COVER STORY
A Tragic Exit From Social Death
In spite of his continuous victimization, Rohith Vemula did live a life of the mind that militated against the caste of the mind.
Outlook Magazine - 1 February 2016
How I killed Rohith Vemula
Would any of the self-righteous, concerned voices have bothered about Rohith Vemula’s life and travails if he had not died so eloquently?
Not Quite An End Note
In the end, the system got Rohith Vemula. He died thinking he could not win the caste battle, little knowing that he has started a war.
Motor With A Slow Pick-Up
Except software, the Tata Group is doing badly in most sectors. Three years on, it’s a ‘B’ in Cyrus Mistry’s copybook
Songs Sung Blue
Dalit students speak of how our universities foster regressive views
How I killed Rohith Vemula
Would any of the self-righteous, concerned voices have bothered about Rohith Vemula’s life and travails if he had not died so eloquently?
The Hindu Unfolding
Rohith Vemula’s suicide muddies RSS-BJP grand plan of getting Dalits on its side
Fiction Vs Fact
The chain of events that led to the death of Rohith Vemula
Not Quite An End Note
In the end, the system got Rohith Vemula. He died thinking he could not win the caste battle, little knowing that he has started a war.
Motor With A Slow Pick-Up
Except software, the Tata Group is doing badly in most sectors. Three years on, it’s a ‘B’ in Cyrus Mistry’s copybook
Biztro
Business in bitesizes
The Sked
Restoring Bikaner House, a video-art installation and the Kolkata Literary meet.
And Also
An iconic Italian bitter liqueur made from a combination of 13 herbs and plants
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You won’t find yourself laughing too much or shedding copious tears, but you are hooked.
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Deep Throat
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Game, Set, Match Fixed
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Goa Diary
I sense resentment among locals against so many ‘outsiders’ flooding their state and buying ‘second homes’, driving up real estate prices.
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India’s Rhodes scholars say racism must fall—with or without his statue
‘Why Were Documents Destroyed?’
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The Bitterest Fruit
On the eve of assembly polls, the mob violence in Bengal’s Kaliachak takes on a communal hue
“I Think Pathankot Was Assisted By A Sleeper Cell.”
Shashikant Sharma, a retired DGP of Punjab Police and now an anti-drug crusader on the prominent Punjab politicians and police officers involved in drug-smuggling.
“People Need Faith Because They Have Questions.”
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