India

India This Week

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Furore over Shiv aarti; Controversy at Hindi Akademi; Costly sea link; Naxal jingles; BJP’s mess and the Heritages Sites Bill

Life after a Life Sentence

Madhavankutty Pillai

Some of them spent their best years in prison. They were young when they went in and middle-aged when they were released. Some are still serving time. What does freedom mean to such people? Here it is in their own words

In a Free State

Shubhangi Swarup

Families from countries in conflict who have sought political refuge in India inform us of a curious fortune—despite everything we are lucky to be Indians. We don’t have to flee our own country

For God’s Sake?

CP Surendran

Doubting the faith that drives us

Terror in the Time of TV

Manu Joseph

Or when the calamity of others became the most riveting form of entertainment.

First Line of Defence

Ninad D. Sheth

How first-world nations fortified their territories to counter terror attacks

Why the Coast was Clear

Jatin Gandhi

How the LeT men simply bribed their way in.

Poison Plant

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The people of a remote village in Tamil Nadu live in dread. The massive domes of two nuclear plants and the dubious promise of six more promise disruption, dislocation and worse.

Manmohan’s India

Hartosh Singh Bal

It’s a question India’s Prime Minister asked a long time ago when he first embarked on his political journey. Now, in his latest effort to lead the country in keeping with his long-term vision, he may well want to ask it again: who fails if India wins?