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Basit’s Quiet K-Diplomacy

Post-unrest, the Kashmiri ‘mainstream’ is courting Pakistan to recover lost ground.

On Home Turf, A Party That Can't Afford to Lose

With an eye on 2019 and Modi again as ­mascot, the BJP’s readying to do all it takes to keep Gujarat.

Taking It Beyond Wazwaan

To the PDP, the ex-IB chief’s appointment as interlocutor is a chance to reconnect with the people. But the mainstream opposition and the separatists are not enthused.

Talking About, Talking With Kashmir

Now that convulsions on Kashmir’s streets have subsided, the Centre makes a careful bid for talks, appointing Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor. Too late in the day, say detractors; from a position of strength, says the government. But for talks to bear fruit, all stakeholders have to be engaged, backed by flexibility from Delhi.

Cascading Misery

The domino-like latecomer effects of demonetisation, from farm to dinner table

Minority Position

Siddaramaiah has survived the threat of a rift in his cabinet by recognising the Lingayats as a religious minority. But this may not be the end of his troubles.

Digital Falsities To Prime Likes

Cambridge Analytica caused quite a kerfuffle when it was outed by whistleblowers on its questionable tactic of snagging 50 million profiles from FB

Raga Darbari On High Notes

The stage is clearly set for a no-holds-barred faceoff. There is little room for doubt now on whether Rahul would lead his party into the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Sister's Need For Unity

As the BJP targets Bengal, Mamata looks at the Left, which has eyes only for the Congress. She’s a leading mover behind talks for an inchoate ‘federal front’.

Square Leg Umpire's Sixer

After clipping wings of BCCI supremos, an irate Vinod Rai threatens to hold elections without recalcitrant affiliates

A Bitter Harvest

Multiple agitations show all’s not well with the ‘rich’ state of Maharashtra.

Scholar, SUI Generis 

The mercurial devourer of knowledge—and giver of care and affection—in youth has crafted his own, unique path. Ram Guha is a category- efying scholar who takes on bhakts and mullahs.

That Chink In The Wall

No point delivering liberal homilies to a hierarchical society. But Guha has discarded the questions of power.

Editing A Writing Machine

The academic can complicate what seems simple even while simplifying the seemingly complex —that’s what made Ram Guha a pioneer of sorts as a writer of history.

The RG Who Wrote Off Rahul Gandhi

Biographer, chronicler, equal-opportunity critic and sincere friend are but a few of Ram Guha’s avatars.

The Bat And Beetle Flew

Guha liberated Indian cricket writing from its pedantic rut. He visits the game with empathy, amid its socio-cultural moorings.

Dynasty Under Watch

After Nawaz, PML-N has to walk a tightrope—hold on to power and keep the army quiet

Rightward Is The Glance

A tainted AIADMK could be the new NDA ally, provided the party’s warring factions merge first.

For Bharat, A Free 4G Buffet

After the Jio SIM changed India’s smartphone world, the Jio Phone is here to transform and rule over rural telecom

Right Tied In Tangles

It’s not whether there’s such a thing as privacy, but its limits are what Supreme Court is set to spell out

Great Speakers None

Left titans from Bengal once lit up Parliament. Now, the Left can have no new elders.

In The Continuous Battlefield

The first Dalit novel in Oriya is also a clash of generational views— education and radical action as an armature and counter to prejudice

Ideals Know No Boundary

Any business has a direct effect on the social condition. In a society such as ours, where the divide between the rich and the poor is gigantic, it becomes the responsibility of entrepreneurs to act ethically and give back in some way.

The Cow Protector's Justice

A brutal public beating of Dalits by gau rakshaks in Una sets off protests across Gujarat - the BJP feels the heat

Pokemonia! Pokemon Go Takes A Children's Game Outdoors

By combining cuteness, nostalgia and Augmented Reality, Pokémon GO has taken over the world.

Path Yet To Take A Turn

Reactions to the Kannada editor’s killing continue to be loud. The investigations have made no headway.

Into The Vale Ride Three Players

Supporting Pakistan-based groups in Kashmir reeks of old policy, but can’t be fully abandoned too. Lone wolf attempts at peace also won’t work.

Kingdom Of Crooked Mirrors

Like the fabrication behind ‘Pakistan Defence Day’, Bajwa’s solemn jeremiad about their good intentions is a bare-faced lie. Only a strategic shift can correct it.

'The Tech's There, Not The Political Will'

Magsaysay award winner Bezwada ­Wilson has been at the forefront of a spirited campaign for many years, working relentlessly for the total eradication of manual scavenging in the country. In conversation with Giridhar Jha after the recent landfill tragedy at Ghazipur in Delhi, the 51-year-old crusader talks about the civic scenario, death of sanitary workers, the prime minister’s pet Swachh Bharat campaign and the reasons why we, as a nation, have failed to deal with sanitation in a scientific manner.

A Universal Net To Hold All Workers

A dramatic draft moots a single social security system for all workers, formal and informal. Sceptics fume.