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A People's Final Draft
Who is a citizen? Assam will unveil its verdict on June 30.
Click G For Media Monopoly
With many teeth in the information dissemination pie, Google has popped up as the new Big Media—without really creating any ‘content’
Bloody Scrum, Glorious Victory
In an age of a secular system of mercenary soldiery, Koregaon was an inconclusive clash. Heroism was read into it first by the British, then by Ambedkar.
Black Stash Of Secret Money
Money laundering haunts governments as they struggle to adapt to crypto-currencies
Two Heroes, Twin Roles
Kamalahaasan launches his party, Rajnikanth another movie
The Blues Beckon
Their parents played cricket for India. Years later, their sons and daughters take guard and aim to break into the elitest of XIs.
Survival Lessons From Grassroots
Post-results drama brings former PM Deve Gowda back into national reckoning ahead of the 2019 polls
Unity's Field Test
The battle against BJP brings Jats, Dalits and Muslims together in western UP
Malhar For Nerves
An immersion into classical music helps a vocalist face up to the most obdurate of modern maladies
Scalpels In Air And Other Long Stays
A cashless healthcare scheme for the poor in Rajasthan is unconscionably milked by private hospitals
Guzzle Grain, Go Hungry
The move to let damaged crops be used for fossil fuel production may hurt food availability, price
The Elephant In The Alley
As man-animal conflict worsens across states, a trip to ground zero: Dhenkanal in Odisha
‘Nobody In Rome Will Mind A Videshi Translating Aeneid'
Sheldon Pollock, one of the world’s most eminent Sanskritists and founder-editor, Murty Classical Library, was in the eye of a storm a few seasons ago. In India for a talk at Ashoka University, he reprises the themes in an interview with Sunil Menon.
‘Sikh Extremists In Canada, The UK And Italy Are Working With ISI Or Independently'
‘Sikh Extremists In Canada, The UK And Italy Are ­Working With ISI Or Independently’
Big Brother And A Little Black Goat
Perumal Murugan re-enters the world of letters with a novel that depicts an outlier's struggle to ­live and love in a society where privacy is history
A Yogi for New India!
The secret of Yogi Adityanath’s success could well be his appeal across castes.
Ratan Naval Tata
A bachelor known for his low-profile lifestyle, Ratan Tata’s coup against his successor last year showed he’s still the boss.
How The Boots Face The Sun
The PLA marches to the party’s tune. Under Xi, they have their toughest conductor till date.
Strange Fruit On Tamarind Trees
K.G. Satyamurthy, author Sujatha Gidla's uncle, was a young rebel in the '46-51 Telangana uprising. In this excerpt, Satya plunges right into the struggle.
Split Between A Cross And A Jab
Vijender corners pro-boxing glamour in India, as a fractured field prepares for a surge in interest
Great Wall Around A Lotus Blossom
The India­Japan summit is ripe with possibilities, but China casts an unblinking eye on proceedings.
The Dharma of Instant Karma
Never confined to ‘disturbed areas’ alone, excesses are becoming increasingly normal in every sphere of policing.
Boys Don't Want To Be Gentlemen
Hockey stutters; cricket reigns still. Spurred by foreign action on TV and domestic leagues, football is conquering India’s young.
How to Composean Ethical Fugue
Technology is not in itself a disruption, but a partner in jugalbandi with the ‘old’. But we must hearken to music’s politics as much as to its aesthetics.
The Last Lap Of A Slow Ascension
Rahul would be taking over as Congress chief. But the question remains the same: when?
This MP Just Had A Bad Air Day!
How Osmanabad’s Shiv Sena MP benefits from the controversies surrounding him.
Colonial Coat Tails In Feudal Fabric
Thoroughly liveried, the judge comes across as a maharaja. A time-warp cloaks Indian judiciary’s etiquette.
Rani & Rogues
The contrast between the way the police dealt with protests by Dalits in UP’s Saharanpur and Rajputs in Rajasthan is part of a pattern of selective aggression and selective silence that goes deep and wide.
What's To Be Done With Our Cops?
With the world’s largest force, India is not short of police personnel. Free them from provincial satraps, and much of our policing troubles will end.
The Slow Aarohan Of A Morning Raga
Finally, Rahul Gandhi’s anointment as Congress chief is imminent. Sights set on 2019, his task is to enliven the party.