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Sunny side up, unevenly shared

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Launched in 2019, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) was meant to connect the energy transition to agricultural livelihoods. Farmers can re... Read More


Indian democracy @ 80: A dossier for the concerned

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- At its best, democracy means being able to speak freely, live with difference, protest without fear and choose your government through credible elections. At the very least, it m... Read More


Azadi update

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Dear reader, "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls... Read More


Frontline contributor Pankaj Sekhsaria wins Prem Bhatia award

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Pankaj Sekhsaria has won the Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism 2026 for his sustained reporting on the ecological and social costs of the Great Nicobar... Read More


Guru Ravidass, the Ad Dharm movement, and the 2027 Punjab Assembly election

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Ravidassia are followers of Sant Shiromani Ravidass, the 15th-16th century saint-poet and philosopher of the north Indian Bhakti movement, whom they consider their guru and r... Read More


The State is watching: Apar Gupta

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- In this episode of Frontline Conversations, Apar Gupta, lawyer, digital rights activist and founder-director of the Internet Freedom Foundation, discusses the recent GenZ protest... Read More


A script in search of a language's future

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India is home to hundreds of languages and tens of thousands of dialects but recognises only 22 as official, listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The Codava Nationa... Read More


The twitching of the veil

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- As a journalist, I've travelled around the world, written about places and people. But there are always some experiences that stay in the margins, never making it to the final co... Read More


Uncounted lives

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The inadequacies of India's healthcare system are an oft-repeated refrain in civil society and policy advocacy circles and are quite familiar to those engaged with providing heal... Read More


Beyond the factory floor

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Today, industrial policy is widely regarded as an indispensable tool as governments navigate protectionist and strategic trade policies, rapid technological shifts, and geopoliti... Read More