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THE MAGAZINE SPECIAL ISSUE August 25, 2014

Independence Day Special

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

National

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

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