The Business Of Power
By Shantanu Guha Ray
Though the UPA can boast of a massive popular mandate, the new Cabinet will be heavily influenced by the powerful corporate sector
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The Gab Of Hindsight By Santosh Desai
Media coverage and analysis of the election results included both — the ridiculous and the sublime
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Death On The Margins By Shoma Chaudhury
Far from the national gaze, the establishment practises a dangerous malevolence when confronted with its anti-people policies, reports SHOMA CHAUDHURY from Raipur and Dantewada. READ»
Caught In Friendly Fire
By Anil Tripathi
Amid intense drama, the Samajwadi Party got rid of its Muslim face. Is Azam Khan the latest casualty in the party’s changing gameplan
WEST BENGAL
The Firestarter Of Kalighat By Shantanu Guha Ray and Tusha Mittal
Farmers, unions, party cadres. Mamata Banerjee has hit Bengal’s Marxists where it hurts most.
Sikhism is facing an urgent and violent sectarian crisis. Why?
Agriculture The Second Sowing By Kota Neelima
Farmer suicides, loan waivers, a wheat import scam. KOTA NEELIMA analyses Sharad Pawar’s rocky first term as agriculture minister, and the road ahead READ
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Myanmar
The Show Trial Of The Century
By Joseph Zeitlyn
JOSEPH ZEITLYN tracks the dirty tricks the Burmese military pulls to keep Aung Sang Suu Kyi jailed
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Orissa Daughters Of The East By Rohini Mohan
Even as refugee families return to Kandhamal, fear keeps young women in hiding.
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Bihar A Tide In The Affairs Of Bihar By Ajit Sahi
The state’s results show how Nitish Kumar split low-caste Hindu and Muslim votes to beat Lalu Yadav at his own gameREAD
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Nano
The Nano and its Discontents By Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan
As the Tata Nano is launched to the accompaniment of thunderous acclaim across India, academics Venu Madhav Govindu and Deepak Malghan - debate the appropriateness of the Nano industrialisation READ
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Market Fraud Investor Warning
By Shantanu Guha Ray Gujarat Heavy Chemicals is under the scanner for misleading investors by pushing stock prices
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Photo Essay Hard Time Tales
By Nisha Susan
A new book tells a simple but moving story about the community and solitude of the women inmates of Tihar jail
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Dams Renuka’s Muddy Water Blues
By Manshi Asher and Prakash Bhandari
Himachal Pradesh’s Renuka dam is the newest floodgate to submerge forestland and livelihoods
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