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'The Centre And States Should Sit Together To Discuss Issues'

States have to take more onus in improving the lot of farmers, says BJP’s Kisan Mor­ cha president Virendra Singh Mast, MP, in an interview with Lola Nayar. Excerpts:

Islam Prop In New Poll Vault

Jamaat­e­Islami is no longer anathema for the NC. Why are the Abdullahs wooing a faith-­based outfit?

The Shah Of Political Chess

The political constellation on the ground and the signs in the sky are all working out for Modi’s general as he strives to close the gaps in India’s saffron map

'Pharma Money Is Corrupting Pediatrics Academy'

A former member of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Dr Vipin Vashishtha was ousted from the academy for highlighting the nexus between physicians and vaccine manufacturers last year. The Bijnor-based paediatrician documented the rampant corruption and system of favours in an open letter addressed to all members of the academy. In an interview with Arushi Bedi, he lays bare the nexus and talks about how he is still under fire for raising questions. Edited excerpts:

malevolent: badly drawn mama's boys

town squares have become battle zones for women. there isn’t even a language to express remorse. is there a larger social failing?

the bully in the court

lawyers in kerala have resorted to hooliganism to keep the press out of the courts.

fits and start-ups: the a+ schools

although the start-up scene remains abuzz with activity, many b-schools are setting grads on the old-school employability path.

Saffron Knights 

It was a state with a strong anti-north politics. But Karnataka now opens the doors to the south for the BJP—giving a fillip to its 2019 prospects.

Don't Blame The God Particle

Nature was self-sufficient. It contained both platitude and violence. Humans begat God as a symbol, to derive meaning, to forge identity. Not God’s fault.

Sectarian Fire Burns

Sangam-era violence was of tribal variety. Later it was between religions. Today, it’s caste riots that mostly erupt in Tamil Nadu.

Most Foul And A Father Too

A Kerala priest’s arrest for rape spills out tales about the laity being exploited in ways more than sexual.

Realty In Paradise

Demonetisation makes no dent in Kashmir as land prices keep going up.

The Centre Ups The Ante

The Hurriyat may harden its stance following its leaders’ arrests—unless they are ‘softened’ for talks.

Lone Female In The Hilly Terrain

At 18, K. Ajitha trekked Kerala forests as a Naxal. Today, she is an active feminist.

Clouds Across Matrices

It’s aimed high. But will stronger regional air connectivity actually work?

Patriotism Vs Jingoism

Gandhian nationalism, enshrined in the Constitution, is based on ideals of equality and diversity. As a new pretender, with its hate-filled credo, tries to supplant it, our duty is to put up a dogged fight.

Onion Dome Of Stained Glass

Five African sides have qualified for the World Cup. With excellent organisation and a few world-class players, can they overcome history?

This Land is Your Land

Ten lakh acres—that’s 4,000 sq km, the size of Trinidad and Tobago —are lying idle with central PSUs. How can India benefit?

Revisionism Saves The Day

Bengal’s beleaguered comrades push a changed ‘Yechury line’ down hardliners’ throats in the party congress

No Party After Erauschwitz?

#MeToo wasn't the Holocaust. Nor were the accusing women killijoy feminazis. Male entitlement speaks out of fear - of loss of pervasive, silent privileage.

Bloodbath On Dalal Street

US developments hit Indian markets, with the return of capital gains tax adding to negative sentiments

A Sunny Electric Dream

As technologies to tap the sun and store its energy become more efficient, we are already on our way to an ­incredibly ­energy-affluent world. And chances are we might arrive there before ­development driven by fossil fuels brings on a ­c­limate-change apocalypse.

Storing The Change

Cheaper and better batteries are set to revolutionise the concept of energy storage. Here is the tech spark that triggered the illuminating possibility of clean energy.

Noida To Islamabad

Is Pak readying to make the next IT boom story? India has lost 125 jobs already.

The Zest Of Both Worlds

At home with commercial slapsticks as much as with ­nuanced indies, Sanjai Mishra is a heart stealer

A Legal Game In J&K

Lawyers in J&K are divided over the SC order on forming the J&K Bar Council.

Sunset In The East

As the ruins of its lost bastion in Tripura are inspected, CPI(M) mandarins prepare to decide on an alliance with the Congress

The Troll Destroys The Other

Birthing the modern mob­, the new bully boys on Internet Street­, ‘digital democracy’ sees the political lose out for lack of fresh ideas. Discourse is left to die.

Aditya Chopra: Fall Of The DDLJ Man

Aditya Chopra conceived Befikre as a modern antithesis to DDLJ. But it has been a modern disaster.

Tech Graduates In India Have Zero Hands-on Experience

For the past seven years, Dr Vinay Viswa­nathan has been plugged into India’s engineering education system trying to fill a gap in hands-on learning through his firm JED-I Technologies. It’s far from a promising situation, reckons the co-inventor of the Simputer—the hand-held, multilingual computer which preceded India’s telecom boom and which, even after 15 years, still remains one of the few examples of a novel product that came out of Indian academia. Vinay, a former computer science professsor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), tells Ajay Sukumaran that one of the main problems is that students are typically burnt out by the time they reach an engineering course. Edited excerpts: