Sudhirendar Sharma

Dear Nitish Kumar, if Farakka Barrage is Bihar’s sorrow, then 8 rivers in your state are a misery, thanks to politician-contractor nexus

If cultural events are banned, livestock keepers will be forced to abandon raising of genetically superior native bulls that are used for mating to improve herd quality

Tumbling of undisclosed cash from hidden lockers may fulfill the populist notion of ending corruption but the harsh reality is that corruption predates paper currency and will live long after it is gone

India's current and an all time high wheat harvest of over 74 million tonnes could soon be in jeopardy. Spores of a dreadful fungal disease are already on their way to infect at least 9 million hectares of susceptible wheat crop in northern India.

The issue of pesticides-in-colas is being projected as a waste of time, or a low-priority issue simply because more people drink (contaminated) water than those gulping soft drinks.

The actual number of suicides by self-help group (SHG) members in Andhra Pradesh may exceed 200 as reports pour in from districts of Krishna, East Godavari, Guntur and Prakasam about intimidation of families by the Micro-Finance Institutions.

NBA and Medha Patkar have shown exemplary resolve to stay non-violent for so long. Ordinary people lack such courage. With literally no redressal mechanism for the victims of development, charting a violent course becomes an easy route to vent anger

Why are several ministries including Water Resources and Finance strongly endorsing re-engagement with the World Bank in the full-range of water-related issues?

`Your house, your problem,'. the minister of state for science & technology had said. How about a strategy of spreading mass-awareness of traditional knowledge of seismic-proof house construction?

That's where the state of disaster management in the country is, as the recent floods once again demonstrated with predictable collapse and disruptions all around.

Our taste for ignorance is a strategic tool for autocracies, a drug spurring mindless consumerism and turning crucial profit

This study busts the persistent myths about colonialism, also detailing how many Britons turned against their empire’s endless oppression

Vaughan eviscerates the film industry for selfishly promoting profitable art while keeping mum about its irreparable environmental depredations for a century

Raunchy poetry, austere prose—Suri dissects Bollywood’s Manichean need to veil desire

A study of constitutional litigation by common Indians describes processes and landmark cases to show how it impacted individual freedom and social justice

Ghosh deploys myth and history to focus on the scary maw of a violated nature and the digitally-aided transfer of people. And we carry on, in denial.

As tech takes over, deepening misery, battering the human spirit, subduing truth, Harari advocates a meditative resilience, a constant debate

In an inspection of identity, influences and civilisational pull, Sardar reclaims ‘desi-ness’ for the Pakistani, craving a new binding of old unifiers

Crony capitalism oils the wheels of politics, which then bestows on it the benefits of power. Modern India’s ‘growth’ is thus unpicked in these stories.

Alum Bheg was a nondescript pawn sacrificed in the tumult of 1857. His story, told without empire-bashing or nostalgia, throws light on a brutalising colonialism