Lessons from India's largest experiment with chemical-free farming; the racism of Francis Xavier and his role in Goa's Inquisition; the vanishing camel-herders of Rajasthan; and more in our January 2015 issue.

How prevalent is caste in college campuses in India? How difficult it for Dalit students to get an equal education? How does the system fail them? These are questions find an answer in our cover story "Caste in campus". Also in the issue: An essay that examines the power of irrational belief over truth, and an interview with a researcher studying the impact of concrete becoming the preferred medium of construction in India.

The new year's cover story looks into how the past decade played out in the lives of people from diverse professions, how the personal and the political intersected and more. Also in the issue: essays on the history of citizenship laws and debates in India; the portrayal of male grief in Hindi cinema; a photo story on malnutrition among India's children and more. 

On the cover: How tribal women from Gujarat are branded as witches and ostracized especially when they assert their property rights. Also in the issue:  A portrait of the colourful cast of characters that have made the temple town of Tiruvannamalai; an essay on the failures of the Modi foreign policy which is high on optics and short on results; a photo story on the Marwari mansions of Rajasthan. Don't miss the in-depth interview with the Carnatic singer Aruna Sairam.

The cover story on the looming threat to India's freshwater fish from the ornamental varieties bred for aquariums; a man's quest for justice for a dog; the photo story on eastern Java's Tengger Indians; the interview with a professor who says it is inevitable for democracy to give way to right wing populism; and more in this issue.

On the cover: The life of children inside India's prisons ("Prisoners of the state"), and the onerous task of parenting that women prisoners perform. Also in the issue: Essays on Indian AI policy and how a en education initiative in Rajasthan has borne fruit. Don't miss the photo story on the last  remaining headhunters of the Wancho tribe in Arunachal Pradesh.

How is China going about becoming the world's pre-eminent superpower? Armed with huge forex reserves and riding on the back of decades of industrialization, China is poised for global political  dominance. Our cover essay looks into the carefully plotted path of Chinese superpowerdom.  Also in the issue: The feminist woman in the recent Tamil films made my male directors, a photo story on three teachers and their schools in rural interview, and an interview with  Malayalam author Sara Joseph on her rich body of work.

The jockey, the man on horse in a sport that has millions riding on it, lives a punishing life with a lot of risk and little reward. Our cover story this month, "The man on the horse", is a close look into the world of jockeys in India.  Malayalam literature and how it has reflected the migration of people from Kerala over the last 100 years, is the subject of in-depth essay in this issue. Don't miss the interview with award-winning independent filmmaker Gurvinder Singh, and the photo story on India's dying artisanal professions.

Our cover story, "Writings on rock" takes a deep dive into the mysteries of petroglyphs in Maharasthra's Konkan region, one of the most exciting prehistorical finds in recent times.  The other report this month looks into the rising AC sales in India and the climate risk they entail. Essays include one of questioning our West-centric view of the world, and the other is on the life and works of playwright and actor Girish Karnad, who passed away last month. Don't miss the photo story on the beautiful landscapes of China's Dongchuan district. 

Read our cover story, a photographic journey retracing  Mohandas Gandhi's steps across the world--the places  that made the man and how they stand today. Also, in the issue: reportage from Mecca, and what the changing colours of the abaya means for Saudi Arabia and and the Islamic world. Don't miss the interview with Vasant Shinde, one of India's lead archaeologists, whose work at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi, holds clue to the origins of Indians.

A special issue on the general election,  stories from  across the country with the focus more on the voter and less on the politician.

Read our cover story on finding a family for the starry dwarf frog, the latest new species to discovered in the Western Ghats. Also in the issue: The implications of the Balakot strike, the changing tide in fortunes at Elephanta Island, and an interview with Raghavendra Gadagkar, a biologist who has been studying the society of the paper wasp for four decades.

The rise of TikTok and ByteDance, its popularity in India and the changing nature of celebrity--our cover story explores the fats expanding footprints of social media's latest hit. Also in the issue:  An essay on America's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a report  the tensions between the RSS and Hindu ascetic orders and a surreal photo essay from Thailand.

Our cover story looks into the Bujang Valley archaeological site in northern Malaysia, an exciting ongoing dig that provides new clues of ancient civilisational links between India and Southeast Asia. Also in the issue, a report on the formative influences in the politics of young people; an essay on remembering genocides, and more. Don't miss the photo story on the Nihangs, Sikhism warrior order. 

Why is the Indian farmer angry? Our cover story, a photo documentary with portraits of farmers from across the country, has some answers. Read also the feature on South Korea's beauty industry and its global takeover at a time when more and more women in the country want to escape from the tyranny of the Korean skin care regime. Don't miss our interview with veteran filmmaker M. S Sathyu.

On the cover, an investigation into the Indian government's Mudra scheme: how it has failed to create jobs and is stressing the banking system with bad loans. Also in the issue: An essay on the human-induced mass extinction of species, the legacy of Hindustani musician Annapura Devi, a photo essay on the carpet weavers of Kashmir and the interview with Konkani author Damodar Mauzo.

In this issue: How an exotic seaweed introduced for a livelihoods scheme threatens the ecology of  Gulf of Mannar; a photo story on the annual wrestling event by the wandering pastoralists of Kutch; an interview with writer Chandrasekar Kambar on the folklore and the Indian way; and more.

On the cover: How state road transport corporations are run to the ground. Plus essays on the NRC exercise in Assam, and how China's economic imperialism is facing roadblocks. Don't miss the photo story on the effects of coal mining in Singrauli-Sonbhadra region of eastern India. 

On the cover: How Kishan Gangolli became India's greatest chess player. Also in the issue: in-depth reports on how a claim by two Indian scientists of achieving room temperature superconductivity has divided the world of physics; and the science behind the floods in Kerala.  Don't miss the photo story on the Siddi community of India.

Read the cover story "Lesser sex", an extraordinary work of documentary photography that captures the everyday violence that  women in India face. Also in the issue: A report on flash floods and extreme climatic patterns in India; an essay that explores why the Indian Left never made it big; and a story on how fake news almost started a riot in Telangana. Don's miss the interview with filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli. 

India has 80 million interstate migrant labour. What happens when a workers dies thousands of miles away from home? Read the cover story, "Death of a migrant", that chronicles the life of Sanjay Pradhan, one among the millions on the move in the country, in search of ways make dreams about a modest life come true.

The story of Armaan, a child addict in Delhi, how the Great Indian Bustard is running out of time, and more.

Read our cover story on how AI will shape the world and how China and America are the leaders in the field.  Don't miss the report on the endangered lion-tailed macaques of  the Western Ghats,  a primate on the edge of extinction.  A must read: The photo story on the Ramnamis of Chhattisgarh, erstwhile untouchables who took control of their lives and claimed  Ram as their deity.

Our cover story, "How to kill an uprising" exposes how militancy is born and killed in India's Northeast, a region of many ethnic and identity wars. It shows in great detail how public money often funds these agitations, and how today's militant is tomorrow's minister.  Elsewhere in the issue: A report on heat waves and how it is a public health challenge, an essay on the politicisation of the Bhagwad Gita among others. Don't miss the photo story on the life of Northeast people in Delhi, the everyday racism and discrimination they face.

How does human attention work? What we see when we are looking? Our cover story dives deep into attention research and profiles a group of Indian scholars at the frontiers of it. Our essay, "Many lives of ISIS" says that the terrorist group is far from over, and is in fact branching out. Don't miss our myth-busting interview with Vasundhara Filliozat, the foremost historian of the Vijaynagara Empire or the Karnataka Empire as she insists it be called. 

Our cover story, "Back to the roots", on the growing tribe of new farmers of India, who are leaving cities and jobs behind for a less consumerist life. Don't miss the story on the growing wave of protests by China's middle class, and the country's brutal crackdown on those. Our photo story this month, "The shadow of birds"  is an exploration into the human psyche through familiar objects and how when devoid of their context they acquire a spooky character.

Our cover story "Sick earth", on the sharp degradation and loss of soil in India and how it puts agriculture and farmers at risk. We take a hard look at the Aarushi-Hemaraj murder case judgment that acquitted the Talwars and in the process leaves many questions unanswered. Don't miss the photo story on the changing landscape of eastern Poland, a region where EU farming subsidies are changing the pastoral way of life. We interview Raman Sukumar, India's foremost ecologist, on the elephant corridors and the changing behaviour of the animal. 

Read our cover story on how rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere result in food crops that are deficient in essential micronutrients. India with its severe malnourishment problem is especially vulnerable. Other stories include those on the changing nature of Hindustani music patronage, and a review of Sujatha Gidla's 'Ants Among Elephants' from the growing body of first-person Dalit histories. Don't miss the interview with Kiran Nagarkar, and the photo story on the salt pan workers of Kutch, among the most exploited group of workers.

Police kill the wrong man, a cover-up follows.  Read more in "A killing in Noida", this month's cover story.  Don't miss the first of a series—on all the scientific  and environmental issues that ail Indian agriculture. Also in the issue: A report from Barcelona, where Catalonia's demand for Independence exists side-by-side with tourism and consumerism; and a photo story on the lives of Muslims accused as terrorists and incarcerated for long periods before being acquitted.

Read our cover story on Yemen's unending civil war, the bloody battlefield for the Middle East's many power plays. Other stories in the issue include a powerful narrative on Kolkata's sex workers as foster mothers; an essay on the Urdu writer Naiyer Masud; and a photo story on boat-makers of West Bengal.

This month's cover is on the India's neglected and essential stone heritage. While illegal mining poses a threat, India is also missing from a global programme to classify and catalogue stone as cultural heritage. Also in the issue: Ram Manohar Lohia's ideas of India put together from his views in private letters; two painters on their journey; and the photo story on the making of the tanpura, the vital ingredient of classic music. 

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