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Ostracised for Demanding Information

The courageous struggle of three women to expose corruption in a remote Meghalaya village, even as long-protected tribal traditions begin to be held to account by the Right to Information

The American Autumn

The wave of protests in American cities has been variously panned as leaderless, rudderless, purposeless... but perhaps America is rediscovering the messy nature of democracy

Death on the Nile

Egypt’s date with democracy still looks faint on the horizon

The Remembered Pain

Its apartheid past looms over South Africa as a perpetual reminder even as it gets ready to lead the ‘African decade’

Nonsense

There is no better word for the claim that Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement is ‘apolitical’

Got Change?

The logic of currency denominations. And the possible irrelevance of it all

The Indian Employment Puzzle

Very few jobs were created in the past six years. But the count of job seekers has been on the decline. How come?

Orwell’s 1984: Starring the Sori Family

The absurdity of India’s fight against the Maoist insurgency

The Bal Thackeray Whimper

Unless the ageing leader pulls off a surprise this Dussehra, the Shiv Sena could well be history soon

Manmohan’s Foreign Policy Twist

As rapid developments reshape the world economy and India’s neighbourhood, the PM rushes to rebalance relationships

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