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Squandered Chances
The ruling parties’ defeat in local polls has dealt a blow to Sri Lanka’s hard-won democratising process
The Lede
Fine-Tuned India’s exclusive circles of competitive whistling / Music
An Awkward Silence
Massive layoffs at newspapers expose professional conditions that undermine the public sphere / Media
Mind Game
An unusual sport’s rapid growth in India / Sport
Silver Lining
How Peru’s poorest are solving their water woes / Politics
High Horses
Polo and patriotism in northern Pakistan / Sport
Stolen Turf
The BJP has usurped part of Kanshi Ram’s dream / Politics
Unhappy Anniversary
Taking stock after half a century of Dravidian rule in Tamil Nadu / Politics
Water and Fire
Mamata Banerjee’s simmering confrontation with the BJP / Politics
The Diminishing Middle
How Modi is restructuring the BJP / Politics
Drawing The Line
Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill united northeastern India in protest / Communities
No Direction Home
How the world’s largest democracy treats the world’s most persecuted minority.
Leaves Of Grass
Uruguay’s experiment with legalising cannabis / Communities
Dream Sequence
Image-making with the visually impaired.
Bitter Ashes
The exploitative practices of the agarbatti industry/Labour
Persecution Complex
India’s radical meninists come out of the closet / Gender and Sexuality
Spoonful Of Sugar
Why India’s push for alt-med in the public health system is ill-advised / Science
City Plights
Indian states’ tight leash on urban governance / Government
Digging Deep
Recent excavations raise questions about Mizoram’s history / Communities
Perspectives - Under Illusion
How caste trumped class in the state elections / Politics
The Lede - Disc World
Chennai’s Ultimate Frisbee players navigate one of India’s only mixed-gender sports / Sport
Culture Of Fear
A wave of targeted attacks isolates Quetta’s Hazara community / Conflict.
The Image Makers
How ANI reports the government’s version of truth.
Federalism And Its Discontents
The doctrine of states’ rights in India
In Perfect Harmony
A new instrument brings together the music of the East and West / Arts
Pyrrhic Victory
The Awami League’s landslide win camouflages rising discontent in Bangladesh / Politics
Doctor Horror
The man at the centre of India’s most notorious kidney-transplant racket
Data Plans
How government decisions are helping Reliance Jio monopolise the telecom sector
The Summit Of Spin
Why progress in Indo-China relations under Modi is an illusion
States Of The Union
The pitfalls of India’s fiscal-federalism project