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A voter goes back to carrying water pots after casting her vote in the second phase of the election, in Dudu district of Rajasthan, on April 26.

Election 2024 — The Lede

India is haunted by an unprecedented economic deprivation

The situation, marked by widespread unemployment and inequality, calls for policy that improves the lives of the working people while taxing the rich.

Prabhat Patnaik

C.S. Dwarkanath explains reservations for Muslims in Karnataka.

‘Modi’s information is all wrong’: C.S. Dwarkanath

The former chairman of Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes says there is a need for empirical data to evaluate communities’ conditions.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

‘We instil confidence in the aspirants’: Ved Prakash Gupta

The former chairman of Rau’s IAS Study Circle says young people repay society by sharing their experiences with the next generation.

Frontline Bureau

North Karnataka: BJP, Congress in direct fight for 14 Lok Sabha seats

The BJP is looking to recreate its 2019 sweep, when it won all seats, but the Congress is pulling out all stops to make gains in this crucial region.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the loneliness epidemic spreading across all age groups. But data to understand and treat loneliness, especially from middle and low-income countries, is scanty.

Loneliness: The hidden epidemic in low-income nations

We know people get lonely: COVID-19 lit a loneliness epidemic. But we do not know enough about second and third-world nations.

‘The very essence of democracy is at stake’: Digvijaya Singh, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan: ‘Congress has declined to such an extent that candidates have lost faith in the party’

That the Congress candidate joined BJP in Indore is the peak of the party’s downfall, says the BJP stalwart from Madhya Pradesh.

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‘Understanding the Constitution is not PM Modi’s strong point’: R.K. Radhakrishnan

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Job seekers at a Career Fair in Chennai in 2006.

India’s employment crisis: Jobless growth, threat of automation, and impact of climate change on productivity

Employment growth has stagnated at 2 per cent for two decades. Without reaching 4-5 per cent, absorbing surplus labour will be impossible.

Sujoy Chakravarty

Editor’s Note: Will India vote for what really matters?

As Prime Minister Modi stokes divisive fears, can the opposition offer a compelling alternative focused on lives, livelihoods and liberties?

A voter goes back to carrying water pots after casting her vote in the second phase of the election, in Dudu district of Rajasthan, on April 26.

India is haunted by an unprecedented economic deprivation

The situation, marked by widespread unemployment and inequality, calls for policy that improves the lives of the working people while taxing the rich.

Prabhat Patnaik

Mundra Port, the flagship port of the Adani group, in Mundra, Gujarat.

Long on rhetoric, short on practice: Modi government battling corruption

The government over 10 years has shown no evidence that petty corruption has abated. On the other hand, big-ticket corruption has risen.

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

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