Among the Brahmins
It is the tension between cultural memory and current political anxieties about change that gives this riverside saga by Aatish Taseer the kind of literary urgency we hardly see in the writings on…
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It’s Not Blasphemous
Extremists in Pakistan fail to see that the acquittal of Asia Bibi is not unIslamic
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The Unremembered War
World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten
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Which Way Will Behenji Go?
For now, Mayawati has decided to ditch the Congress in assembly elections for three states. But her 2019 plan is under wraps
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KM Madhusudhanan: Shadow Play
KM Madhusudhanan uses the power of contrast to paint a contemporary picture
Ballot in Bastar
Where the people’s choice swings between hope and fear. Siddharth Singh reports from what was once a notorious Maoist village in Chhattisgarh
Salon
Sharmila Sen: Being the Other
The Indian-American author Sharmila Sen presents a compelling portrait of the immigrant experience
Highlights
Sean Baker: ‘I don’t think films can be born out of computer screens’
Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is an inspiring slice-of-life tale. The American filmmaker tells Divya Unny about his unusual subjects and methods
Breathing Bad
Air quality in north India divides the rich and poor more than ever amid official apathy and public indiscretion
In Defence of Killing a Tigress
The hypocrisy of rich Indians telling the poor why they must die
Openings
A Nuclear Journey’s Tipping Point
Seen from that vantage point, INS Arihant marks only the start of what India needs for functional nuclear deterrence
The Disunited States of America
Democrats win the House but the politics of polarisation rages
The Rot in the Bureau
The crumbling of the reputations of India’s important institutions can partly be attributed to excessive political and corporate meddling
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Asifa: The Anatomy of a Hate Crime
The police chargesheet on the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu reveals horrifying details of her last five days
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Cambridge Analytica: The Foreign Hand
A proposal by the tainted Cambridge Analytica details how it can revive the Congress
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