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A jan sabha in Chomu, for the INDIA bloc candidate, Amra Ram (standing in red turban). Seated is Shikha Meel Barala, Congress MLA, Chomu, Sikar Lok Sabha.  
ELECTION 2024

INDIA bloc gathers steam in Rajasthan

T.K. Rajalakshmi
Demonstrators wave a huge Iranian flag backdropped by a building emblazoned with anti-Israel messages, in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024, a day after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in a revenge mission against Israel.
World Affairs

Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia

Talmiz Ahmad
Sanjay Singh, AAP leader and MP, says there is a “deeper conspiracy against Arvind Kejriwal.“
Interview

‘Their intention is not to probe but to torture, harass, defame Kejriwal, and finish AAP’: Sanjay Singh

The AAP leader vehemently defends party supremo Arvind Kejriwal against accusations, and alleges a conspiracy to undermine him.
Anand Mishra
Anand Mishra

Editor's Pick

Folk Artists perform at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu’s election campaign at Vuyyuru in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on April 8, 2024. TDP, founded by N.T. Rama Rao, makes extensive use of spectacles, including song, dance and cinema, in its election campaigns.
Propaganda

Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films

Potent tools for disseminating political ideologies and pushing stereotypes, these films offer insights into elections as well as everyday realities.
S.V. Srinivas
Interview

‘The election is an opportunity to end silence in Kashmir’: Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra

The PDP leader, who is contesting from Srinagar, says the Lok Sabha election is an occasion to connect with people after a huge political vacuum.
Sanhati Banerjee

The Uralungal phenomenon: How a workers’ cooperative from Kerala defied caste, class barriers to become a model for the world

A unique model of labour contract society, the ULCSS, which just turned 100, proved economic success and worker welfare can go hand-in-hand.
Sasikumar V.K.
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd, Nita Ambani, Founder and family during a ceremony at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
SUM AND SUBSTANCE

Why India Inc aligns more visibly with the BJP government and its politics

Business elites believe that embracing majoritarian politics will yield substantial dividends—a misleading as well as myopic assumption.
Mitali Mukherjee

Audio Stories

White Space

Farewell Appappan

Controversy

Why a proposed private port in Karnataka’s Honnavara faces stiff resistance from fisherfolk

State of the Opposition

India’s oscillating opposition and the dynamic evolution of protest politics

State of the Opposition

The crisis of the secular opposition

Spotlight

Spotlight

CASTE AND GENDER

We need to talk about caste when we talk about menstrual justice

Caste bias inflicts harsher menstrual taboos on Dalit and minority communities in India’s patriarchal society.
Kalpana Kannabiran

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Silent SOS

Wetland and mangrove birds now forage among plastic waste in urban areas because their natural habitats are all but gone.
Prasoon Kiran

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Propaganda — The Lede

Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time

Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition.
Lawrence Liang
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Propaganda

Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda

One always imagines that propaganda and brainwashing are modern inventions that Goebbels—aided by Leni Riefenstahl—perfected. Not true. It has been ar
Vaishna Roy
Propaganda

Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema

Harish S. Wankhede
Propaganda

Viral fever: The curious spectacle of campaign films

S.V. Srinivas
From the sidelines

Caught in a saffron storm

Saba Naqvi
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