Besides the extortionist nature of the electoral bonds scheme, at its heart is the government’s desire for complete control.

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Tastes of the earth

Disarmingly honest, Food Journeys is very different from the gushing food books that come out every second day.

Anusua Mukherjee

Electoral bonds: Why it is a giant scam

What the electoral bonds scheme has done is to ensure “ease of doing crony capitalism” and distort the market in a way that amplifies inequality.

How do pandemics begin?

From a chimpanzee research centre in the Congo to a laboratory in China, pandemics have tangled origin stories that science struggles to unravel.

Editor’s Note: Electoral bonds, and our tumbledown democracy

The BJP exudes an almost contemptuous confidence that no revelations can derail its ultimate victory. Where does this confidence come from?

‘There is a lot still unaccounted for’: Jagdeep S. Chhokar

The founder of Association for Democratic Reforms concedes that the disclosure of the electoral bond scheme will not reduce election expenditure.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

‘It was not about transparency at all’: Lokesh Batra

The transparency rights activist says the information from his RTIs shed light on the opaque workings of the electoral bonds scheme.

T.K. Rajalakshmi

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