Media Watch Tamil Nadu’s YouTube-based news channels are a force to reckon withSiddarth MuralidharanIn terms of impact, popularity, and reach, they are giving traditional media a run for the money.
Media Watch Tamil Nadu’s YouTube-based news channels are a force to reckon withSiddarth MuralidharanIn terms of impact, popularity, and reach, they are giving traditional media a run for the money.
Oscars 2023 Can Oscar-nominated ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ give a fillip to India’s documentary scene?Jinoy Jose PKartiki Gonsalves, director of the Netflix documentary, believes global attention will help.
INTERVIEW Vandana Shiva: ‘Millets have become forgotten foods’Anupama KatakamAn early proponent, the activist says the future of the cereal is in the hands of small farmers.
Controversy The curious battle for Parasnath hill in JharkhandAshutosh SharmaIt is difficult to decipher why the Adivasis and Jains lock horns over the hill. Is it about faith, custom, business, or politics?
CONTROVERSY New BBC documentary puts Narendra Modi back in the dockAshis RayIt reveals a secret British foreign office report that found him culpable in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
SPOTLIGHT Why is the government delaying Census 2021?T.K. RajalakshmiIt is crucial for budget allocations, delimitation of constituencies, and administrative planning.
Judiciary Ad-hocism in appointing judges of higher courts must stopK. ChandruThe government’s attack may be self-serving, but revamp of the collegium system is urgently needed.
AGRICULTURE The humble millets need more government supportAnupama KatakamIt has the potential to answer several of India’s agrarian, food, and health issues.
Governance How budget allocation for Ministry of Minority Affairs declinedIsmat AraThe rise in the budget for minorities since 2013-14 has barely kept pace with inflation.
Controversy Behind the Indian cough syrup that killed many in Gambia and UzbekistanT.K. RajalakshmiIndia’s reputation as “pharmacy of the world” has taken a beating with the deaths.
Labour Issues Report on workplace accidents in auto hubs highlights why the problem is systemicT.K. RajalakshmiThe Safe in India Foundation report makes a case for stronger regulation in favour of workers.
Controversy Allama Iqbal poem in the dock after recital in a Bareilly schoolIsmat AraThe VHP forced police action against the principal and a teacher for hurting religious sentiments.
The rediscovery of Ekakini, an iconic Hindi work Hindi literary circles are all agog as the first lesbian novel, from 1948, is republished.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
