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The brazen murder of Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed while in police protection points to a state striding wilfully towards lawlessness.
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19-05-2023
37 STORIES
Music
A currency called Kumarji: Celebrating the centenary of Kumar Gandharva
Presenting a small playlist of classical renditions by Kumar Gandharva (1924-1992) from across the genres he favoured.
Gouri Dange
Books
Gangs of Gujarat: Review of ‘The Bandit Queens’ by Parini Shroff
This humorous novel is marred by a mismatch between an American, cosmopolitan register and a rural India setting.
Tabish Khair
Books
New books on the shelves
A claustrophobic millennial marriage, an 18th-century warrior queen, the history of patriarchy, and much more.
Quiz
FLQ: The Frontline Quiz!
Hollywood films, Golden Raspberry award for Worst Supporting Actor, the Hogwarts school library, and more.
Sumant Srivathsan
Literature
‘My Wedding’: A Kannada story in translation
Translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Written more than 80 years ago by a 27-year-old, Gowramma’s stories opened a path for other women writers to follow.
Kodagina Gowramma
Books
The forgotten teacher: Review of ‘A Matter of the Heart’ by Anurag Behar
Parables about ordinary people doing extraordinary work in government schools across India.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Books
Body doubles: Review of ‘Cursed Bunny’ by Bora Chung
Since Bora Chung prefers to report events rather than evoke experiences, her characters do not really feel human although they are allegedly human.
Anil Menon
Letters
Letters
Readers write in.
Books
An intellectual feast: Review of ‘The Sweet Salt of Tamil’ by Tho Paramasivan
The English translation of Tho Paramasivan’s Ariyappadatha Tamilakam offers just enough salt to taste the richness of Tamil.
R. Mahalakshmi
India
Cops and criminals: Brothers in arms
Both popular cinema and its audiences are enthralled by the brutal encounter cop. But does art imitate life or is it vice versa?
Lawrence Liang
India
‘Encounter Pradesh’ model of instant justice indicates terror may become state policy
The Adityanath government has ushered in an era of unapologetic state vigilantism in Uttar Pradesh.
Ashutosh Sharma
Politics
Rift in Rajasthan Congress between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot out in the open
Pilot’s protest was against the Congress government’s failure to take action on corruption charges against BJP leaders when they were in power.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
India
Encounter killings and the strongman phenomenon
The legitimacy of extrajudicial police action grows when a “strongman” emerges as leader, promising to rid society of gangsters and gangs.
Peter Ronald deSouza
India
Editor’s Note: Impunity for the state means impunity for the mobs
To replace a slow-paced and seriously flawed judicial system with “instant” justice via vigilantism is to stare into the abyss of anarchy.
Vaishna Roy
India
Assam under the scanner after rise in encounter deaths since 2017
Since 2017, Assam registered 50 cases of encounter deaths, 18 of which were in 2021-22. The police have been accused of “fake encounters”.
Sushanta Talukdar
India
Torture, custodial killings continue to haunt lives in Jammu and Kashmir
Immunity for security personnel has dimmed prospects of free and fair justice for the victims of extra-judicial killings.
Anando Bhakto
India
Failure of governments to investigate encounter killings as murder rankling
Hardly any government complies with the National Human Rights Commission’s circular on encounter killings. How can police action be made accountable?
K. Chandru
Columns
No concrete outcomes at IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings
The lack of progress is attributed to the unwillingness of the institutions to reform themselves.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Columns
Despite the NCERT’s shocking move, Gandhi lives on
The decision to drop the Gandhi assassination from the NCERT’s history textbook just cannot extinguish the Mahatma’s memory.
Ganesh Devy
Columns
The elusive idea of grace
Is grace that feeling of being swept into and receding from something, as in an Odissi recital?
Prathyush Parasuraman
Human rights
Atlas of Impunity: A report that ranks global lawlessness
A new report ranks countries on the basis of how poorly they have performed in terms of not adhering to the rules or the rule of law.
Anupama Katakam
Travel
The emerald lands of Kodagu
Footloose in Kodagu, where the mercury still hovers around 20° Celsius.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Books
Self-help books: Of little help?
A critical look at how such books thrive in a capitalistic culture and often end up confusing rather than helping the reader.
Deepansh Duggal
Science & Technology
Bacterial ‘syringes’ for drug delivery in humans
The system could potentially deliver gene therapies and cancer therapies in a safe and efficient way.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Hydrogen route to steel production
The use of hydrogen as a reactant to produce steel is potentially more environmentally friendly than using carbon, but an industrial-scale switch to u
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Power-packed neutrinos as supernova detectors
As a star collapses, its iron core disintegrates, producing vast numbers of neutrinos that stream outwards in unimaginable quantities.
R. Ramachandran
India
Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
Workers keep up the fight against any attempt to allow private players’ participation in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
Ayesha Minhaz
Gender
How underprivileged women in a Delhi slum are breaking the glass ceiling
Women at Tajpur Pahari discover the power of having information at their fingertips and find out how to use technology to empower themselves.
Ismat Ara
Arts & Culture
Dismantling the gaze
This volume traces the evolution of photography in South Asia from the 19th century to the present and challenges our conditioned habits of viewing.
Rahaab Allana
Conservation
‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth
The leading tiger expert sheds light on aspects on the finer nuances of tiger conservation.
Shekar Dattatri
Politics
Will the Karnataka election result in a decisive mandate?
The Congress looks better placed than the BJP and the JD(S) in the last leg of the campaign, as corruption, caste, and development take centre stage.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Politics
Supriya Sule: ‘People will decide the NCP’s future’
The Nationalist Congress Party MP focussed on a possible nationwide opposition alliance with a common minimum programme.
Amey Tirodkar
Politics
Contract killings on the rise in West Bengal
The frequency of such incidents highlights the changing face of politics in Bengal, from ideology-driven politics to muscle power politics.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
World Affairs
Sudan plunges into yet another period of volatility as armed conflict erupts
The complexities of the Sudan conflict are such that the crisis is unlikely to abate anytime soon.
John Cherian
World Affairs
China’s diplomatic moves in West Asia could ripple beyond
China’s rising involvement in West Asia has implications not just for the US but also for Israel, Iran, and India.
Manoj Joshi
Arts & Culture
The essential Geoffrey Bawa: Celebrating the works of an architectural great
An exhibition on the renowned Sri Lankan architect at the NGMA marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka.
Malavika Karlekar
India
Hakki Pikki: The global nomads of Karnataka
A large number of them are now stuck in different parts of Sudan where an internecine conflict rages.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Archive
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Editor’s Note: Can Karnataka give us a governance model to emulate?
Why Bengaluru badly needs a new governance approach
Technology aside, basic questions waiting to be answered in Karnataka
Can Karnataka’s new government think out of the box to keep its promises?
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02-06-2023
Why India needs a museum for its fossils
‘The Kerala Story’ is greedy in its impulse to demonise Muslims
Girl power revolution: Anupama Hireholi from Saundatti creates history
Go First filing for bankruptcy raises questions about ‘open skies’ policy
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19-05-2023
How underprivileged women in a Delhi slum are breaking the glass ceiling
Dismantling the gaze
‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth
Trade unions’ steely resolve to prevent Vizag Steel from being privatised
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05-05-2023
Vivan Sundaram: Inviting the world into his art
Project Tiger @50: Success but at what cost?
Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023): Rebel, writer, thinker, artist
Online video games vs online real money games: Not one and the same
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