In this issue

16
Another Poll Tangent
With every caste group
pitching for a stake in the
Gujarat elections, a look at
how the ‘tribal’ question will
unfold in the days to come?
22
Burying the Stones
The state government’s decision
to withdraw cases
against Kashmiri youth,
many of them still teenagers,
may prove fruitful in getting
over the anger in the Valley
46
Fatally Fumbling
The havoc wreaked by
Cyclone Ockhi exposes
Kerala’s pathetic state of
disaster management
52
The Isolated Unrest
The Kashmiris’ response to
the Babri Masjid demolition
tells what drives their unrest

The Master's String

When the Congress, which still doesn’t know how far to use Hindutva, swears by the ‘sacred’ janeu, the theatre turns absurd and the humour dark

3 mins

Pride In Prattle

A blunder or a cynical attempt to recast Rahul Gandhi as a Brahmin, it has only revealed the Congress’s casteist underbelly

10 mins

To Unknot The Yajnopaveeta

The sacred thread is rich in history and many-faceted in its meanings

9 mins

Here, The Charge Is Neutral

The story of the sacred thread takes a twist in Karnataka, as Lingayat men and women sport it with a small Shivalinga

2 mins

A Perfect Storm Of A Pathy

Cyclone Ockhi: 29 Kerala fishermen dead and 130 still missing. An indifferent bureaucracy bears the blame.

8 mins

Two Poles And A Green Drape

Religion or ethnicity? The Kashmiris’ response to Babri tells what drives their unrest.

6 mins

Romancing Amid Rubble Rousers

Love stories set against communal histories have always run into trouble

5 mins

Bollywood's Own Shakespeare Wallah

How I came to know Shashi and made New Delhi Times

5 mins

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