Survey of migrant workers Understanding migration Divya Trivedi Venkitesh RamakrishnanWhen governments and their plans are found to be blatantly wanting in addressing reverse migration, exercises such as the Ekta Parishad’s survey of mi
Politics Rumblings of discontentVenkitesh RamakrishnanWith no end in sight to migrants walking home by the thousands and little in the economic relief package announced by the Prime Minister, resentment i
Uttar Pradesh Losing the plot By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNANThe Uttar Pradesh government’s self-congratulatory announcements turn out to be premature as accidents and controversies involving returning migrants
Politics Clueless captain Venkitesh RamakrishnanAs the nation longs for relief from the pandemic and the economic misery caused by an ill-planned lockdown, the government prefers symbolism over subs
P.W. Anderson obituary Epochal figure in physics G. BaskaranT.V. Ramakrishnan P.W. Anderson (1923-2020) was a giant among theoretical physicists, and the amazing range of his creative spirit, which was active in physics for near
Uttar Pradesh Anxiety over arrivals Venkitesh RamakrishnanUttar Pradesh is waiting with trepidation for the return of several lakh migrants throughout May.
Politics Raw deal to States Venkitesh RamakrishnanWhen cooperation and trust are the keywords for governments in the fight against COVID, the ruling dispensation at the Centre has, against the princip
Uttar Pradesh Season of distressVenkitesh RamakrishnanThe lockdown in the middle of the harvest season is bound to have a devastating effect on the State’s economy as most of the COVID-19 “Red Zone” distr
Government's response to the pandemic Symbolism vs substanceVenkitesh Ramakrishnan Purnima S. Tripathi The Prime Minister’s histrionics do not make up for his government’s failure to respond effectively and in time to the COVID-19 crisis.
Communalism Uttar Pradesh: Dog-whistle politics Divya Trivedi Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has resorted to naming and shaming activists in the State in order to further its plan to delegitimise
State collusion with rioters Shape of things to come Venkitesh Ramakrishnan The collusion between the government, communal aggressors, the police and activists of the ruling dispensation, which was all too evident in all the d
AAP's winning formula Venkitesh RamakrishnanThe Aam Aadmi Party’s emphatic victory in the Delhi Assembly election holds two important lessons for the BJP: one, performance in office pays; two, c
Can there be something such as an honest critic? The critic is a persona largely missing from India’s classical music and dance scene.
SlideshowOut at seaThe month-long fishing trips of migrant fishermen at Veraval port in Gujarat are the stuff of adventure, endurance, and life lessons.
