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"They have cheated the people." | Omar Abdullah

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- In this episode of Speakeasy with Amit Baruah, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks about governing a Union Territory (UT), the delay in restoring statehood, Art... Read More


Who is a 'dimagi naxal'?

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- On the eve of my taking the civil services exam in London in October 1962, the Chinese came down from Thagla Ridge and routed the Indians under Brig. Dalvi at the Dhola Post on t... Read More


How Do Health Expenses Continue to Shape Economic Inequality in India?

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- For many Indian households, falling sick is not only a health concern but also a financial issue. A hospital visit can bring costs for treatment, medicines, tests and travel, whi... Read More


What hope for Germany?

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Neuhardenberg, a municipality located in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, is by all accounts a gem of a place to visit. Situated at the heart of the former kingdom of Pruss... Read More


The scary cost of SIR | Sagrika Rajora

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- In this episode of Frontline Conversations, Sagrika Rajora of Voters' Adhikar Manch discusses the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi and the lar... Read More


Mouna Ragam: A political allegory of India's turn to neoliberalism

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- "The very principle of democracy is founded on the possibility of making alternative choices. There is no longer a need for democracy, since ideology made the idea that 'there is... Read More


Would Kosambi survive today? | Ram Ramaswamy

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- The life and work of D.D. Kosambi offer a rare example o,f scholarship that crossed the boundaries of mathematics, history, Sanskrit, numismatics, science and politics. In this e... Read More


The Girish A.D. way

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Malayalam cinema has always liked the ordinary man. A medical representative. A son trying to hold a joint family together. A Gulf-returned man with big plans. An earnest schoolt... Read More


Far from the madding fields

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- In some ways, Jiyalal, once a farmer dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, is a much-relieved man. Hailing from Mahua village in Uttar Pradesh, he has left his fields behind ... Read More


The history and geography of grief in Nepal

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- I had been coming to Kathmandu for the better part of a decade before I saw Gai Jatra, and I saw it for the first time in the week the Bhote Koshi came down. It is difficult to ... Read More