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Essay

Numerocracy

Will the majoritarian project subvert the very democratic tradition that has brought the BJP to power?

Aug 25, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
Timeline

Overwhelming Down The Ages

A historical walkthrough of how majoritarianism has made appearances in idea and practice....

Aug 25, 2014

| Sunit Arora
Opinion

It’s Not About The Numbers

There is a broader—and deeper—meaning to democracy. Part of that ideal is the idea that every tessera in the mosaic can sparkle.

Aug 25, 2014

| Gyanendra Pandey
Opinion

The Quest And The Questions

The Constitution is armoured with the ‘basic structure’ doctrine, so it will be insurmountably difficult to establish a Hindu Rashtra

Aug 25, 2014

| Raju Ramachandran
Opinion

Minority Rules

The dissenting judge is a powerful voice

Aug 25, 2014

| Sonal Sarda
Opinion

Common Cause

Forget BJP, the Congress must curb its communalism

Aug 25, 2014

| Arun Sinha
Opinion

Project History

This is the stage where all Muslim tropes live

Aug 25, 2014

| Mushirul Hasan
Interview

“It’s Shocking India Is Siding With A Rogue State”

The editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm on the Israel project and the massacre in Gaza.

Aug 25, 2014

| Saba Naqvi
Opinion

To Draw A Line

Saudi challenge: Wahabism in a new neighbourhood

Aug 25, 2014

| S. Nihal Singh
Opinion

The Cult Of Us

Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka stubbornly excludes minorities

Aug 25, 2014

| Bharat Bhushan
Interview

“Muslims Pose A Threat In Sri Lanka”

General secretary of the Sri Lankan ultra-nationalist Buddhist organisation Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) on charges of being the mastermind of many anti-Muslim riots

Aug 25, 2014

| Pranay Sharma
Opinion

Still Afester

Partition has been exposed as a bad idea, since ’47

Aug 25, 2014

| Irfan Hussain
Interview

“Be Very Wary Of The Cult Of The Strong Leader”

The emeritus professor of politics at Oxford on the importance of dissenting voices

Aug 25, 2014

| Pranay Sharma
Malappuram

The Mappila Songs

Malappuram, carved out for a religion, now holds a key to Kerala

Aug 25, 2014

| Minu Ittyipe
Food Habits

The Majority Is Hungry

In 2012, student groups made a dietary—and political—demand: beef on the menu

Aug 25, 2014

| Anuradha Raman
Gonds

Asuras? No, Just Indians

A common Gondi and a venerable Ravana will hopefully forge a Gond cultural identity

Aug 25, 2014

| Debarshi Dasgupta
Ambedkar’s view

Bhimrao’s Sharp Arrow

Anticipating majoritarianism’s danger, Ambedkar advocated safeguards for Dalits

Aug 25, 2014

| S. Anand
In Pakistan

The Waxing Crescent

Pakistan faces August 14 with foreboding as righteous forces tear at each other over the state’s future path

Aug 25, 2014

| Mariana Baabar
orissa: photo feature

Shifters By The Sea

My testimony to a return, after seven years, to Kanhupur, a sea-gnawed coastal village in Kendrapada district of Orissa

Aug 25, 2014

| Ruhani Kaur

trai: media regulation

No Grainy Images

TRAI moves to put media houses in order

Aug 25, 2014

| Anuradha Raman
opinion

Speak, Memorial!

The adoration-denigration cycle is the lot of those on pedestals

Aug 25, 2014

| Shruti Kapila
judiciary: appointments

Requiem For Collegium

But will the JAC pass muster with the states?

Aug 25, 2014

| Uttam Sengupta

10 Questions

Shubhendra Rao

The Delhi-based musician is keen to introduce music education to every child in India.

Aug 25, 2014

| Sakshi Virmani
gossip

Bibliofile

Entries to the £30,000 Sunday Times Short Story Award are open till September 26.

Aug 25, 2014

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Column

Biztro

Business in bitesizes

Aug 25, 2014

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Last Page

Delhi Diary

Because leftists have allegedly distorted how we interpret the past, it does not mean the PM should give encouragement to beliefs which are laughable.

Aug 25, 2014

| Vinod Mehta
Delhi Restaurant

Eating At Tihar’s Court

No, the food bears no semblance to the runny yellow dal and coarse rice that goes for jail food in Bollywood.

Aug 25, 2014

| Pavithra S. Rangan
Review

The ‘I’ Of The Tiger

Not a book to just skip through. You are so spellbound that you just don’t want to miss a word

Aug 25, 2014

| Paro Anand
Review

Raymond’s In Pingakshipura

A village—and its quirky, humdrum lives—is dragged into townhood. Nambisan’s scalpel probes every growth.

Aug 25, 2014

| Manjul Bajaj
The Secret Diary of

Sachin Tendulkar

I shall return to the House, sign my name and hope my arrears will be paid with retrospective effect and without any cuts

Aug 25, 2014

| V. Gangadhar
Happenings

Seven Days

The states of the nation: news, headlines, gossip, rumours, things we learnt

Aug 25, 2014

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movie review

Entertainment

Usual slapstick, loud and hammy acting, cringingly incorrect humour and corny lines.

Aug 25, 2014

| Namrata Joshi
Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news