The Election Commission’s lack of spine is just one of the many institutional lapses that have cast a long shadow on this election.

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31-05-202430 STORIES

New books on the shelves

Fiction about love, community, and politics, essays about the shrinking of space for free speech in India post-2014, and much more.

Vampire bacteria, Tarapur reactor renewal, and uncovering Fermi’s exotic particle prophecy

How some bacteria are attracted to blood; why scientists are extending life of Tarapur nuclear plant; and how a 1949 prediction is proven true now.

R. Ramachandran

Letters

Readers respond to Frontline’s coverage.

Inheritance of war

This remarkable debut collection takes an unflinching look at mental traumas that are both the reason and the consequence of violence.

Janhavi Acharekar

Marked for life

Damodar Mauzo’s novel would have been a penetrating study of loneliness had it not been so unevenly constructed.

Debasmita Bhowmik

K.G. Subramanyan (1924-2016): Artist, activist, provocateur, teacher

An exhibition celebrating Subramanyan’s centenary asks us to critically engage with his legacy to reaffirm his place among India’s greatest artists.

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