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Was healthcare the DMK's weak point?

New Delhi, June 10 -- Large referral hospitals in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Tiruchirappalli attract patients from across south India. Their popularity reflects public trust, but it also genera... Read More


Bharathiraja (1942-2026): The complete artist

New Delhi, June 10 -- In 2011, I invited Bharathiraja to preside over the Vishnupuram Literary Award ceremony held in Coimbatore. He requested certain arrangements: accommodation in a five-star hotel,... Read More


What if the cockroach movement had a Muslim face?

New Delhi, June 10 -- When I was listening to the Supreme Court proceedings online, and the Chief Justice made his now-famous "cockroach" remark, I remember thinking the comment would draw public reac... Read More


Vajpayee and a vanishing political culture

New Delhi, June 10 -- The book devotes a separate section to the complicated association Vajpayee had with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There are photographs which hark back to the good old days in t... Read More


Act One: Promises and plot twists

New Delhi, June 10 -- One month is too short a time to assess a government elected for a term of 60 months, but it provides broad pointers on the path a government has embarked on. The new Tamilaga Ve... Read More


Failing the federation

New Delhi, June 10 -- "Give all power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all power to the few, they will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itse... Read More


The beta society

New Delhi, June 10 -- Dear reader, Sometime in the early 2000s, while I was in college, Gmail came to me wearing a small grey label that read beta. I had met the word before, in a hazy way, in the ol... Read More


In Trinamool, people are not treated like human beings: Ritabrata Banerjee

New Delhi, June 10 -- In this episode of Frontline Conversations, Ritabrata Banerjee, Leader of the Opposition, Trinamool Legislative Party, speaks about the political upheaval that has shaken West Be... Read More


Can Didi stop the Trinamool exodus?

New Delhi, June 10 -- It seemed that almost everybody was waiting for the "opportunity" to quit the party; and the opportunity came when the Trinamool lost. It is a matter of speculation whether these... Read More


Old fears return with APFRA

New Delhi, June 10 -- Some facets of the Act are particularly disturbing. It requires that every religious conversion be reported to the district authorities. Faith has always been a personal choice. ... Read More