With Maharashtra gearing up for an Assembly election later this year, a 360-degree analysis of India’s third largest State.

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23-08-202430 STORIES

BJP falls back on Hindutva after election setbacks

Muslims are projected as enemies of OBCs and tribal people ahead of the next ballot box round.

Youngsters do India proud at IMO 2024, pure sulphur found on Mars, and a blood test to detect cancer

India has its best outing yet at a maths olympiad; NASA’s Mars rover finds elemental sulphur on Mars; at last, a non-invasive test to detect cancer.

R. Ramachandran

Editor’s Note: Maharashtra is in some serious trouble today

Its infrastructure is a mess, its record of farmer suicides is frightening, and, most worryingly, its sociopolitical fabric is being rent apart.

Memory and desire

Marathi playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar’s collection of essays, The Necropolis Trilogy, conceived as a monologue with the self, is hauntingly beautiful.

Dark nights in Puducherry

Ari Gautier brings out the seamy side of this seemingly pretty tourist town in his collection Nocturne Pondicherry.

Sonic pathways

Seth’s translation of Hanuman Chalisa shows we are translating our poetry as multilingual South Asians, not just for an imagined “Western” audience.

Vivek Narayanan

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