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Coming on the heels of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the disqualification appears to have steeled Rahul Gandhi’s resolve and made the Congress more combative.
In this issue
21-04-2023
38 STORIES
Politics
Shashi Tharoor: ‘BJP has shot itself in the foot’
The Congress MP thinks the BJP has scored a self-goal in the process of hounding Rahul Gandhi.
Anando Bhakto
Politics
Rahul Gandhi disqualification: It’s more about India’s democratic journey
Even electoral wins against majoritarian nationalism will not be adequate in light of the sociocultural tectonic shifts that have occurred in India.
Nissim Mannathukkaren
Books
New books on the shelves
A “space opera”, a food safari, an insight into the history of hate speech, and much more.
Other
FLQ: The Frontline Quiz
Time for some light-hearted fun.
Sumant Srivathsan
Letters
Readers respond
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Conservation
Sustainable fishing sorely needed to save sharks off India’s coastline
The continued demand for them has led to a steep fall in shark landings over the last three decades.
Bahar Dutt
Books
Rich and real
The real Goa, with its petty rural politics, ecological exploitation, gender inequality, and contrasting lives, comes through brilliantly.
Janhavi Acharekar
Politics
Editor’s Note: Removing Rahul Gandhi from Parliament is undemocratic
His disqualification on flimsy grounds is an indication of the slow-burn erosion of democracy in India.
Vaishna Roy
Politics
Is the BJP using Rahul Gandhi as a diversionary tactic?
It appears so, given the way the ruling party has been aggressively attacking the Congress leader when the going gets hot.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Politics
Rahul Gandhi: The punching bag
The BJP’s strategy is to create a Modi-Gandhi binary.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
World Affairs
China, Russia forging united front against US-dominated international system
Strategic and economic ties have prospered over the last decade under Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
Anand V.
Literature
‘Bodhi and Sattva’ and ‘Hugs’ by Shehan Karunatilaka
Blended with dry wit and morbid charm, two stories for both doomsday and everyday by the Booker winner of 2022.
Shehan Karunatilaka
Columns
Does collapse of key banks in US, Europe portend a return to 2008?
The early responses to banking fragility challenge the prevailing central bank notions of how to fight inflation.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Columns
Manufacturing magic: On Salman Rushdie and ‘Victory City’
There is a constant need to explain the rules of fantasy in Salman Rushdie’s new novel.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Columns
Temsula Ao: Voice of the orange tree
The poet, writer, and ethnographer brought the Naga sensibility to the attention of the nation.
Ganesh Devy
Agriculture
Farmers prepare for larger battle as key promises remain unfulfilled
With the government dragging its feet on statutory MSP, farmers are gearing up for another agitation.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Heritage
Tamil Nadu in focus as debate over restitution of antiques rages on
While the recovery of missing temple idols is a shrill demand, the retrieved artefacts often lie in abject neglect.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
India
Mumbai infrastructure projects in overdrive: but where’s the upside?
Multiple construction projects have made life hell for the ordinary person in Mumbai.
Anupama Katakam
Heritage
Where did Nana Saheb go after fleeing India in 1859?
Did the Peshwa land up in Nepal, or was he living in Bhutan in the court of Druk Desi Jigme Namgyal?
Tshering Tashi
Politics
Hum Adani Ke Hain Kaun: Congress campaign raises serious questions
It posed a total of 100 questions about the alleged links between Narendra Modi and Gautam Adani.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
Is a non-Congress third front now a distant dream?
Opposition parties are now realigning battle lines, possibly seeing the political value in Rahul Gandhi’s emergence as a unifying symbol of sacrifice.
Anando Bhakto,
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Travel
Namibia: Windmills for Windhoek
On Vincent, an immigrant artist residing in the Namibian capital of Windhoek.
Thommen Jose
Music
Tributaries of song in full flow at Kolkata tribute concert
A tribute concert for Kalyan Mukherjea was an occasion to reflect upon musical experience.
Srijan Deshpande
Art
Monster in the machine: Will AI art make the human artist irrelevant?
Is AI art the creation of an idiot savant, or is it a pathbreaking invention endowed with imagination that can best the human artist?
Jaideep Unudurti
Books
Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad foregrounds voices of Miya Muslims in Assam
The literary body has been trying to use literature and culture to heal what politics divides.
Moumita Alam
Books
Politics of passion
In her translation, Meena Kandasamy introduces the third section of the Tirukkural as a feminist and anti-casteist text.
Madhavi Menon
Books
The life and legacy of civil rights legend K.G. Kannabiran
This book also documents in detail the history of the civil liberties movement in India from the 1970s onwards.
V. Suresh,
D. Nagasaila
Books
Kalindi’s story
This translation from the Marathi original is about a woman’s struggle to live on her own terms a century ago.
Jyoti Punwani
Politics
Congress gets on the front foot over Rahul Gandhi saga
The party is planning a number of protests not as party affairs alone but as mass mobilisations.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Science & Technology
CERN experiment confirms Standard Model got mass of W boson right
ATLAS reanalysed its 2011 sample of W bosons, improving the precision of its previous measurement.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Genetic analysis of Beethoven’s hair sheds light on his death
His health and cause of death have been the subject of debate since 1802.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Explosives that won’t detonate unless activated with an inert fluid
This technology has the potential to make the transport and storage of explosive materials safer.
R. Ramachandran
India
MGNREGA under attack from the Narendra Modi government
Arbitrary changes in the attendance and wage disbursement systems are the latest blow to this safety net for India’s rural poor.
Ashutosh Sharma
Arts & Culture
Following the heart
The “I❤XYZ” installations have gone viral in India, with creative variations, clever modifications, and dropped letters.
Chinmay Tumbe
World Affairs
Protests continue in Israel against Netanyahu’s attempt to overhaul judiciary
The roots of the current crisis lie in Israel’s national security culture.
Nazir Ahmad Mir
Politics
Criminal defamation: A noxious colonial law and its subversive effects
The Macaulay-authored law must be consigned to the dustbin of history.
N. Ram
India
Vokkaliga seer stops film on Tipu Sultan, saves BJP the blushes
By fabricating history and asserting that two fictitious Vokkaliga soldiers killed Tipu, the Sangh Parivar tries to advance its political agenda.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Politics
Weaponising the defamation law: A closer look at the Rahul Gandhi verdict
All people with the ‘Modi’ surname do not form a “collection of persons” as required by the existing law.
Sanjay Hegde
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