India@75 Har Ghar Tiranga: When civic symbolism becomes more critical than civic actionGautam BhatiaSo great is the mistrust that enforcing a picture-book nationalism becomes a necessity.
CRIME West Bengal’s shame: Death of minor girl in NadiaSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThe alleged rape and subsequent death of a minor girl in West Bengal’s Nadia district, which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed as a “small inci
Scandals Karnataka: Stench of corruption in contractor's suicideVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDA civil works contractor’s suicide after accusing a Minister of demanding commissions has lifted the lid on the serious charges of corruption against
Bhagavad Gita in syllabus Targeting young minds: BJP plans to introduce Bhagavad Gita as subject in GujaratAnupama KatakamThe Gujarat government’s plan to introduce the Bhagavad Gita as a compulsory subject in school leads to a strong backlash from secularists, who suspec
AGRICULTURE Supreme Court-appointed committee report on three farm laws reiterates Modi government's stanceT.K. RajalakshmiThe report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws, released by one of its members, seems to have been an exercise in reit
HISTORY Grit and gumption: Annie Besant and the Indian freedom movementVidyarthy ChatterjeeAn assessment of Annie Besant’s (1847-1933) role in the Indian freedom movement on the 175th anniversary of her birth.
Interview: G.N. Devy Prof. G.N. Devy: 'All our languages are losing linguistic prowess'Abhish K. BoseInterview with Prof. G.N. Devy, scholar and cultural activist.
'The Kashmir Files' Ashok Kumar Pandey: ‘A clear case of selective portrayal’Ziya Us SalamInterview with Ashok Kumar Pandey, historian and writer.
Common University Entrance Test CUET challenge: Attempt to centralise education and undermine federalismT.K. RajalakshmiThe proposed Common University Entrance Test is a move towards centralising education and undermining the federal structure, something similar to repl
POLITICAL VIOLENCE Stench of brutality in West Bengal’s Rampurhat Suhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThe arson in West Bengal’s Rampurhat where eight women and a child were killed in internecine violence between supporters of the ruling Trinamool Cong
Refugees in India Home away from home: Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas rebuild their livesR.K. RadhakrishnanEmma Emily de Wit Joske G.F. BundersA recent study shows how two refugee groups in Tamil Nadu—Sri Lankan Tamils and Rohingyas—rebuilt their lives and integrated themselves into society w
Labour issues ITIL contract workers’ fight for survivalVikhar Ahmed SayeedA protest for more than 100 days by a group of contract workers who were fired by ITI Limited because they formed a union ultimately forces the manage
ANTI-CONVERSION LAW Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in HaryanaT.K. RajalakshmiThe BJP government of Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana introduces an anti-conversion Bill amid stiff resistance from the opposition parties in the Assem
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
