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FRONTLINE
Cauvery Conflict Can Farmer-To-Farmer initiatives Be The Solution To The Dispute
The reappearance of the crisis shows that only equitable sharing of the river’s waters combined with scientific water conservation and management measures and time-tested farmer-to-farmer initiatives can be the solution to the dispute.
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October 14, 2016
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A Coup In The House of 'Tatas'
The crisis in the Tata group is not just a boardroom battle between Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry. It is a conflict between two ideas of doing business, between the old “Tata way” of taking a long-term perspective on investment and a new brash way of seeking quick returns.
10+ min |
November 25, 2016
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Wrath Of Kashmir
The anger in the streets of Kashmir is not about economic stagnation or unemployment; it is about the people’s aspiration to live a life of dignity. It is high time New Delhi woke up to the reality.
10+ min |
August 19, 2016
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BSP Is Planning For A Straight Fight With The S.P.
The BJP’s plans of making it a straight fight with the S.P. in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections unravel after a State-level leader’s remarks against Mayawati bring the BSP back into the electoral reckoning.
7 min |
August 19, 2016
FRONTLINE
Turkish Turmoil
After crushing the rebellion, President Erdogan is effectively in control of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, and many Turks know that his goal is to change the character of the republic, though he insists otherwise.
10+ min |
August 19, 2016
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In Damage Control Mode
The looming economic crisis, a result of reckless policies, has rattled the BJP, which leads the government, and the larger Sangh Parivar.
8 min |
October 27, 2017
FRONTLINE
Crumbling Structure
Mumbai’s suburban rail network ferries millions every day, but the stations and the infrastructure are in a pathetic state. The Elphinstone Road station stampede was a tragedy waiting to happen.
8 min |
October 27, 2017
FRONTLINE
How Aadhaar Invasion Threatening The Citizen's Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights!
The Supreme Court appears nonchalant even though the government defies its interim order and makes Aadhaar mandatory for the delivery of subsidies, benefits and other entitlements, threatening the citizen’s constitutionally guaranteed rights.
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April 28, 2017
FRONTLINE
Aadhaar Invasion: Politics of Exclusion
The idea behind the extensive push for Aadhaar does not seem to be addressing the real issues confronting people, that of hunger and deprivation, but mapping them for some intangible purposes.
9 min |
April 28, 2017
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Huge Concerns
It has been mathematically proved that the unique identification number need not be unique at all. Besides, the way biometric data of the country’s huge population are collected, handled and stored gives rise to serious concerns about the citizen’s privacy and the country’s security.
8 min |
April 28, 2017
FRONTLINE
Loot and Arson
In a short but brutal attack by a mob on the Muslim quarter of a Samras Panchayat village in Gujarat, hundreds of people become homeless and lose property worth several crores.
9 min |
April 28, 2017
FRONTLINE
Fast Forward On Implementing Pledges
Within a short span the Trump administration has escalated tensions, political, economic and military, all over the world.
10 min |
March 3, 2017
FRONTLINE
Marching To A Different Drummer
The G20 summit in Hamburg was an occasion for public affirmations of the continued power of progressive ideas and calls for action around issues that really matter, in the form of an alternative summit, performance art demonstrations, and marches.
5 min |
August 4, 2017
FRONTLINE
End Of The Gulf dream?
Stagnating wages, rising costs of living, a growing trend of imposing restrictions on foreign workers and the declining fortunes of the Gulf itself have resulted in a decline in the number of emigrants from Kerala and a weakened remittance flow into the State.
8 min |
August 4, 2017
FRONTLINE
Taste of Her Own Medicine
Mamata Banerjee’s administration faces an agitation against land acquisition that has disturbing parallels with the Nandigram and Singur agitations which turned around her plummeting political fortunes 10 years ago.
9 min |
February 17, 2017
FRONTLINE
Trump's Speech: ‘Carnage' & Resistance
President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech was bleak and dominated by descriptions of “American carnage” and many of the stands remained empty. But the protests that followed the day after were animated by the spirit of resistance.
7 min |
February 17, 2017
FRONTLINE
In The Name Of Andal
A reference to the Srivaishnavite poet-saint-goddess perceived as derogatory in an article by the celebrated poet-lyricist Vairamuthu published in a Tamil daily sparks protests and fundamentalist Hindutva forces exploit the issue for political gain.
10+ min |
February 16, 2018
FRONTLINE
Trump, Year One
The anger against Donald Trump was evident in this year’s Women’s March too, but it is unlikely to translate into votes for the Democrats in the midterm elections.
6 min |
February 16, 2018
FRONTLINE
Spectacle Sans Substance
Union Budget 2018-19 turns out to be an exercise that carries forward the use of hyperbole on which the Narendra Modi regime rests. Two major welfare measures, minimum support price for farmers and health care for the poor, have been announced with fanfare but with no plan to implement them as policy.
10 min |
March 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Train Of Neglect
Jaitley’s Budget offers little to railway passengers or businesses and is marked by a singular failure to address the deep faults in the system that have a critical bearing on safety.
5 min |
March 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Intense Battle
Meghalaya is all set to witness a close contest between the ruling Congress and a BJP-regional parties combine.
6 min |
March 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Guided By Passion
The Justice Karnan case has highlighted again the urgent need to amend the law and procedure on the exercise of suo motu contempt proceedings by the Supreme Court and High Courts
8 min |
June 9, 2017
FRONTLINE
A Controversial Career
Since his elevation as a judge to the Madras High Court in 2001, Justice C.S. Karnan has been involved in many a controversy relating to allegations of discrimination against him because he is a Dalit.
10+ min |
June 9, 2017
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Despair And Unrest in Mexico
There is anger in Mexico over the violence that snuffs out lives but does not get investigated. However, there is little hope that the state will act.
6 min |
May 27 2016
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Rural Revolt
Farmers in the BJP-ruled States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, distressed by demonetisation and government inaction, rise in revolt and spoil the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious third anniversary celebrations.
8 min |
July 7, 2017
FRONTLINE
Diminishing Returns
Farmers’ organisations in Punjab and Haryana are determined to continue their agitation.
6 min |
July 7, 2017
FRONTLINE
Turning Sour?
India’s thriving dairy sector, which provides farmers with an alternative source of income, is beset by challenges, including the government’s new restrictive rules on cattle trade.
8 min |
July 7, 2017
FRONTLINE
March Of Hindu Rashtra
The rise in violence against Muslims across the country in the name of gau raksha is full of dire portent when seen against the subtle push the Central and the BJP-ruled State governments are giving to the idea of Hindu Rashtra.
10+ min |
July 21, 2017
FRONTLINE
Debating Secularism
Secularism is a priceless objective to strive for and defend given the grim challenges it faces from non-state actors, often with the connivance of the state.
5 min |
July 21, 2017
FRONTLINE
Symbolic Contest
The opposition fails to put up a show of unity ahead of the presidential election, while the BJP attempts to foil the criticism about its uppercaste preferences by choosing a Dalit candidate.
7 min |