- In the Caravan, V Geetha puts the legacy of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa under the microscope and explains why claims of the leader being a feminist are inaccurate.
- In The Hindu, former Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan says those taking the reins from Jayalalithaa should be true to the ethos of progressive politics that Tamil Nadu has represented.
- Syed Badrul Ahsan in the Indian Express analyses the conflict between morality and reality as Bangladesh sees a huge influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar.
- Stephen Maher in Jacobin says the Left should not just invoke the memories of a liberal past but should also look at the future in countering the global rise of right-wing politics.
- In the Mint, Laveesh Bhandari weighs in on the fundamental differences in the way Gandhi and Nehru visualised independent India.
- In the New York Times, Se-Woong Koo tells you why the impeachment of South Korea President Park-Geun Hye won’t end the culture of corruption that is now pervasive in the country.
- Where do personal laws derive their authority from? Is it religion or the state? Saptarishi Mandal in the Economic and Political Weekly answers these questions in the context of the triple talaq controversy.
- In the Roar, Jerome Ross says fighting the financial aristocracy and the strangle hold of banks on our lives would require structural changes than mere sloganeering.
- In the New Yorker, Margaret Talbot profiles the work of a fascinating lawyer in New Jersey who is helping victims of “revenge porn” seek justice.
- Justin Heckert in the ESPN traces the story of Stadium Events, the legendary video game of the 1980s from Nintendo.
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed
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As parched Bengaluru looks to ‘reduce, recycle, recharge’, other Indian cities should take note
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‘Panic Sunday’: The day in 1857 when Wajid Ali Shah was arrested on charges of conspiracy