Governments of the “free world” rush to support Israel even as untold horrors and cruelties unfold in Gaza.

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17-11-202330 STORIES

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Despite India’s low ranking in the Global Hunger Index, Modi government is hesitant to address the issue

Why is it reluctant to conduct a household consumption survey?

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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New books on the shelves

A novel set in Portuguese Goa, a memoir of a Tamil doctor born in British India, and much more.

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Letters

Readers respond.

How BJP’s yoga misadventure in Maldives paved the way for China to assert its dominance

And India has lost its strategic influence in the archipelago nation.

R.K. Radhakrishnan

Unfamiliar earth: Review of ‘Roman Stories’ by Jhumpa Lahiri

Many of the stories seem perfunctory, like exercises in sympathy. They are impeccable as pieces of creative writing but they do not move the reader.

Anusua Mukherjee

How education fails the Constitution test: Review of ‘Debating Education in India’

A comprehensive examination of education in India against the backdrop of the National Education Policy 2020.

Rupamanjari Hegde

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Summer of love: Review of ‘Tom Lake’ by Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett’s novel creates a chamber of literary echoes to take us back to a sweeter, gentler America of the past.

A troop of Razakars undergoing training in Telangana in 1949. The Razakars were largely Muslim, though scholars have pointed out that there were Hindus (mainly Dalit) as well among them.

Hyderabad’s dark history: A tale of two massacres

How the BJP is using the history of the Razakars to further anti-Muslim prejudice.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Sudha Bharadwaj: ‘A lot of democratic space has been lost’

The human rights lawyer and activist says that while in jail, she saw the human cost of a dysfunctional justice system.

Shreevatsa Nevatia

The 3G teacher of Namo Jamdoba

In Deepnarayan Nayak’s free school for underprivileged children in West Bengal’s Namo Jamdoba, mud walls serve as blackboards and roads as classrooms.

Supreme Court’s LGBTQIA+ rights verdict ignites debate on justice and equality

The debate centres on whether the judiciary should enter the legislative sphere to ensure equality and rights.

I click, therefore I breathe: The journey of a former selfie-sceptic

How did I get to the point where I now have a folder full of goofy selfies and where my own self-portraiture is unapologetic?

‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen

A history of modern India: Review of ‘The Queen of All Nations’ by Abhijit Sengupta

The history of India retold for the young generation who, the author feels, are the most vulnerable in a “knowledge game”.

Cynthia Stephen

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Science & Technology

Bangladesh gets its first nuclear power plant

A new entrant to the nuclear club, heat-absorbing wonder material, the gravity of antimatter, and more in Science Notebook.

R. Ramachandran

Globalisation is slowly but surely unravelling

The best example is that of the US, which is increasingly adopting protectionist measures that discriminate against foreign firms

C.P. Chandrasekhar

When fiction tells the truth about the Israel-Palestine war

A retreat into literature with Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail and Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.

Prathyush Parasuraman

Congress’ waiting game over State elections threatens INDIA bloc’s chances in 2024

Regional parties are growing impatient with the Congress’ lack of urgency.

How Jal Jeevan Mission has failed drought-prone Bundelkhand

Women toil for water, even as the mission claims 98 per cent coverage. Villagers allege corruption and mismanagement.

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‘Zindagi Tamasha’: A marvellously crafted critique of life in a theocratic society

The indie film from Pakistan drew the ire of hardliners in the Pakistani political establishment.

Editor’s Note: In Gaza, the bloodiest bits of history are repeating itself

We are being harangued to condemn Hamas, but Hamas was not begotten in a vacuum.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict a recurring stage for Western powers vying for global control

Despite the empty humanitarian gestures, these regimes consistently support one side.

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‘To win the war we have to destroy Hamas’: Yaakov Amidror

Israel’s former National Security Adviser says the October 7 attack was a military and intelligence failure.

Iftikhar Gilani

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‘Israel has embarked on its second war of independence’: Dror Eydar

The Israeli strategic affairs expert calls the war against Hamas as one where the “entire free world” is against “extreme religious tyranny”.

Iftikhar Gilani

‘This was an act of resistance against the occupation army’: Hanan Ashrawi

The former spokesperson for the PLO fears that the Hamas attack will be used to label Palestinians.

Iftikhar Gilani

Occupation or withdrawal? Israel faces difficult choices in Gaza

Neither option is palatable, and can impact regional security.

Do Palestinians have the right to resist? The unequivocal answer is yes

Throughout history, subjugated people, from Spartacus to anti-colonial fighters, have claimed this fundamental right for themselves.

Gaza: Scarred, ruined, and silenced by death

With Israel dropping 6,500 bombs in a week, the number the US used in Afghanistan in a year, the people of Gaza focus only on recognising the dead.

Salam Abu Sharar

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‘The root of the problem is the occupation’: Moussa Abu Marzouk

In an exclusive interview with Frontline, the head of Hamas’ international relations office says they do not accept to live under occupation.

Iftikhar Gilani

In the Supreme Court of Erewhon: The unseen sixth judge renders his verdict in Supriyo v Union of India

“Without equality and fraternity, we are a lost tribe.”

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