The bulldozer of repression will roll on, but the Cockroach protests have dented the Hindu Right’s impregnable authority

A family’s desperate search after the deadliest day of the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

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Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

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India’s state governments are taking steps with adverse implications for speech and expression, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Prateek Waghre.

Two nights ago I attended the launch of [In]Complete Justice?, S Muralidhar’s book of essays about the state of India’s Supreme Court, which turns 75 this year. The hall at India Intern…

Industry officials were taken by surprise when the government pushed through a Bill banning online money gaming. But what had led to its boom in the first place, and what has it meant for ordinary Ind...

A conversation with journalist Rahul Bhatia about his book, The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy.

A conversation with journalist Rahul Bhatia about his book, The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy.

Omar Dewachi traces the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in war-related wounds—which US military doctors labelled Iraqibacter—to the biological legacy of decades of sanctions, war and interventio...

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Markets muted as New Delhi mulls response to Washington’s latest trade war salvo over Russian oil imports

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The first installment in our series features Rahul Bhatia RI ’23, a journalist and author of The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy (PublicAffairs, 2024). An independent writer, ...

The first installment in our series features Rahul Bhatia RI ’23, a journalist and author of The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy (PublicAffairs, 2024). An independent writer, ...