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In the nationwide din of protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or the CAA, and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), it’s easy to lose sight of the more pressing issues. ‘It’s the economy, stupid’, to borrow Bill Clinton’s 1992 p

The government might have gone out of its way to justify the redevelopment of Delhi’s emblematic Central Vista precinct, but none of its explanations has made this sudden move seem less opaque. Those in opposition—a collective of a few hundred archit

Bangladesh has had a bifurcated national identity since its genesis. One facet of this identity emphasises linguistic nationalism based on a passionate attachment to Bengali. This is hardly surprising given that the origins of the nationalist movemen

Unlike the muted response of state governments and regional parties to the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories in August 2019, the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has galvanised mor

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has finally come out and said “there is no question of implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar”. After supporting the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 in Parliament, Nitish n

If the December 2019 election to rural bodies is any indication, the assembly election in 2021 holds uncertain prospects for both the ruling All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and its main rival, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Th

When Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the waiver of all farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh on December 21, he was aware this would put a Rs 30,000 crore burden on the state exchequer. He has already written a letter to Prime Minister Nar

Yes. With a sharp slowdown in both private consumption and investment, domestic demand is the biggest casualty right now. A coordinated pro-cyclical monetary and fiscal policy thrust is the need of the hour. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut po

In his last novel, the DSC Prize-winning Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer, author and playwright Cyrus Mistry portrayed a Parsi community involved in the disposal of corpses. Here, in his third novel, The Prospect of Miracles, he moves from Parsis and Mu

What does it mean to experience the deaths of loved ones? How to cope with the resultant grief? Permeated Absence, a solo show by Dhruvi Acharya, 48, on at Delhi’s Nature Morte gallery till February 8, explores these ever-complex questions. Haunted b

Three qualities are required of a graphic story. One, the narrative thread must be clear; two, if there’s text, it must be legible; three, the pictures need to be technically competent even if not actually beautiful. When all three are missing, you g

Someone is bound to have said it already. Love, the passionate kind that enters into the body like a wolf with sharp teeth and tears its entrails, is a kind of death. What makes Sumana Roy’s web of stories arresting is that her kind of wolf lives in

Q. You were ranked outside the top 100 in the men’s under-21 three years ago; last week, you became the first Indian to be crowned World No. 1. What have you done right over the past few years? In 2018, I joined the senior India camp for the first ti

IN SEPTEMBER 2018, photojournalist Shahidul Alam’s partner came to visit him in prison in Dhaka. She told him that New York’s Rubin Museum of Art was interested in showcasing his work. Would he be interested in the collaboration? A long-time critic o

Anew year calls for renewed and refurnished interiors. You can change the synergy of the space by moving a few pieces, getting new ones, or painting the walls with the brightest hues. Here are a few trends that will make a big splash in 2020. Trendin

You don’t have to be blue blooded to understand that the classic shade of blue instantly evokes a feeling of grandeur, royalty and glamour. Interestingly, it is also a familiar and calming colour. Pantone in choosing this particular shade of blue is