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March 25, 2024

PM Modi could swing Tesla to India

On March 15, the government announced a new scheme to promote investment in EVs. Any company willing to invest $500 million in a new manufacturing facility that begins production in three years…

The Pulwama Aftermath

By Bharat Karnad It is funny how, and with what ease and confidence, Islamabad time and again reduces India to a blabbering mess. Over 40 CRPF men get blown up by a…
February 18, 2019

Comrade Mantoo

By Raza Naeem Though Manto had begun writing short columns and commentaries after his association with Musavaat, he wrote his own first original essay on Maxim Gorky with the title Maxim Gorky – the…
February 17, 2019

Ghalib and ghazal

By Sarwat Ali Ghalib became a favourite with the singers after he was accepted as a leading poet. This process started with the publication of a pocket edition from Berlin in 1925,…
February 17, 2019

Transcending Ghalib

By Syed Nomanul Haq Much has been said about the difficulties one faces in translating poetry. Yes, it is a daunting task, particularly in the case of good poetry. In the…
February 17, 2019

Dealing with dichotomies

By Taha Kehar If the views of American fiction writer Lorrie Moore are anything to go by, short stories can be likened to love affairs because they don’t demand the same degree…
February 17, 2019

Hindutva 2.0 is in crisis

By Varghese K. George A month ago, on January 18, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said in Nagpur: “When the temple will get constructed on Ram Janmabhoomi in…
February 17, 2019

Politics, but no politics

By Shyam Saran The latest terrorist outrage in Kashmir underscores the nature of the war against terror. The terrorist has to succeed only occasionally to negate, in public perception, the scores of…
February 17, 2019

The fear of freedom in Gujarat

By Ramachandra Guha Earlier this week, Jignesh Mevani, an elected member of the Gujarat assembly, was stopped from speaking at the H.K. Arts College in Ahmedabad, where he had himself once…
February 17, 2019

Polarisation and the politics of hatred

By Anup Sinha With the parliamentary elections coming up, slanging matches among political parties have become more intense and strident. The quality of discussions amongst politicians and media houses, especially the electronic…
February 16, 2019
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