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Sacredness is a Place

At Mother House, the devout still feel an indefinable presence.

To Swim In Reason

Bikini or burkini... It's a choice best left to the woman.

Chandy To The Left, Chandy...

Corruption, sleaze defined a regime that Kerala had voted out. Now another Chandy & Co keeps the headlines rolling.

Zeno's Paradox?

Making grand plans, then backing off, why is the Congress dithering still over making Rahul party boss...

'Things Will Change So Fast, It'll Be Beyond Your Imagination'

Few ministers are as enthused about a green economy as Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways, shipping and water resources.

'Delhi Pollution Can Cause Lung Cancer And Premature Death'

Tackling a heavy load of patients Dr J.C. Suri, a leading pulmonologist, says that high levels of air pollution can also result in underdeveloped lungs in children and even the possibility of lung cancer.

Porn Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Video clips are mere breach of privacy. If there is any taboo that must shake the nation’s consciousness awake, it’s the violence on the marginalised.

The Sea Where the Sun Rises

How Japan Plans to Keep its Seas Open and Free , With more than just American Help.

Different Approaches To A Table

Indian ‘hardliners’ feel confident in reaching out. But Pakistani lines of communication ossify into suspicion.

In the Mood for a Desi Robin Hood

Modi’s demonetisation gambit has paid off and opened the door to bolder reforms.

At The Mainland's Stolid Defence

Cruelly barred from joining cricket’s mainstream for long, Northeastern states have decided on a final fling of the ball

'The Uttarakhand Mafia Has Gone Into Hiding'

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has inherited huge challen­ges—corruption, exodus from border villa­ges, under-development and more. In an interview with Bula Devi, he spells out the measures he has taken to overcome these challenges and put the state on the road to progress. Excerpts:

the 'perfect' tweeter

aam aadmi party (aap) leaders have tried nearly all platforms of communication out there—they are on social media.

delhi to goa: sun-baked brick forts

a subtle rattle of sabres at china, russia will be the background music for all the brics deal­making

No Quarter For The Innocent

The 39 Indian workers were killed when ISIS had reached a peak of brutality and had no intention of negotiating, unlike earlier hostage situations

A Party In Need, Indeed

The SP-BSP win in UP bypolls has made the Congress look desperately for allies to take on the BJP in 2019

Sheep Call The Shepherd Wolf

A 2016 land deal by Kerala’s Catholic Church ensnares the top clergy in a legal case. As stories on intrigues grow, the laity is furious.

Kollywood's No-Show Blues

A stand-off between producers and digital service providers keeps Tamil movies off the theatres

Hibernating Idealism

The sly interplay between idealism and ideology keep excess at bay. In these times of total politics' in India-Characterised by a jam-spread of hatred that leaves isolated, targeted individuals meekly facing a garagntuan State-that healthy mutual vigil has been summarily suspended.

On Parallel, Shining Paths

Gandhiji’s vision of India—a moral, secular version of village life and economy—was the opposite of Nehru's ideals of socialism, democracy and science. Both made compromises in their stands.

Empowering And Employing Rural Jharkhand

Empowering And Employing Rural Jharkhand

Murder In A Houseboat

Did the Dutchman kill the Britisher? Four years later, we still don’t know for sure.

Just Leeward Of Liberal...

Justice Dipak Misra will be the 45th CJI. He carries a grand family legacy and a baggage of controversies. 

The Old Boys Stalked By Modern Times

A stalking victim finds unsolicited support from her caste khap. Here’s why it signals no gender-just turn.

Dateline Xinadu

The Sino-Indian border crisis is framed amidst colonial treaties, old nationalisms, new entitlements. The economic-military edge is with China, yet a conflict would hurt its ‘dream’ as much as ours. India is holding on, but the brink is a dangerous place to hold on to.

Wallets To Stop Bullets

An imbalance exists, but Sino-Indian trade ties are too entwined to allow a conflict

News Code Factory

Algorithms and SEO make ­journalism a pure commodity in the digital market at the cost of traditional ethics

Terrorists Out Of Petty Goons

Black Friday, which was later made into a film, shows the vicious cycle: revenge for Babri triggered Mumbai blasts, which led to the Gujarat riots

Through The Victim Lens

A Muslim photographer recalls December 6, 1992, when he was at Babri Masjid

Ram Redux A New Calendar For Polls And Puja

The BJP’s keenness to wave again the magic wand that helped it beat Mandal in the 1990s­ could be a sign that the ruling party’s 2019 script will have a ‘mandir accomplished’ theme