CATEGORIES

Poor Fielding

The many failures of the BCCI’s court-appointed committee of administrators

Running Argument

The flaws in the draft Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill

Missing Links

New DNA evidence is making the story of India’s past clearer than ever

Carried Alone

The long shadow of the Zika virus in Recife, Brazil

The Ground Beneath Their Feet

A photographer witnesses the transformation of a river island.

Readiness And Reliance

The aims of Observer Research Foundation.

Losing By Religion

Muslim exclusion in Modi’s de facto Hindu Rashtra.

Poor Prognosis

All is not well with Modi’s flagship health scheme.

Jumbo Exports

India’s history of elephant diplomacy.

Ecological Myths,Warming Climates And The End Of Nature

FIVE YEARS AGO, there was some speculation as to whether Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, was a climate-change sceptic.

A Hundred Years Of Amnesia

What we chose not to remember on the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh

Heat And Dust

How climate change threatens one of the world’s oldest cities

Social Contract

A Madhya Pradesh village’s obsession with bridge

Unhealthy Obsession

How US pressure is endangering India’s access to affordable medicines

Engineering Dreams

A web series gets at the heart of Kota’s coaching industry

Breaking The Cycle

A Nepali photographer’s attempt to engage with taboo aspects of womanhood

Never Forget

A new memorial to lynching victims forces America to confront its painful past / History

False Friend

KCR awaits re-election despite betraying the spirit of the Telangana movement / Politics

Fast and Furious

Turkish academics on hunger strike seek justice for victims of government purges / Politics

The Caste Card

The BJP’s desperation to woo OBCs ahead of the 2019 polls / Politics  

Dogs' Breakfast

Two milkman brothers nurture Delhi’s population of strays / Communities

Wind And Waves

A new radio station starts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria / Arts

Tough Luck

A boardgame plays up the worst nightmares of Japanese youth / Communities

Change Of Tune

The disintegration of the guru-shishya tradition in Hindustani music / Arts

Preacher's Daughter, Palace Guard's Son

The story of China’s first almost Nobel literature laureate

School Of Hard Knocks

A struggle for education inside a juvenile detention home

People Of Clay

A personal exploration of Goalpariya culture.

Life At Ground Zero

Documenting the effects of nuclear testing on Pokhran’s residents

Where Are The Shudras ?

Why the Shudras are lost in today's India

Write Of Passage

How Vasudhendra became Kannada literature’s first openly gay writer/Literature