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Migrant workers travelling home on a goods truck pass through Bhubaneswar on May 21.

Understanding migration

When governments and their plans are found to be blatantly wanting in addressing reverse migration, exercises such as the Ekta Parishad’s survey of mi

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A video grab of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on May 12.

Rumblings of discontent

With 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

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A vehicle carrying migrant workers entering Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh on May 16.

Losing the plot

The Uttar Pradesh government’s self-congratulatory announcements turn out to be premature as accidents and controversies involving returning migrants

By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on Buddha Purnima, in New Delhi, on May 7. True to form, the run-up to the third phase of the lockdown was marked by yet another diversionary extravaganza.

Clueless captain

As the nation longs for relief from the pandemic and the economic misery caused by an ill-planned lockdown, the government prefers symbolism over subs

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Anderson with G. Baskaran in Princeton. Anderson was at Princeton University from 1975 and became the full-time Joseph Henry Professor of Physics there in 1984, retiring to emeritus status in 1996.

Epochal figure in physics

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

G. Baskaran,T.V. Ramakrishnan

Migrant labourers who arrived in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, from Gujarat by a special train stand in a queue as they prepare to leave for their native villages.

Anxiety over arrivals

Uttar Pradesh is waiting with trepidation for the return of several lakh migrants throughout May.

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a protective mask, chairs a meeting with Chief Ministers on COVID-19 lockdown via video conference on April 11.

Raw deal to States

When cooperation and trust are the keywords for governments in the fight against COVID, the ruling dispensation at the Centre has, against the princip

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Shenshar Pal and his family harvesting wheat at Bilsni village in Bulandshahr district.

Season of distress

The 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

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lights a lamp as he appeals to the people to show a gesture of unity in the fight against COVID-19, in New Delhi on April 5.

Symbolism vs substance

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.

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Purnima S. Tripathi

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. His government has passed an ordinance that sanctions claim of damages from protesters.

Uttar Pradesh: Dog-whistle politics

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

Divya Trivedi ,Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Inside a mosque burnt in the violence.

Shape of things to come

The collusion between the government, communal aggressors, the police and activists of the ruling dispensation, which was all too evident in all the d

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal waves to his supporters after the party’s electoral victory in New Delhi on February 11.

AAP's winning formula

The 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

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

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