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10-03-2023

Back to the wall (March 10, 2023)

Caught in a vortex of hate, how does India’s liberal Muslim voice begin to be heard, understood, and embraced?

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Why India’s liberal Muslims need to be heard

India
The vibrant Muslim intellectual sphere today provides space for both democratic discussions and self-criticism.
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Being Muslim, being a Muslim woman

India
A moving personal essay by the prominent activist and educationist Syeda Hameed.
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Mumbai Urban Art Festival: Where the sea and people meet

Art
The exhibits at the historic Sassoon Docks and in a few other locations pay homage to the Kolis.
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In Erewhon’s Court: Vacations for judges

India
Can limiting the time of judges at work can make the judicial system more efficient?
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New books on the shelves

Books
Crime thrillers, caste matters, a Tamil classic, a writer’s memoir, and more.
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The continuing shame of manual scavenging

Social Issues
Budget 2023’s claim to end the practice might be just another in a long line of hollow promises.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘engine’ powering the merger of galaxies

Science & Technology
The engine is responsible for up to 70 per cent of the total infrared emission of the system.
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Even quiet volcanoes release a lot of sulphur into the air

Science & Technology
This finding will help scientists improve global climate models.
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Head injuries affect brain function in later life: study

Science & Technology
Each additional reported concussion was linked to progressively worse cognitive function.
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Modi’s Governors: New appointments raise questions

Politics
The choice of candidates makes it seem like an attempt to tackle rivalries within the BJP. 
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Political slugfest over tribal religions in West Bengal

Politics
The Trinamool Congress’ move to recognise Saridharam and Sarna Dharam puts the BJP in a spot.
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Hindenburg expose of Adani group an opportunity for opposition to unite

Politics
It is now for opposition parties to get a strategy in place to confront the government effectively.
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Bulldozer raj: Now in Jammu and Kashmir

Politics
The Union Territory’s demolition drive has struck fear in the hearts of the poor.
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Mapping a writer’s mind

Books
This book reconstructs the life of Nirmal Verma, one of modern Hindi literature’s pioneers, through his rich oeuvre.
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The whys and the hows of personal brands

Books
A chatty new handbook from a renowned adman deconstructs the process of building a personal brand.
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Only lyricism

Books
A recent translation is a bold effort that gives non-Kannada readers a taste of Bendre’s greatness.
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Letters

Letters
Readers write in.
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FLQ: The Frontline Quiz!

Other
Get those grey cells working!
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Neoliberal damage

Books
A comprehensive analysis of the story of Indian agriculture since Independence.
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Bhakti: Then and Now

Columns
Today, it is directed at a living person who communicates through an elaborate digital set-up.
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Pakistan likely to go the Sri Lanka way, default on external debt payments

Columns
Faith in a reformed IMF being an instrument for global governance in times of crisis is misplaced.
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Assam government’s drive against child marriage a ham-handed attempt

Social Issues
Fear, threat, and intimidation have the least impact in changing socio-psychological behaviour.
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‘Fursat’: When big directors wield the small phone

Columns
One only wishes that Vishal Bhardwaj’s film had come with the whisper of a story that moved us, too.
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Abanindranath Tagore: Garden house of the homing artist restored

Heritage
But the sprawling mansion where the Bengali author-artist breathed his last lies in utter neglect.
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Nolen gur: The all-but-forgotten story of Bengal’s date palm jaggery

Society
This molten jaggery could soon be a thing of the past, with tappers now a dying breed.
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Emily Perkins: ‘As a woman, you’re always aware that you’re not the default position’

Books
In conversation with the award-winning New Zealand writer.
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Anvita Abbi: ‘Indigenous languages being killed’

Arts & Culture
In conversation with the member of the Expert Committee of the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages.
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A family of animal whisperers

Society
My grandmother often thought of herself as a bird and talked to our pet cuckoo in his own language.
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Singapore: A unique balance

Travel
While development and order are a priority, culturally it is inextricably rooted in the past.
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Pervez Musharraf: Architect of the Kargil war was nobody’s hero

World Affairs
He will be remembered as the leader who wasted many opportunities to put Pakistan on an even track.
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End of a roll: The curious rise and fall of Adani stocks

Columns
The manufactured anger against Hindenburg for revelations about Adani share prices is quite strange.
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Open field in Nagaland Assembly election: Which way will tribal vote swing?

Politics
The Naga peace talks that dominated discourse for years have been absent this time.
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Familiar faces more than likely to return in Meghalaya Assembly election

Politics
It is almost certain that no single party will get a majority and another coalition is imminent.
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Who is Monu Manesar?

India
On his several social media accounts, he describes himself as a “gaurakshak” and social activist.
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Meo Muslims of Mewat live in fear as Haryana empowers ‘gaurakshaks’

India
A special cow protection task force empowers cow vigilantes to target alleged cow smugglers with impunity.
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An unbearable lightness

Books
Salman Rushdie’s latest novel reminds one of the importance of recognising that people cannot be remade according to your own wishes.
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Türkiye-Syria earthquake: ‘It looked like a nuclear bomb had been dropped’

World Affairs
The February 6 earthquake has killed more than 20,000 people and affected around 12 million.

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