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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

No Bud Amid Two Leaves

A year after Jayalalitha’s death, Tamil Nadu continues to be in a state of political flux

Pride In Prattle

A blunder or a cynical attempt to recast Rahul Gandhi as a Brahmin, it has only revealed the Congress’s casteist underbelly

A Perfect Storm Of A Pathy

Cyclone Ockhi: 29 Kerala fishermen dead and 130 still missing. An indifferent bureaucracy bears the blame.

Two Poles And A Green Drape

Religion or ethnicity? The Kashmiris’ response to Babri tells what drives their unrest.

Romancing Amid Rubble Rousers

Love stories set against communal histories have always run into trouble

The Farmers' Bull Market

After two slow years, rural markets are seeing a resurgence in demand that leaves the urban economy in the dust

Jerusalem: The Judeo-Christian Project

The ancient stones of Jerusalem have seen flux for 3,500 years, in tandem with shifting ties amongst Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Trump’s loud call is just another turn.

Dark Web Nightmares

Weak in attack and defence, India walks blind down an unseen war.

Coaching In A Package

Modern cricket’s rigours spawn customised coaching, with exclusive focus on individuals

Looking Till The End Of The Line

New engineering colleges and NEET face trying times in this crucial year for students

'Hindustan Zinc Mining Academy' To Train Youths In Mining Operations

The Company to invest Rs. 30 crore in next 5 years to train 500 youths in Jumbo Drill and Winding Engine Operations

Cow Soldiers Ride Buff Bazaar

New anti-slaughter rules choke cattle markets, make farmers desperate

The Reluctant Prezmakers

Little hope of winning makes finding a presidential candidate a tough task for an unenthused Opposition

Canoe In Sea Of Opportunities

Illnesses may have turned him into a figurehead, but the nonagenarian M. Karunanidhi has made sure the DMK can’t be imagined without him

A Thousand Year Rattle

India-Pakistan war-talk is now done by the armies, backed by a jingoistic media

Exeunt For The Next Act

Whether it’s for soul searching, re-strategising or just political impulse, Mayawati’s Rajya Sabha exit raises speculation.

Pawn Mapping

The Gauri Lankesh murder probe points to more sinister plots

Finding The Challenger

The battle for 2019 is pregnant with possibilities. But who will be Modi’s principal opponent is no less intriguing.

Inner Peace Vital

India’s long-standing tradition of ahimsa must continue forever. Otherwise the 21st century can turn out to be bloodier than any.

'With No Moral Code, There Will Be Total Chaos'

Can religion and God be blamed for the violence that has become rampant in different parts of the world? Diplomat, scholar and former Vice-­­President Hamid Ansari takes on a variety of inter-related questions...

'The Lord Does Not Exist'

The angry Brahminical god has tried to dominate the aboriginal, ambiguous deities. Then came the poet-saints, who transformed worship into an act of deep, silent personal love.

The Warlike Bodhisattvas

Indian religions were all practically ambivalent vis-a-vis violence. Persecution existed, but widely spread state patronage kept bloodshed to a minimum.