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Securing the Border
Rajeev Deshpande
Changes proposed to the Forest Act are a much-needed overhaul of an outdated law, balancing conservation and livelihoods while boosting defence infrastructure
Dharavi: Once Upon a Slum
Dharavi lies between myth and memory. Lhendup G Bhutia discovers one of India’s biggest social transformations
Cow Vigilantism: Politics of the Sacred and the Profane
What cow vigilantism has done to undefended lives and livelihoods. Ullekh NP visits Alwar in Rajasthan and Jaisinghpur in Haryana to find out. Photos: Ashish Sharma
Portraits of Belonging: Sagira Begum
An Old Delhi neighbourhood full of highly skilled craftspeople struggles to survive, to keep some fragment of its poetry in a city whose priorities are far more prosaic.
Sports Crazy
No cricketer among them yet, but Manipuris are doing Indian sport proud. And it’s not just that winning medals is their ticket to secure jobs
Obituary of an Unknown Indian
On the 26th of November, among those who were massacred by the terrorists was one Sunil Thackeray. All that was known about him then was that he sold omelettes. This is his story. Told by his love, Salma
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