- Will there be a George Floyd moment in India’s public life, asks Suhas Palshikar in the Indian Express.
- Science and governance should be decentralised and placed in the public domain to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, writes Milind Sohoni, also in the Indian Express.
- Online classrooms undermine the idea of education, writes Ashwin Jayanti in the Hindu.
- In the Economic Times, TK Arun explains why India needs a new bad bank.
- The worst phase of the coronavirus wave is yet to come for Delhi and Mumbai, writes Barkha Dutta in the Hindustan Times, and both cities face an acute shortage of health workers rather than beds.
- In Livemint, Sayantan Bera examines whether the spate of agricultural reforms will improve rural lives.
- Parth Kumar traces the procedural lapses behind the Assam gas leak and fire in DownToEarth.
- In the Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi on the moral imperative to resist immoral regimes.
- In the New Yorker, Ben Wallace-Wells examines whether coronavirus contact tracing can survive reopening after months of lockdown in the United States.
- Alia Allana writes in the Atlantic about how the Parle-G biscuit tells the story of India’s coronavirus pandemic.
Reading
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Is not having children selfish, a ‘moral failing’? Anti-natalists explain why it’s an ethical choice
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How Rajendra Chola and his army sailed across the seas in the 11th century to beat the Malays
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‘Sky Force’ review: Thrilling dogfights and dull catfights
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How Kerala’s trade unions have failed women
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Court refuses to order FIR against Delhi art gallery for displaying ‘offensive’ MF Husain paintings
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The many names and unchanging borders of Uttar Pradesh, from the 19th century to today
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A new book shows how Nalanda Mahavihara contributed to the fields of ancient mathematics, astronomy
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‘Fussclass Dhabade’ review: A bittersweet saga about three siblings who love to hate each other
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Readers’ comments: Our culture and Hinduism are more important than the Indian economy
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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ review: A blistering story of life under tyranny