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'It is often lonely to be an outsider': Kuzhali Manickavel

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- A haunted school. A magical book. An evil teacher who is not what he seems. And three plucky girls who bond despite their differences. Kuzhali Manickavel's debut novel, A Compend... और पढ़ें


The Election Commission's decade of declining credibility

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) predates the Indian republic by a day: it was formed on January 25, 1950. In the decades that followed, it went on to build a formidable re... और पढ़ें


The unmaking of the Indian citizen

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- On the afternoon of May 25, 2024, beneath the blazing Delhi sun, I joined the long queue at my polling booth to cast my vote in India's 18th general election. We were a diverse g... और पढ़ें


Tracing the fall

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- The ongoing protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the conduct of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar have called into question ... और पढ़ें


Wanted: Complete overhaul

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- One should be worried about the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the country's electoral rolls not merely for its potential to benefit the ruling alliance and harm riv... और पढ़ें


Inflation in India: A pricey background reader

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- India's retail inflation rose to 5.54 per cent in September 2026, with food inflation climbing to 7.74 per cent. Wholesale inflation surged to 11.39 per cent, driven partly by ri... और पढ़ें


Exhibit A: Politics

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Dear Reader, For the past couple of days, social media has been in an uproar over the removal of Raihan Rajiv Vadra's photographs of the July Gen Z protest from an exhibition at... और पढ़ें


When evil learns the language of democracy

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Cruelty no longer feels obliged to conceal itself. One of the most unsettling features of our contemporary political life is that cruelty frequently arrives dressed in the langua... और पढ़ें


Police must be free from politics: Meeran Chadha Borwankar

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The police crackdown on protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has drawn criticism over the use of force against protesters, the detentio... और पढ़ें


Disparately luminous

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The premise of this rather eccentric novel is based on an experiment conducted by Charles Goetzinger in his classes at Oregon State University in the late 1960s, where the profes... और पढ़ें