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A lower low

A lower low

The CBI has a history of politicisation. But things have never been this bad

By: Ritu Sarin How many lows can a reporter with a long-ish career in journalism map of a single government agency, which she has tracked for almost two decades? In the case of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), there have been lows and lows, with brief interludes of relative quiet thanks to court intervention […]

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India’s abject failure on manual scavenging

India’s abject failure on manual scavenging

Despite being prohibited the practice remains widespread and unmodernised, and violators are not punished

By: Partha Pratim Mitra The death of five sanitation workers in Delhi is a grim reminder of the hostile conditions that confront manual scavenging in India. Manual scavenging has been prohibited by law. Yet, it remains unchecked. There is also a distinct lack of effort to make this objectionable occupation safe and dignified. This is […]

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Kashmir polls: The new realities

Kashmir polls: The new realities

By: KHALID SHAH The recent Urban Local Body (ULB) polls in Jammu and Kashmir have manifested two diametrically opposite realities of the State. One, the enthusiasm for democracy and elections is at an all-time high in Jammu and Ladakh regions. Two, the people of Kashmir valley have shown low confidence in the election process. Leh […]

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Policy paralysis

Policy paralysis

Government seems blind to the crisis in agriculture, slowdown in industry

By: Yoginder K. Alagh This column hates to say we said so. Prices are not falling but the farmer is getting a rough deal. Industrial output and GDP growth is not picking up. It all comes out on the business page but the usual admonition that the economy will pick up is repeated by the […]

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The law will not hold

The law will not hold

Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) is susceptible to heavy police misuse. It must be repealed.

By: Kunal Ambasta The Bhima Koregaon investigation, arrests of activists across the country and the subsequent writ petition in the Supreme Court have brought to attention the manner in which the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), is invoked by the police. While a conversation on UAPA’s use in this specific case is […]

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Declassified Files Record Nehru’s “Warmth and Respect” For Bose

Declassified Files Record Nehru’s “Warmth and Respect” For Bose

Secular patriotism and economic planning were chief among Netaji’s contributions

By: S.N. SAHU Netaji manifested in an exemplary manner a burning passion for India’s independence, by mobilising Indians of all faiths and uniting them to shed blood in the cause of our country’s freedom. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Azad Hind Government by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in […]

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A Moment Of Rupture

A Moment Of Rupture

Women are speaking and they are angry. There’s a new language of dissent.

By: Paromita Chakrabarti In the weeks since the #MeToo survivor accounts surfaced on social media calling out men in powerful positions in the media and the entertainment industry for their sexual misconduct and breach of trust, most conversations with friends and female colleagues have been about how triggering the accounts of these incidents have been […]

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Lip service to labour rights

Lip service to labour rights

The exodus of migrant labour from Gujarat highlights the indifference of States to their well being and rights

By: Indira Hirway Gujarat is one of the top States in India that receive migrant workers, largely temporary and seasonal, on a large scale. In Gujarat, they work in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs in a wide range of activities such as in agriculture, brick kilns and construction work, salt pans and domestic work, petty services […]

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INDO-PAK FOREIGN MINISTERS AT THE 73RD SESSION OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INDO-PAK FOREIGN MINISTERS AT THE 73RD SESSION OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

By: Mushtaq Hurra Every year, world leaders assemble at New York and make speeches in the UN general assembly to highlight the issues and problems their respective countries are confronted with. Apart from national issues, different world leaders including those who have been monopolizing United Nations organization, pledge to resolve the different issues of international […]

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Emperor’s New Clothes

(This week we are simply reproducing an old European tale. The reason being that it seems very relevant today when an ordinary Kashmiri is flooded by the boastful assertions that claim a lot but mean precious little. They say less said the best: We leave it open for the readers to draw their inferences)

Many years ago there lived an emperor who loved beautiful new clothes so much that he spent all his money on being finely dressed. His only interest was in going to the theater or in riding about in his carriage where he could show off his new clothes. He had a different costume for every […]

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