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1: Cashless will be king as digitisation makes inroads
The government no longer has to put its hands in everybody’s pockets to monitor where the money goes after it leaves the mint. Digital money will give the State control over everyone’s wallet, warns Harcharan Bains p 12-13
2: The remnants of the partition still haunt
In many parts of the rural areas of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, entire Muslim clans are shifting out because of organized attacks on them P 36-37
3:Recognising problem, the only way to find solution
Cross-border terrorism continues to threaten peace, progress and security in the region despite huge investments made in terms of money and manpower to fight the menace, concludes a key summit. P 44

Welfare Schemes Are Her Unique Legacy

When evaluating her legacy, innovative welfare schemes, including Amma Canteens, have to be weighed against Jayalalithaa’s vindictiveness and lack of transparency.

5 mins

Not Much of a Democrat but Amma Made a Mark

Jaya was narcissistic and neck-deep in graft. However, she had many qualities that made her a shrewd politician and good mass leader. Women could learn a lesson or two from her on leadership.

5 mins

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Tehelka has invested heavily in hard hitting investigative reporting and has pushed the boundaries of editorial content further than most…" says BBC.
"Tehelka is a delightful Urdu word, difficult to translate. It refers to that special kind of tumult provoked by a daring act, or a sensational piece of writing. And Tehelka has certainly lived up to its name…" Time On January 31, 2004.
After more than two years of persecution, Tehelka was reborn as a weekly newspaper committed to constructive, crusading journalism. As a people's paper geared to take a stand, to follow the hard investigative story. A fearless paper ready to create opinion, and not just remain a passive vehicle of news. Over the years, Tehelka has firmly established itself as a people’s media choice. With public interest journalism, serious opinion and analysis, Tehelka has earned unmatched credibility and brand recall. It has very quickly established an enviable reputation — national and international — for the quality of its reportage, the eminence of its writers, and the refinement of its analyses and ideas. As a premium English weekly, Tehelka, increasingly, influences almost every opinion leader and decision maker in the country. Tehelka, earlier in a tabloid size, is now in a weekly magazine format. The magazine format only means a more compact and elegant design — the core values of public interest journalism and literary writing remain unchanged. Tehelka, India’s fastest growing English language weekly, in its new format is poised for a dramatic up scaling of visibility and readership. This follows repeated demand by readers to switch to a magazine format, since the contents of Tehelka are seen to have much more shelf value and depth than a newspaper. This format with its easy size allows for longevity and high pass along readership, a necessary attribute given the depth and quality of writing in Tehelka. For ardent readers, the switch to a magazine has enhanced the positive values already inherent in Tehelka. The new look Tehelka may be smaller in format but is much bigger in impact. Also brighter, crisper, more unputdownable. In the seven years since it was born, Tehelka has stood the test. Its courage under fire is well-known. But most importantly, it has brought back into hard focus the two most crucial pillars of a free press: public interest and the appetite to question