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Caught in a vortex of hate, how does India’s liberal Muslim voice begin to be heard, understood, and embraced?
In this issue
10-03-2023
41 STORIES
Social Issues
Watch | Manual scavenging: India’s continuing shame
As per official figures, there are at present 58,098 “eligible manual scavengers” across India.
Ashutosh Sharma,
Frontline News Desk
India
Rise of Hindutva politics and the progressive Muslim
While resisting the communal onslaught, she is compelled to guard personal freedoms.
ZAKIA SOMAN
India
The dilemma of the Muslim liberal
Faced with Hindutva hatred, the Muslim liberal is today sandwiched between two extremist groups.
S. Irfan Habib
India
Editor’s Note
It is time we gave more space to the liberal-progressive Muslim voice and actually listened to it.
Vaishna Roy
India
Being Muslim, being a Muslim woman
A moving personal essay by the prominent activist and educationist Syeda Hameed.
Syeda Hameed
India
Why India’s liberal Muslims need to be heard
The vibrant Muslim intellectual sphere today provides space for both democratic discussions and self-criticism.
Hilal Ahmed
India
In Erewhon’s Court: Vacations for judges
Can limiting the time of judges at work can make the judicial system more efficient?
Sriram Panchu
Books
Mapping a writer’s mind
This book reconstructs the life of Nirmal Verma, one of modern Hindi literature’s pioneers, through his rich oeuvre.
Abhishek Pundir
Books
The whys and the hows of personal brands
A chatty new handbook from a renowned adman deconstructs the process of building a personal brand.
Indira Vasudevan
Books
Only lyricism
A recent translation is a bold effort that gives non-Kannada readers a taste of Bendre’s greatness.
N.S. Gundur
Letters
Letters
Readers write in.
Other
FLQ: The Frontline Quiz!
Get those grey cells working!
Sumant Srivathsan
Books
Neoliberal damage
A comprehensive analysis of the story of Indian agriculture since Independence.
Ayesha Minhaz
Columns
Bhakti: Then and Now
Today, it is directed at a living person who communicates through an elaborate digital set-up.
Ganesh Devy
Columns
Pakistan likely to go the Sri Lanka way, default on external debt payments
Faith in a reformed IMF being an instrument for global governance in times of crisis is misplaced.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Politics
Modi’s Governors: New appointments raise questions
The choice of candidates makes it seem like an attempt to tackle rivalries within the BJP.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
Political slugfest over tribal religions in West Bengal
The Trinamool Congress’ move to recognise Saridharam and Sarna Dharam puts the BJP in a spot.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Politics
Hindenburg expose of Adani group an opportunity for opposition to unite
It is now for opposition parties to get a strategy in place to confront the government effectively.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
Bulldozer raj: Now in Jammu and Kashmir
The Union Territory’s demolition drive has struck fear in the hearts of the poor.
Anando Bhakto
Art
Mumbai Urban Art Festival: Where the sea and people meet
The exhibits at the historic Sassoon Docks and in a few other locations pay homage to the Kolis.
Anupama Katakam
Books
New books on the shelves
Crime thrillers, caste matters, a Tamil classic, a writer’s memoir, and more.
Social Issues
Assam government’s drive against child marriage a ham-handed attempt
Fear, threat, and intimidation have the least impact in changing socio-psychological behaviour.
Vidya Reddy,
Sannuthi Suresh
Columns
‘Fursat’: When big directors wield the small phone
One only wishes that Vishal Bhardwaj’s film had come with the whisper of a story that moved us, too.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Heritage
Abanindranath Tagore: Garden house of the homing artist restored
But the sprawling mansion where the Bengali author-artist breathed his last lies in utter neglect.
Soumitra Das
Society
Nolen gur: The all-but-forgotten story of Bengal’s date palm jaggery
This molten jaggery could soon be a thing of the past, with tappers now a dying breed.
Satwik Paul
Books
Emily Perkins: ‘As a woman, you’re always aware that you’re not the default position’
In conversation with the award-winning New Zealand writer.
David Pine
Social Issues
The continuing shame of manual scavenging
Budget 2023’s claim to end the practice might be just another in a long line of hollow promises.
Ashutosh Sharma
Science & Technology
James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘engine’ powering the merger of galaxies
The engine is responsible for up to 70 per cent of the total infrared emission of the system.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Even quiet volcanoes release a lot of sulphur into the air
This finding will help scientists improve global climate models.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Head injuries affect brain function in later life: study
Each additional reported concussion was linked to progressively worse cognitive function.
R. Ramachandran
Travel
Singapore: A unique balance
While development and order are a priority, culturally it is inextricably rooted in the past.
P. Krishna Gopinath
Arts & Culture
Anvita Abbi: ‘Indigenous languages being killed’
In conversation with the member of the Expert Committee of the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages.
Ajay Saini
Society
A family of animal whisperers
My grandmother often thought of herself as a bird and talked to our pet cuckoo in his own language.
Anusua Mukherjee
World Affairs
Pervez Musharraf: Architect of the Kargil war was nobody’s hero
He will be remembered as the leader who wasted many opportunities to put Pakistan on an even track.
Manoj Joshi
Columns
End of a roll: The curious rise and fall of Adani stocks
The manufactured anger against Hindenburg for revelations about Adani share prices is quite strange.
Sukumar Muralidharan
Politics
Open field in Nagaland Assembly election: Which way will tribal vote swing?
The Naga peace talks that dominated discourse for years have been absent this time.
Patricia Mukhim
Politics
Familiar faces more than likely to return in Meghalaya Assembly election
It is almost certain that no single party will get a majority and another coalition is imminent.
Patricia Mukhim
India
Who is Monu Manesar?
On his several social media accounts, he describes himself as a “gaurakshak” and social activist.
Ismat Ara
India
Meo Muslims of Mewat live in fear as Haryana empowers ‘gaurakshaks’
A special cow protection task force empowers cow vigilantes to target alleged cow smugglers with impunity.
Ismat Ara
Books
An unbearable lightness
Salman Rushdie’s latest novel reminds one of the importance of recognising that people cannot be remade according to your own wishes.
Mukund Padmanabhan
World Affairs
Türkiye-Syria earthquake: ‘It looked like a nuclear bomb had been dropped’
The February 6 earthquake has killed more than 20,000 people and affected around 12 million.
Iftikhar Gilani
Archive
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Editor’s Note: Boycotting hate speech anchors not an attack on press freedom
How the Modi government is dismantling India’s federalism, politically and fiscally
We don’t need this education
India’s pressure-cooker education system
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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
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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
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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
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