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Stand To On The Pacific
Though a great trade deal is elusive, the grand India-US CGSP has been arrived at through sedulous work over 15 years
Lapse of Reason
The quantum of penalty awarded to a convict often depends on judges’ perception of the crime, rather than its severity
GLAD TO OBLIGE, PARDNER
Trump soaks in Modi’s welcome, cuts lucrative deals for the US and hopes to score points with NRIs. India basks in the nimbus of US power.
How Many Acres Of Print Does A Baron Need?
TRAI called for curbs on media ownership and control by a few, demanding full disclosure of facts. Those three reports lie ignored.
The Missing Centre
Drawing of clear battlelines in the media space is not really a bad thing because polarisation always precedes compromise
Sniff A Pie On The Shelf
Reservation in public services isn’t a fundamental right, rules the SC. Amid protests, it renews the debate on the issue.
IT STARTS WITH A DREAM TO DARE
Most hail from humble backgrounds, are helped by parents; the forces give them respect and honour
Conducted Tour
Another batch of envoys visiting post-370 Kashmir makes no ripple in a landscape beseiged by hard power
How Ranveer Singh Beat His Way To The Top Of Bollywood's Crop
Beneath Ranveer’s over-the-top persona brims extraordinary talent and grit. Will the star of the decade be Bollywood’s all-time great?
REQUIEM FOR THE WEEPING WILLOW
Beset with multiple problems, Kashmir’s famed bat-making industry is in the woods
On the Right To the Centre, AK Goes 2.0
Refusing to fight the BJP on its hyper-nationalist terms gave AAP more than anti-BJP votes
VIRTUALLY Hazardous
In the absence of regulatory guidelines, app-based healthcare services pose a health risk to patients
A Rare Case of Extreme Apathy
The draft National Policy for Rare Diseases disappoints parents who had hoped the State would help their kids find better care
THEIR DARES, THEIR TUNTS
They are the riders from hell. Within each one brews a storm, to do daredevil acts.
THE END OF SILENCE
Liberty, equality, sorority. With its collective self-representation by Muslim women, this movement is already a success.
Muslims Qua MUSLIMS
Anti-CAA protests integrate pluralist traditions of popular religion with the idea of citizenship
WHO OWNS THE REPUBLIC?
Hindutva 2.0 stands on three decades of ‘reforms’ aided by capital flowsand the global clout they bring
Solitary Reaper
Why Mamata Banerjee is loath to acknowledge non-TMC protests against CAA/NRC in Bengal
Platter Full Of Snarks
Food crictis and restaurants feed off each other but a free mail is blackmail
Late? Take Another Wine
A plush Tejas is a hit; the late compensation appreciated. But before it launches into 150 private-run trains on 100 routes, the Centre must take care to not let it affect other rail cars.
Cancer Spawns In early Spring
Disease spike cause of concern. Doctors prescribe prevention through a healthy lifestyle.
More Air For A Rarefied Circle
The higher judiciary is a bastion of upper caste males. Greater diversity needs demographic data, a sharper light on the collegium system
What FM Can Do To Pull The Economy Out Of The Rut
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has little option but to bite the bullet to put the spark back in the faltering Indian economy
THE LAW'S GRUBBY YARDS
As if to put litigants on trial, India’s district court complexes are destitute of many basic amenities
FIND A MANAGER, MY LORD
Vacancies, poor judicial infrastructure keep India’s justice delivery system in cuffs
CORRECTIVE SURGERY UNDER THE DOME
The judiciary has served India well. Yet it suffers from grave maladies that can corrode public confidence in it. This is a prescription to cure the illness.
SNAPSHOT - Party Time!
The traditional bonfires during Magh Bihu this year were fuelled by anger, the raging flames during the mid-January harvest festival turning into a metaphor for the underlying sentiments across Assam.
CHANGING GEARS
In the past decade, the SUV has gone from surviving on the fringes to becoming the only kind of vehicle keeping the mainstream afloat.
AVENGERS OF THE STATE
Are the police forces working for the rulers of the day and not for the law of the land? Recent instances point to a worrisome trend in India.
JNU Violence - Dangerous Minds
The relentless attacks on JNU seek to deter the young people resisting this regime’s agenda of establishing a Hindu Rashtra