India

The New Stone Age

Rahul Pandita

The politics of stone pelting in Kashmir Valley. Why it happens. How it can be stopped.

Handshake Muck Rake

Haima Deshpande

The Congress’ backroom deals with Raj Thackeray’s MNS in Maharashtra has put the grand old party in a fix in faraway Bihar.

Some of them haven’t even attained puberty. But Maoists think nothing of brainwashing them to their cause and thrusting guns in their unsuspecting hands, using them to fight armed forces, lay land mines and inform on their kith and kin. This is the story of thousands of lost childhoods.

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Silence of Arjun Singh; Nepal - Another Bloody Chapter?; Northeast - Order of Contempt; Kashmir’s Lost Youth

No Cause for Cheer

Jaideep Mazumdar

Nagaland-based Naga Students’ Federation’s temporary withdrawal of the over two-month blockade of Manipur’s lifeline, NH39, on the Nagaland stretch, is of little relief.

Comrade vs Comrade

Dhirendra K. Jha

The dice is loaded in favour of the Kerala faction of the CPM in its stand-off with the Bengal unit. Yet, this marks the Marxist party’s most bitter internal divide yet.

Ghost at the Banquet

Jatin Gandhi

Nitish Kumar’s outburst against an ad put out by his alliance partner in Bihar raises some questions. Is he play acting? Or is he about to sever ties with the BJP?

Armed Indecision

Jatin Gandhi

Should the Army take on the Centre’s battle against Maoists? The Home and Defence ministries are at odds over the question. Here’s the state of the battle within.

Untouchability Declassified

Pallavi Polanki

Discrimination is a dynamic industry in India. A survey recorded an astonishing 80-odd practices of untouchability—new, bizarre, vintage.

Those Who Still Go Unpunished

Hartosh Singh Bal

If a national monument to the gas tragedy is also to be a reminder of mistakes made, then we should consider putting up statues of a few senior Congressmen.