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A Kuki woman looks at an election awareness poster put by election officials on an autorickshaw in violence-affected Churachandpur district of Manipur on April 11.
ELECTION 2024

Manipur’s divided election

Suwa Lal Jangu
CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
Interview

‘BJP is the fountainhead of corruption’: Sitaram Yechury

T.K. Rajalakshmi
BJP supporters at an election rally in Moradabad on April 12, 2024. The SP-BSP alliance that enabled S.T. Hasan to win this seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election does not exist today.
From the sidelines

Caught in a saffron storm

The BJP might win the three Muslim-dominant seats in Uttar Pradesh, but attributing it solely to Hindutva mobilisation would be a mistake.
Saba Naqvi
Saba Naqvi

Editor's Pick

Jitan Ram Manjhi with paty leader Santosh Manjhi on March 5, 2024.
WEB EXCLUSIVE

‘The SCs do not want a fill-in-the-blanks Chief Minister for Bihar’: Jitan Ram Manjhi 

The former Bihar Chief Minister says the Scheduled Caste communities want as CM someone who can resolve their long-pending problems.
Anand Mishra
Interview

‘There is a groundswell of support for the RJD’: Tejashwi Yadav

The RJD leader says this Lok Sabha election is about “reclaiming all that is good and decent in politics and governance”.
Anand Mishra
Election 2024

‘NDA is stronger in Bihar now’: Chirag Paswan

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president says his priority is to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister for the third time.
Anand Mishra
A commemorative stamp on the Election Commission of India, on the theme of inclusive elections, issued on January 25, 2024.
Philately

Elections on postage: A journey into history

Stamps have played a vital role in building election awareness in India. Now they symbolise the country’s democratic triumphalism.
Vikas Kumar

Audio Stories

Environment

Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole

Kerala’s brain drain: How student migration impacts society

Farmers’ Protest 2.0

Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude

Tribute

Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise

Spotlight

Spotlight

Medicine

How do pandemics begin?

From a chimpanzee research centre in the Congo to a laboratory in China, pandemics have tangled origin stories that science struggles to unravel.
Thomas Abraham

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Bone connection

Animals inhabited the earth long before we did, and yet we have usurped their space. This series explores our relationship with the non-human beings.
Asha Thadani,Anusua Mukherjee

Arts & Culture

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Current Issue

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat during the “Samaj Shakti Sangam” event in Ahmedabad on April 14, 2023.
Electoral Bonds — The Lede

The totalitarian project behind the electoral bonds scheme

Beyond trade-offs and extortion, the scheme goes to the very heart of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term goal of an ideological dictatorship.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,Abir Dasgupta
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When the skeletons came tumbling out after the Supreme Court demanded full disclosure in the electoral bonds scheme, it did not really surprise anyone.
Electoral Bonds

Editor’s Note: Electoral bonds, and our tumbledown democracy

The BJP exudes an almost contemptuous confidence that no revelations can derail its ultimate victory. Where does this confidence come from? 
Vaishna Roy
Electoral Bonds

‘It was not about transparency at all’: Lokesh Batra

T.K. Rajalakshmi
Electoral Bonds

Electoral bonds: Why it is a giant scam

Meghnad S
Electoral Bonds

‘There is a lot still unaccounted for’: Jagdeep S. Chhokar

T.K. Rajalakshmi
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