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On The Line Between Hero And Fall Guy
As Modi’s consigliere, Amit Shah bears the wounds of Delhi, Bihar. More failure would be disaster. Critics inside are keeping the score.
'Right To Divorce' For Muslim Women In Kashimir
Fed up with troubled marriages, women in Kashmir are seeking divorce and getting it—from regular and Sharia courts
JNU Controversy: In The End It Was Raining Slogan On Main Street
The Sangh parivar pushes the battle for control over a ‘leftist’ JNU by invoking the oldest trick—patriotism.
Sanjay Dutt: A Life Unshackled From Past Mistakes
Jail term done, Sanjay Dutt can lead a life unshackled from past mistakes.
Fracture Un-Nursed
A post-merger revolt in AIADMK reduces the EPS government to a minority
The Art Of Speaking
Media and democracy—the themes recurred at the Vinod Mehta Memorial Lecture and Outlook SpeakOut Awards
A Latter-Day Torch To Be Borne With Care
In this inaugural Vinod Mehta Memorial Lecture, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll talks about the origins, uses, abuses, trials and triumphs of free, fair and investigative modern journalism as the world knows it
'It's Not Worth Having Whistle Blowers In India Today'
For many millennials, turning 30 is often a reminder to look back and assess the life goals one sought and achieved, failed to or is still striving for.
From Pebbles To Bullet
Turmoil is back in Kashmir’s apple countryside after a long
Mirror, Mirror, Who's Worse?
BJP’s strategies for capturing Bengal—development and communalism—are in Mamata’s playbook too.
The Congress Hopes Against Hope On A Candidate For President.
The Congress hopes against hope for the entire Opposition to agree on a candidate for president.
Court Of The Absurd
In mythology, the Sun God’s son is a tragic hero. But Justice Karnan, the first HC judge to be awarded jail term for contempt of court, has set a sad precedent.
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.
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.
US and India Ties Are Circled By Red Flags
US and India renew pledges on defence pact and terror, but ties are circled by red flags
The Free Fall
It’s a hard time for the real estate sector with falling prices and stagnant sales. But, while investors are wary, home-buyers may soon have a reason to smile.