Quiz Time! FLQ - The Frontline Quiz!Yooti BhansaliOf national days, colonial legacies, and cricket teams.
Info Card A queer history of literature and scienceRamesh ChakrapaniLiterature and science are full of brilliant queer men and women who were hounded for their sexuality in their lifetime.
Cover Story: Language diversity Lingua franca?: Controversy over Hindi puts focus on linguistic pluralityRamesh ChakrapaniA controversy surrounding the promotion of Hindi as a link language brings the issue of linguistic plurality back into the limelight.
Checkmate! Winning moves: Why are Indians getting so good at chess?Ramesh ChakrapaniWith India’s brightest chess star R. Praggnanandhaa defeating world champion Magnus Carlsen twice within a span of three months this year, the prospec
Democracy & Diversity How the vision of ‘One Nation’ suppresses alternative voicesSukumar MuralidharanThe unity of the nation is now identified with the internal cohesion of the ruling party.
Conservation How African cheetahs trumped Asiatic lions in India’s conservation debateRavi ChellamHow politics has allowed African cheetahs to trump Asiatic lions in India’s conservation discourse.
Maharashtra Political Crisis: The Lede Game of thrones: Maharashtra witnesses political upheaval like never beforeLyla BavadamThe BJP engineered the Shiv Sena’s split and achieved what it had set out to do in 2019.
Cover Story: Pasha Bhai Dakhni Urdu rapper Pasha Bhai's quest for selfhood in BengaluruVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDPasha Bhai’s journey from the Muslim ghetto of Neelasandra to the posh clubs of Bengaluru is as much a story about his art as about Dakhni Urdu, the l
BANKING The missing Rs.2000 notesDivya TrivediThe Rs.2000 currency notes introduced at the time of the 2016 demonetisation are hardly seen anymore, and there are concerns whether they are being us
LABOUR Gig workers vulnerable to exploitation T.K. RajalakshmiGig workers present the new face of employment in India, with no fixed working hours and no proper terms of employment to which the employer can be he
Book Review A Ray hero looks backSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayA new book throws light on various aspects of Satyajit Ray’s life and works and never-heard-before anecdotes.
Deep Dive Expert Explains: Why exceptions to the anti-defection law must goP.D.T. AcharyIn the light of the Maharashtra situation, the anti-defection law clearly needs strengthening.
Essay Trial by media flouts principle of fair trialA.G. NOORANIThe judicial system is weakened if the media are allowed to conduct trials of accused persons, and the principle of fair trial on the basis of evidenc
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.