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Anatomy of a Wet Crumbling

Madhavankutty Pillai

How Mumbai responds to regular rain determines how it responds to a flood

Politics on a Pedestal

A deconstruction of the statue culture

On the Road to Damascus

The war may not be over yet but Syria begins to rebuild from the ruins. What’s there for India as China monopolises the reconstruction contracts? Anchal Vohra reports from Damascus

Jaffna: The Haunted and the Hopeful

Jaffna still bears the scars of one of history’s longest and bloodiest guerrilla wars. Aditya Iyer reports from the Sri Lankan city caught between a horrifying memory and a tentative future

Varanasi and Anuradhapura: Sacred Geographies

Politics, power and faith in the holy cities of Varanasi and Anuradhapura

‘We musicians sit on the high horse of religiosity,’ says TM Krishna

Open conversation with TM Krishna, Carnatic vocalist and writer

Punjab: Seeds of Secession

Punjab highlights the disasters that can arise when political unscrupulousness is mixed with religious fervour

Media in the Mirror

Journalism in a time of change

Reclaiming Sivaganga

Memories of the first resistance

Throwing out Secular Nehru with the Socialist Bathwater

The end of an idea that was Indian politics’ greatest contradiction

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