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Tricks Of A Trade

Cattle traders see a nexus between cow vigilantes and animal rights organisations in Delhi, where vigilantes unleashed violence in April. In the past year, 40,000 animals seized by them were not returned to the owners, and traders believe that they were sold. 

Victims Of A Guru

Misplaced faith in the positive influence of the Dera Sacha Sauda makes a sarpanch of a village in Kurukshetra send his grown-up daughter and son to live there, but the decision proves costly.

Price Of Inequity

Protests against NEET spill on to the streets of Tamil Nadu following the suicide of a Dalit girl in the State who scored high marks in the plus Two examination but failed to get an MBBS seat.

Downturn Blues

The most recent deceleration in growth is the result of the inability of the system to sustain the artificial stimuli that the neoliberal policy environment facilitated. It is a problem that does not lend itself to easy resolution.

Students Or Migrants?

The Theresa May government refuses to change its policy on counting international students as migrants, making it tough for them to stay on legally at the end of their course, despite critics pointing to the government’s dependence on flawed data to show a rise in net migration.

Trump On the Rampage

The world is being pushed to the brink by the Donald Trump administration, which is recklessly ordering the use of missiles and other lethal weapons in the American armoury against the designated enemies of the United States. 

Reckless in White House

The U.S. strikes in Syria and Afghanistan seem to be more about Trump acquiring a “presidential” aura and legitimacy than about making the world a safer place. Another U.S. President bombs another country, at a terrible human cost elsewhere.

Different Concerns

Europe’s relationship with Russia is complex, defined by suspicion, tough talk and, to a lesser extent, trade dependency. At present Europe is unlikely to be railroaded into any conflict with the latter.

China's Burden

China Seems to Be Proposing to Serve as the Guardian of the North Korean Regime, Which Is Under Threat of Attack From the U.s. Because of Its Defiant Nuclear Tests, Provided It Denuclearises.  

Saffron strategy for Odisha

Having made significant inroads into the State during the local body elections, the BJP moves into top gear in its mission to consolidate its

Rage Against Refugees

Rage against refugees The sudden rise in hostility against the Rohingya and calls for their deportation underscore the urgent need for a refugee protection

The BJP Plays The Communal Card In Uttar Pradesh

The Bharatiya Janata Party plays the communal card in Uttar Pradesh, indicating that desperation has begun to consume the party as the Assembly election process progresses.

Tragedy And Farce

In an action-filled fortnight, the Supreme Court sends V.K. Sasikala to prison but her family takes control of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu and her Chief Minister wins a trust vote in a riotous environment. More fireworks are on the cards.

Tentacles Of Terror

The growing terrorist threat in Pakistan and Afghanistan is blamed on the Pakistani political-military establishment’s encouragement of terror groups that are amenable to its guidance and support.

Receding Hope

Donald Trump expresses support for a one-state solution, which would mean the permanent subjugation of the Palestinian people and accelerated alienation from their homeland.

Struggling For A New Status

The demand of Lingayats for a separate religious tag, delinked from the Veerashaiva Hindu faith, is shrouded in political intrigue. Even as Hindutva’s aggressive adherents find themselves in a dilemma, the Congress hopes to gain electorally from fuelling the demand.

The Chimpanzee Lady

Jane Goodall, whose pioneering work on chimpanzee behaviour gave primatology a new direction, calls for urgent measures to save the planet and its wildlife.

crucial steps

the chief minister declares all the 32 districts of tamil nadu drought affected and announces a relief package. opposition parties welcome the announcement but want transparency in spending the funds.

dry and dreary

with dams, reservoirs and other waterbodies almost dry, all the 32 districts of tamil nadu and chennai city face the prospect of a water famine.

hollow claims

the official narrative around the “encounter killing” of eight simi members in bhopal throws up more questions than answers and the state’s credibility has taken a beating because of its claims and conflicting statements. by akshay deshmane in bhopal

Indomitable Spirit

Gauri Lankesh worked tirelessly to keep her father’s legacy, “Lankesh Patrike”, alive, but she went beyond journalism and entered the realm of activism with the rise of Hindutva in Karnataka, most notably in the State’s coastal region.

Refusing To Die

Gauri Lankesh’s views will not die because they are intrinsic to freedom and humaneness. And her killers are confused because they do not know how they can kill any better.

Killing Poverty

Malnutrition-related deaths in Palghar in Maharashtra are a pointer to the lack of employment and welfare measures for tribal people to keep the wolf from the door.

The TB burden

Poverty, income inequality and undernutrition are some of the factors responsible for the high incidence of tuberculosis cases, and migration of patients poses a serious challenge to health care providers.

Kudankulam Ready for More

The foundation laying work for reactor units three and four has begun and talks for units five and six are under way. 

Taste of Her Own Medicine

Mamata Banerjee’s administration faces an agitation against land acquisition that has disturbing parallels with the Nandigram and Singur agitations which turned around her plummeting political fortunes 10 years ago.

Trump's Speech: ‘Carnage' & Resistance

President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was bleak and dominated by descriptions of “American carnage” and many of the stands remained empty. But the protests that followed the day after were animated by the spirit of resistance.

In The Name Of Andal

A reference to the Srivaishnavite poet-saint-goddess perceived as derogatory in an article by the celebrated poet-lyricist Vairamuthu published in a Tamil daily sparks protests and fundamentalist Hindutva forces exploit the issue for political gain.

Trump, Year One

The anger against Donald Trump was evident in this year’s Women’s March too, but it is unlikely to translate into votes for the Democrats in the midterm elections.

Spectacle Sans Substance

Union Budget 2018-19 turns out to be an exercise that carries forward the use of hyperbole on which the Narendra Modi regime rests. Two major welfare measures, minimum support price for farmers and health care for the poor, have been announced with fanfare but with no plan to implement them as policy.