Sumant Srivathsan
Society
Running between raindrops
How to get where you want to by finding the safe and sweet spots through all manner of hazards.
Gouri Dange
Music
Legends of Hindustani classical abound at Dover Lane Music Conference
It is the experience of hearing and watching them live all through the night that draws audiences.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Books
Hinglish, stirred and shaken
The commingling of English and Hindi in a globalised world opens up spaces and undermines linguistic elitisms.
G.J.V. Prasad
Books
Exploring the Sangh
It is an important intellectual attack on the times we are going through.
Aakar Patel
Columns
Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the prohibition debate
Curtailing basic liberties on a presumption that individuals tend to abuse them is self-defeating.
Sukumar Muralidharan
Politics
Language politics resurges in Karnataka, Maharashtra over border dispute
It presents the opposition in both States a chance to use it against their respective governments.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Human rights
Custodial death of Rampurhat massacre accused a loss of face for CBI
It comes at a time when Trinamool Congress appears all but cornered in multiple corruption cases.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
World Affairs
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Recent tensions have undone the gains of the past few years, when relative calm prevailed.
John Cherian
Conservation
Mangroves to be cut for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project after court order
The rail corporation has undertaken to carry out compensatory planting of 1,10,000 saplings.
Lyla Bavadam
Arts & Culture
Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale exposes organisational fault lines
Even 10 years after it first opened, the Biennale still lacks a permanent venue.
Nidheesh M.K.,
Frontline Bureau
Archive
+ READ THIS ISSUE
06-10-2023
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
Jayanta Mahapatra: A master litterateur who created a language uniquely his own
Remembering Habib Tanvir, the master of modern Indian theatre
At Rs.51.75 crore, ‘Gestation’ puts S.H. Raza at the highest level of Indian art
+ SUBSCRIBE TO READ EBOOK
+ READ EBOOK
+ READ THIS ISSUE
22-09-2023
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘A dumb buffalo speaks’: A Telugu story in translation
‘I escape back to control and home’: Review of ‘Borderlines’ by Manohar Shetty
Shadow pictures: Review of ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
+ SUBSCRIBE TO READ EBOOK
+ READ EBOOK
+ READ THIS ISSUE
08-09-2023
Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
Labyrinth of mirrors: Review of ‘The House of Doors’ by Tan Twan Eng
No getting past the present: Review of ‘History’s Angel’ by Anjum Hasan
+ SUBSCRIBE TO READ EBOOK
+ READ EBOOK
+ READ THIS ISSUE
25-08-2023
‘Mrinal Sen’s stark images transformed me’: Shoojit Sircar
Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘In the Shadow’: An Odia story in translation
+ SUBSCRIBE TO READ EBOOK
+ READ EBOOK
+ SEE ALL ISSUES
Sign in to Unlock member-only benefits!
Bookmark stories to read later.
Comment on stories to start conversations.
Subscribe to our newsletters.
Get notified about discounts and offers to our products.