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Opinion

We The People At The Crossroads

The nation’s democratic foundations are firm but our pluralism is on trial

Jan 23, 2019

| Mahesh Rangarajan
Dance

Republic Of India: A Danse Penumbral

Leave aside the Constitution, the hardware of the State. The Republic was in reality brought into being by an elite consensus around a ‘pure’ culture, what it should have and what must be left out. And Exhibit-A is dance.

Jan 24, 2019

| Arshia Dhar
- A Touch Of Eros
Natya Rashtra

No Beauty Or Aesthetics: How Expansivist 'Culture' Killed Dance

The old grammar of aesthetics boiled things down to their essence. Expansivist Hindu ‘Kultur’ killed that delicate dance.

Jan 24, 2019

| Navtej Singh Johar
Interview

A Large Part Of The Folk Repertoire May Be Lost For Ever: Shubha Mudgal

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Shubha Mudgal talks about folk music and its revival.

Jan 24, 2019

| Arshia Dhar
India Reels

The Fleeting Allegories of Filmistan

Pre-Independence, our cinemas too dreamt of a nation in the making. After ’47, they sought to heal the wounds.

Jan 24, 2019

| Ira Bhaskar
Interview

‘Le Corbusier Set Aside Nowicki’s Mohalla Grid’

Jan 24, 2019

| Siddhartha Mishra
India Refashioned

The Whole Ninety-Nine Yards

What we know as the emblematic ‘traditional’ wear is a modern yarn

Jan 24, 2019

| Rta Kapur Chishti
- And She Wore Bandhni
Indian Art

The Old-New Art of Making A Nation-State

Both medium and message, art shadowed the concerns of India’s ‘architects’. And art history rewrote its lexicon.

Jan 24, 2019

| Tapati Guha Thakurta
#IndianFoodMovement

The Idea Of ‘Indian Food’ Has Always Been A Khichdi

The nuts and bolts of ‘culinary Indianness’ are a bit loose, all floating in a borderless marinade

Jan 24, 2019

| Soity Banerjee
Building India

Architecture As Amnesia

We ask little of our buildings, yet agonise over mere spectacle

Jan 24, 2019

| Gautam Bhatia (Architect)

Poll Position

Didi’s March To Dilli: Mamata Banerjee Eyes Bigger Pie Through Opposition Unity

The rally was as much the story of Mamata’s own personal ambitions as it was about the Opposition’s show of unity.

Jan 23, 2019

| Probir Pramanik
Farm Salve

Odisha's KALIA Scheme Aims To Benefit Agri Eco-System

The scheme promises Rs 5, 000 for each farmer, irrespective of his holding, spread over five seasons till 2021-22; livelihood assistance of Rs 12, 500 to each landless family; interest-free crop loans and Rs 2 lakh insurance cover for each farmer.

Jan 23, 2019

| Sandeep Sahu
Take One

Can Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Deliver East UP To Congress?

Despite keeping it low-key, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's appointment could be the Congress’ boldest gamble to regain as much space as possible in Uttar Pradesh.

Jan 24, 2019

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora Preetha Nair

Eye On Africa

Piri Piri In The Curry

As India embraces Africa, older ties are reinforced by newer realities of mutual benefit

Jan 24, 2019

| Pranay Sharma
- ‘Our Ties With Africa Are Far Deeper Than What China Has’
- A Continent’s Heart Beckons

In The Red

Acute Shortage Of Domestic Natural Gas Has Left India Struggling

Barring a short period of surge due to Reliance’s output from the Krishna-Godavari basin, natural gas production in the country has failed to rise meaningfully, negating expectations of having assured green fuel supplies at economic rates on long-term basis.

Jan 23, 2019

| Lola Nayar

The Insider

Deep Throat

A regular column on the essential buzz

Jan 23, 2019

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Last Page

Goa Diary

Journalist and writer Rahul Singh's diary from Goa.

Jan 23, 2019

| Rahul Singh
In & Around

The Subcontinental Menu

From biryani as prasad at a temple near Madurai to soap made of donkey's milk, read this and much more in The Subcontinental Menu this week.

Jan 25, 2019

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