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Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina at UN headquarters on September 23, 2022.
Bangladesh

India’s offer to finance Teesta barrage puts Prime Minister Hasina in a diplomatic fix 

Pranay Sharma
Prabir Purkayastha, founder of NewsClick after his release from prison.
Legal Acumen 

Supreme Court ruling in Prabir Purkayastha case sets a positive precedent regarding arrest of individuals

V. Venkatesan
Voters show their voting documents before casting their votes during phase-IV of voting for the Lok Sabha elections on May 15, 2024.
Election 2024

BJP’s absence in Kashmir’s crucial seats: Tactical move or acknowledgment of Valley’s ground realities?

The saffron party is allegedly relying on proxy candidates now, but analysts say even these would be rejected by the people.
Irfan Amin Malik

Editor's Pick

Workers and supporters of the Janata Dal (United) celebrate in Patna after Bihar’s caste-based census report was released on October 4, 2023. The report revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute 63 per cent of the State’s total population.
Election 2024

How the BJP is failing the OBC test

Desperate to increase vote share while protecting its Hindutva pitch, BJP needs to woo the OBCs. This explains its move to communalise reservation.
Radhika Desai
Election 2024

Identity politics, polarisation, and development aspirations mark the electoral battle for Bihar’s Mithilanchal

The numerically high Brahmins and Muslims once voted jointly for the Congress here, but that changed after the Ram temple shilanyas in 1989.
Ismat Ara
Tribute

Alice Munro (1931-2024): Tiller of the human heart

The Nobel-winning author understood reality better than any other writer—that it is a puzzle that cannot be definitively solved or pinned down.
K. Srilata
In 2024, Manoj Bajpayee is really everywhere, appearing in OTT offerings, in theatres, and in film festivals.
Interview

Manoj Bajpayee: ‘Hindi filmmakers should go back to the drawing board’

After COVID, Hindi mainstream cinema is confused, and there is a “desperate attempt to entertain” that was not there before, says the actor.
Trisha Gupta

Audio Stories

West Asia

Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia

Election 2024

India’s employment crisis: Jobless growth, threat of automation, and impact of climate change on productivity

Election 2024 — The Lede

India is haunted by an unprecedented economic deprivation

The Uralungal phenomenon: How a workers’ cooperative from Kerala defied caste, class barriers to become a model for the world

Spotlight

Spotlight

Election 2024

Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir

The current ECs are twisting the knife in the deeply wounded electoral process. They have taken a weak, inadequate system and murdered its soul.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Tribute

Remembering Abu Abraham, the cartoonist who bore witness

“Abu’s World”, an exhibition to commemorate his birth centenary, reminds us that his cartoons will always be ammunition in the war against hatred.
A.S. Panneerselvan

Arts & Culture

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Current Issue

Posing after voting in the third phase of the election, in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, on May 7.
Election 2024 — The Lede

BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India

It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
Neera Chandhoke
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It is not the act of voting that makes for a democracy but ensuring that the act is protected.
Election 2024

Editor’s Note: The fall of the Election Commission

The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”.
Vaishna Roy
Election 2024

Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
Election 2024

Machine’s whim versus people’s will

M.G. Devasahayam
From the Sidelines

Election Commission: No longer neutral

Saba Naqvi
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