Technology
FRONTLINE
Taxing Times
The launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens the viability of millions of small and medium enterprises.
10+ min |
July 21, 2017
FRONTLINE
Hatred Unleashed
In the past three years, mob violence, including lynching, particularly by cow vigilantes, has almost become a strategy to intimidate Muslims.
8 min |
July 21, 2017
FRONTLINE
Promise of dignity
The new Mental Health Care Bill is more humane in its approach than previous laws and has provisions that give the mentally ill a degree of autonomy.
7 min |
September 16, 2016
FRONTLINE
Out Of The Four Walls
Care for the mentally ill should look beyond the “madhouse” and towards inclusive communities with a place for persons with psychosocial disabilities. BY RADHIKA ALKAZI AND AMBA SALELKAR.
9 min |
September 16, 2016
FRONTLINE
Ghosts of the Past
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives to find a solution to the Kashmir unrest may have little effect in the absence of a concrete plan to restore the Kashmiri people’s faith in New Delhi.
9 min |
September 16, 2016
FRONTLINE
A Fight for their Land
The mounting opposition to land acquisition for the Mallanasagar project, which threatens to submerge 14 villages, is turning out to be the first serious political challenge to Telangana Chief Minister.
10+ min |
September 2, 2016
FRONTLINE
Misadventure in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting a losing battle in Yemen, and Riyadh’s own economic problems make a long-running war there unsustainable.
7 min |
September 2, 2016
FRONTLINE
The Myth of Growth
Economic growth in the last 25 years after liberalisation has been riding on a credit bubble. It has not made the manufacturing or exports sector robust, unlike in other high-growth economies. Nor has it delivered any benefits to those steeped in poverty and deprivation.
10+ min |
August 5, 2016
FRONTLINE
All In The Name Of News
In the out-and-out corporate media environment that exists today, market-friendly value systems are a natural consequence and crony capitalist behaviour by media luminaries is par for the course.
8 min |
August 5, 2016
FRONTLINE
Cold War cloud
The NATO summit in Warsaw reinforces its collective defence strategy with Russia and China as its targets.
7 min |
August 5, 2016
FRONTLINE
Ambedkarites And The Left Should Come Together
Interview with Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani.
8 min |
February 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Narrative Battles
Competing historical narratives about the Anglo-Maratha battle at Bhima Koregaon may have ensured that the memory of the 200-year-old battle remains permanently disputed, but they have also led to a renewed self-assertion by Dalit communities.
7 min |
February 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Insidious Fault Lines
Behind the apparent Maratha-Dalit rift in the Koregaon Bhima clashes lies a more sinister mobilisation by Hindutva fringe groups that tap into Maratha grievances.
8 min |
February 2, 2018
FRONTLINE
Threat From Within
Vacancies in the Central Information Commission, the backlog of applications and the attempts to weaken the RTI Act raise fresh concerns about the government’s commitment to transparency.
7 min |
January 5, 2018
FRONTLINE
BJP: All is not well
The Bharatiya Janata Party is in a state of flux with party veterans poised to become the rallying point for forces opposed to the authority of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, particularly in the wake of the party’s defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections.
7 min |
December 11, 2015
FRONTLINE
G20 Summit: Terror Trumps Economy
It was hoped that the leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey would find a way out of the global slowdown in growth, but the events in Paris left them little time for that.
7 min |
December 11, 2015
FRONTLINE
Economic War In Venezuela: Setback For Chavistas
Amid falling oil prices in a worsening economy and an “economic war” being waged by the private sector against the government, Venezuela’s United Socialist Party loses the National Assembly elections.
7 min |
January 8, 2016
FRONTLINE
Horror Behind Bars
An exhaustive report based on inspection of Bihar’s 58 prisons tellingly brings to light the denial of the basic human rights of prisoners in the State and points to the need for prison reforms across the country.
10+ min |
January 8, 2016
FRONTLINE
COP-21: How The West Had Its Way
The story of the just-concluded COP-21 in Paris is one of clever manoeuvring by the U.S., both before and during the conference,false goals, and compromises by developing countries, all of which raise doubts about the seriousness of the West in fighting the war against climate change.
10+ min |
January 8, 2016
FRONTLINE
Travel Diaries: The Odisha Experience
A visit to Konark, Puri and Bhubaneswar in winter can be enriching in terms of experiencing their tradition and culture, be it in the performing arts, paintings and sculptures or handicraft items.
6 min |
January 22, 2016
FRONTLINE
Shahabuddin Ahmed: Rebellious Free Spirit
The Bangladeshi painter Shahabuddin Ahmed amazes one and all with his creativity and inspires with his rebellious free spirit.
6 min |
January 22, 2016
FRONTLINE
Nirbhaya Case: Of Juveniles And Justice
The passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015, in Parliament exposes the vulnerability of the system in the wake of a misinformed and hysterical campaign for legislative changes to punish juveniles committing heinous crimes as adults.
10 min |
January 22, 2016
FRONTLINE
Rohith Vemula Suicide Case: The Death Of A Dalit Scholar
Rohith Vemula’s suicide in the University of Hyderabad brings into the open the deep-seated caste biases and discrimination against Dalit students, especially in institutions of higher education in the country.
10+ min |
February 19, 2016
FRONTLINE
The Union Budget's Silo-Based Approach To Health
The Union Budget uses a silo-based approach to health in complete disregard for what its own reports and data point out in terms of what is required for the nation’s health.
8 min |
April 1, 2016
FRONTLINE
JNU Vs Anti-People Policies
JNU students vow to intensify the struggle for their constitutional and democratic right to criticise the government’s anti-people policies.
10+ min |
April 1, 2016
FRONTLINE
Health Survey Reveals Grim Picture
A survey conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry and UNICEF in 28 States and Delhi presents a dismal picture of crucial maternal and child health indicators.
8 min |
August 7, 2015
FRONTLINE
IPL Betting Scam: Price Of Greed
The action against the owners of two IPL teams that followed an inquiry into charges of betting is yet another opportunity to clean up Indian crickets Augean stables.
10 min |
August 7, 2015
FRONTLINE
Death Penalty Litigation: Legal Crusaders
The death penalty litigation clinic provides legal representation and aid to death-row convicts, especially those from the economically and socially backward classes.
6 min |
August 21, 2015
FRONTLINE
Caste Census: How Poor Is Poor?
The strategy of creating binaries of poor and non-poor from the household listings in the Socio Economic and Caste Census, 2011, is beset with problems of unfair exclusion and unjustified inclusion and is best avoided.
7 min |
August 21, 2015
FRONTLINE
Rediscovering Pluto
Initial images and data from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons recent rendezvous with Pluto point to a surprisingly craterless mosaic of relatively ancient regions and very young places on the dwarf planet.
10+ min |