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Bloodied Quill In The Badlands

The pen is proving to be not much of a match for the mafia’s guns, at least in Bihar.

Demonetisation: A War With No Plan

The surgery on 85 per cent of india’s cash can’t stanch the flow of common misery. even those who agree with the idea bemoan the absence of wise, steady hands.

Shero Aboard The Second Mystery

After a break of sorts, Vidya Balan is back in Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani 2.

Maoist, Destined To Live In No Man's Land

The miserably poor adivasis of Bastar are caught between two armies, that of the State and the Maoists. The latest Maoist ambush has only made lives worse for villagers.

War-Wary Uncle Sam In The Valley

US interest in resolving the Kashmir ‘issue’ thrills separatists and disturbs the Centre

We Must Try For An All-India Entrance Exam For Judges For Uniform Recruitment

Thousands of lawyers apply for each exa­mination that is notified for recruitment to the district and subordinate judiciary. The various High Courts conduct the rec­ruitment exercise without sufficient staff strength and some have described it as an ‘ad hoc’ measure because there have been issues with it. The idea of an All India Jud­icial Service has been mooted since 1946. It has been discussed by the Law Commissions of India, which have favoured its creation. Recently, maj­ority of High Courts said they want to retain control over recruitment. The idea has also been pressed by the All India Judges Asso­ciation in two petitions to the Supr­eme Court, which wasn’t opposed to it in its first verdict in 1992 (the second is yet to come). Jurist, senior advocate and former attorney general of India Soli J Sorabjee, in an interview with Ushinor Majumdar, agrees that an All India Judicial Services, with a few tweaks, can be planned and executed to tackle the problem. He seconds an idea to have an entrance exa­mination to recruit qualified lawyers as public prosecutors.

Lens Shows A Spiderweb

So bad is crime probe in India that a closer view at cases exposes the sleuths further.

Donald Trump Remark Raises Doubts About American Support For The Israel-Palestine Solution

Trump’s remarks raise the fearful spectre of a single Jewish­ Palestinian state.

Your Whisky Is Nothing But A Desi Daru!

It is a miracle worked by the Bureau of Indian Standards that turns spirit made of molasses —plain desi daru—into whisky, rum and brandy with a lot of added colour and flavour.

A Singular Yet Lesser Win

The BJP’s only hit among all misses in recent Lok Sabha bypolls came via an ex-Congress leader

A Secret Ballot At The Box Office

The success of Rajinikanth's latest film Kaala, will be vital for his political ambitions.

Slide Down An Oil Slick

A falling rupee and unstable oil prices may threaten recent robust growth, hitting trade in particular

Six Days That Created A Paradigm For Middle Earth

The Six-Day War split and recast power centres in West Asia, shaped jehadism, consigned Palestinians to a harrowing fate and deepened Israel’s self-justificatory, racist paranoia

Shooting the Brother

Shot at, jailed, assaulted, branded a deserter. All this for exposing his seniors in a theft of seized gold. After 26 years of a traumatic ordeal, the army officer has been reinstated. The full story...

In Raag Dehlavi

The Dilli gharana of Tanras and Chand Khan has a gentle prima donna.

The Jury Is Still Out

Do private schools outdo government schools? No proof exists for that.

Enter The Apple Shift

Apple orchards are taking over the paddy fields of Kashmir. There’s promise and a fear.

'My Whole Career Has Been Built Upon Rejection, But I Never Give Up'

National award-winning director Hansal Mehta talks about this happy, hectic time, the joys of film-ma­king and working with actors such as Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao.

Mundra: The Port of No Call

Neither the state govt nor the Centre, neither the UPA nor the NDA, has acted again st Adani Port's depredations.

The Suns of This Soil

“We have learned to ignore what people say,” says 10-year-old Gurnail Kaur.

Sports For Poor And Rich!

Why some sports attract champions from the poor, while others largely remain with the rich

Harappan Ships Go Up Mountains

A callous anachronism has ruled Bollywood costume and set design. Exemplars exist, but no one learns.

Cries In Twilight Hours

A sense of filial abandonment stalks and steers the life of the heroine and provides the framework for this novel set in a brutal apartheid South Africa.

This Song Is Our Song

When a media mogul attempted to hide away the song of Tamil Nadu’s Mahakavi, it sparked a movement.

Reign Again, Mahanati

A new biopic on Savitri hopes to do justice to her legacy.

Lessons, At School And In Life

A day in the life of a quiet 11-year-old state school student, who loves nothing more than drawing life in colour on paper.

Shoot Me With A Slogun

If politics is in our blood, the slogan is the pulse. Its rhythms aren’t partisan : they create a community of words.

Karti And Friends

The Congress in Tamil Nadu looks to benefit from a solid alliance, just like it did before in past polls

What Drives The Party Workers? Stories From Around India

A journey through the electoral battle at its most fascinating and vicious— where the foot soldiers fight it out

SGT University Where Aspirations Meet Reality

SGT University is a pioneer in its focus on providing industry aligned futuristic education at par with the best in the world.