UNION BUDGET: Agriculture Raw deal for farmers Vijoo KrishnanThe Budget lacks any serious effort to address the main issues of unemployment, agrarian distress and falling incomes, revealing a high level of offic
Agriculture Everybody loves a farmerVijoo KrishnanThe cash transfer schemes the Narendra Modi government and several State governments have announced to woo the peasantry ahead of the election, like
Agriculture Illusions of bountyVIJOO KRISHNANUnveiled in the context of a spectacular collapse of agricultural commodity prices last year, the Budget adds insult to injury.
Agriculture sector Bitter harvestVIJOO KRISHNANFarmers, hit hard by demonetisation, are still to recover from the catastrophic collapse in agricultural product prices, but they are determined to fi
Land acquisition Against the violence of ‘development’VIJOO KRISHNANCorporate interests are trying to grab enormous tracts of land with the support of the state, but their attempts are being met with an unprecedented u
Cover story Rallying pointVIJOO KRISHNANThe farmers’ protests have provided the basis to build a broad consensus for a struggle against the policies that have caused agrarian distress and
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
