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June 22, 2018
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Anti-Sterlite movement

Gunning down a protest

ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN
The police open fire, in a “stage-managed” riot situation, on people protesting against the Sterlite copper smelter ...

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Expendable lives

LYLA BAVADAM
The recent case of the murder of a Dalit man by upper-caste people yet again shreds the myth of a ...

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Interview: Martin Macwan

Of Dalit awakening, upper-caste jealousy

Books

Quest for Kashmir

MANU V. DEVADEVAN

The book is a milestone in the study of the region in South Asia and the most authentic statement yet on the origins of ...

Lessons from the courtroom

K.P. FABIAN

The book subjects the judicial system to a rigorous scrutiny and points out what is wrong with it. But the remedy the ...

Pleasure points

C.S. VENKITESWARAN

An engaging argument and a provocative appeal for the basic rights of transpeople and queer pride.

Revisiting Vaishnavism

KESAVAN VELUTHAT

A meticulous study of the evolution of religion, caste and gender.

The new China

C.T. KURIEN

The book deals with the role of the Communist Party of China and the manner in which it exercises control over all ...

In the tiger’s realm

ZIYA US SALAM

A collective memoir of the tigers and tigresses of Ranthambhore National Park.

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Public health

Managing Nipah

R. KRISHNAKUMAR

Early detection of the virus and prompt action by the government contain the deadly outbreak in Kerala, but health officials stress the need for ...

Politics

Essay

Solutions for a hung legislature

A.G. NOORANI

The Constitution Drafting Committee dropped at the very last minute the Instruments of Instructions for the President and the Governors because it was ...

Heritage

Archaeology

Unearthing Asurdanga

SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY

Recent excavations at Birbhum district in West Bengal have led to the discovery of an artisans’ village, dating back 3,500 years, notable for its high ...

World Affairs

Venezuela

Maduro returns

JOHN CHERIAN

Nicolas Maduro comes to power for a second time in Venezuela in an election boycotted by most right-wing parties at the ...

Afghanistan

Bloody tailspin

JOHN CHERIAN

A wave of suicide attacks and threats from the Taliban ensure that people stay away from the voter registration process ...

United States

Immigrants as outlaws

VIJAY PRASHAD

Immigrant labour is central to the U.S. economy, but the law has always criminalised them. Now, Trump has made it ...

US-IRAN

Dumping the deal

JOHN CHERIAN

Against the advice and wishes of most people and countries, President Donald Trump pulls the U.S. out of the ...

Social Issues

Rohingya crisis

Going through fire

DIVYA TRIVEDI

The regularity with which fires break out in Rohingya settlement camps in India raises questions and makes life more ...

Postal Workers strike

Colonial hangover

T.K. RAJALAKSHMI

The Central government ignores a nationwide strike by rural postal workers who are struggling to be recognised as ...

Arts & Culture

Kishori Amonkar

Celebrating a legacy

DEEPA GANESH

The Ganasaraswati Kishori Amonkar Sangeet Mahotsav, held in memory of Kishori Amonkar, feted all the great masters of ...

Literature

Short Story in translation

Black chinks

Malayalam fiction has never been the same after Sarah Joseph’s assault on its patriarchal language 25 years ago. Her ...

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Interview: Aniruddha Bahal

'Revelations beyond just paid news'

Interview with Aniruddha Bahal, founder of Cobrapost.

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Gauri Lankesh Case

Closing in

RAVI SHARMA

The Karnataka SIT arrests four more persons for the Gauri Lankesh murder and makes ...

Cobrapost Sting

Under the scanner

T.K. RAJALAKSHMI

The Cobrapost sting operation, which reveals the nexus between big money and manufactured ...

Paytm Data Controversy

Stinging facts

DIVYA TRIVEDI

The controversy over e-payments company Paytm’s alleged sharing of user data with the ...

Right to Information

Contentious rules

AKSHAY DESHMANE

The RTI rules, 2017, are still to be notified and appear to have been put in cold storage ...

Islamic Terrorism Course in JNU

Hidden agenda?

ZIYA US SALAM

The JNU Academic Council’s hastily taken decision to introduce a course on “Islamic ...

Meddling with Bureaucracy

Loyalty test

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI

A proposal from the Prime Minister’s Office to reform the system of service/cadre ...

Science & Technology

Astronomy

Stars formed much earlier than previously thought

R. Ramachandran

A team of international astronomers, led by groups at the University College London (UCL) ...

Laser Research

Cold atomic calculations

R. Ramachandran

Among the experimental payloads that NASA sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on ...

Media

Award for Frontline writer

R. Ramachandran, former Associate Editor of Frontline, has won the Mumbai Press Club’s ...

Columns

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Dangers of falling rupee

THE rupee, which has been sliding in value for some time now, depreciated sharply in recent weeks, giving some cause for concern. The depreciation is ...

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