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The First Election At JNU After The 'Sedition' Incident

The SFI-AISA alliance in JNU polls is an admission of their weakness in a Left citadel

Post URI Attack: Modi And Party Hardening The Knuckle

Post­-Uri, the prospects of Modi and party hinge on walking the talk on freedom from terror.

Chandy To The Left, Chandy...

Corruption, sleaze defined a regime that Kerala had voted out. Now another Chandy & Co keeps the headlines rolling.

Zeno's Paradox?

Making grand plans, then backing off, why is the Congress dithering still over making Rahul party boss...

'Things Will Change So Fast, It'll Be Beyond Your Imagination'

Few ministers are as enthused about a green economy as Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways, shipping and water resources.

'Delhi Pollution Can Cause Lung Cancer And Premature Death'

Tackling a heavy load of patients Dr J.C. Suri, a leading pulmonologist, says that high levels of air pollution can also result in underdeveloped lungs in children and even the possibility of lung cancer.

Porn Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Video clips are mere breach of privacy. If there is any taboo that must shake the nation’s consciousness awake, it’s the violence on the marginalised.

The Sea Where the Sun Rises

How Japan Plans to Keep its Seas Open and Free , With more than just American Help.

The Great Mobile Internet Ripoff!

As India prefers mobile internet over fixed-line, a heavy rush of users cram-packs the digital highway, making slow and erratic the online norm.

Chaos In Bengal

Though ringed with swathes of hope, communalism is slow poisoning Bengal, as politicians fight over the spoils of hatred

Father, Son And Holy Bike

The SP emerges in one piece from the ‘family feud’, with some deft manoeuvring by Mulayam.

The Sins Of Our Fathers

Sex crimes come with a tinge of holy terror when clergymen prey on the laity. An institutional response can’t be different from a Christian one. Why then does India’s Catholic Church not walk its pious talk?

From Amir Khusrau To Filthy Abuse

India these days is ­being ­identified with ­Hinduism. Our history tells us why patriots must stand against this.

Don't Foist Fear Onto Nationalism

Being anti-Hindu is secularism, support to terrorists is human rights, insulting national culture is freedom of expression. Only, love for the Mother is debatable!

Rockbed Of Cultural Renascence

Patriotism is the vitality of a nation and Indians abundantly love their country. Arguments that it can lead to friction are absurd. We can’t live in just the present.

In Lieu of Courting Justice

How Muzaffarnagar is trying to heal the wounds of the 2013 riots and move on

We Need A 'New Deal' To Come Out Of Jobless Growth

Elected general secretary of the CPI(M) last year, Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury, 63, has had a patchy record—an expected electoral win in Kerala was partly eclipsed by a drubbing in West Bengal, where he is said to have willy-nilly gone along with the state unit’s insistence on an “arrangement” with the Congress, against the party’s much-ballyhooed ‘Vizag line’. In a freewheeling interview with Bula Devi, Yechury denies suggestions that the Left is on the decline, demands a ban on futures trading to control prices of essential commodities and claims that only seven per cent of workers today are unionised —the biggest challenge for the Left. Excerpts:

The Third Gender, Free To Fly

A recoiling society banishes transgenders to the wretched margins. As a bill in Parliament pledges protection, these Indians glimpse freedom.

His Fight To Finish

In his gritty tussle with BCCI, Verma had a little help from friends

Sinositis Relapse?

How are South China Sea and Balochistan connected? Via the dragon ofcourse.

Sacredness is a Place

At Mother House, the devout still feel an indefinable presence.

To Swim In Reason

Bikini or burkini... It's a choice best left to the woman.

Different Approaches To A Table

Indian ‘hardliners’ feel confident in reaching out. But Pakistani lines of communication ossify into suspicion.

In the Mood for a Desi Robin Hood

Modi’s demonetisation gambit has paid off and opened the door to bolder reforms.

At The Mainland's Stolid Defence

Cruelly barred from joining cricket’s mainstream for long, Northeastern states have decided on a final fling of the ball

'The Uttarakhand Mafia Has Gone Into Hiding'

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has inherited huge challen­ges—corruption, exodus from border villa­ges, under-development and more. In an interview with Bula Devi, he spells out the measures he has taken to overcome these challenges and put the state on the road to progress. Excerpts:

The Tamil Gag Raj

A cartoonist’s recent arrest is no exception, leaders in Tamil Nadu have always pounded the press.

The Munsif's Mother Tongue

Reform of the lower judiciary is imperative, but a national service will run roughshod over the federal principle, social justice and linguistic rights.

Super Toil Across Years Begets Power

India, still a ‘balancing power’, is central to Trump’s NSS. To reap its benefits, we need long work on core interests.

Nationalism Made In USA

Defence cooperation is part of India’s increasing subordination to US geostrategy