Opinion, Edit, 2nd Dec 2018, News & Stories from India

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Opinion Edit 02 Dec 2018

Opinion, Edit, 02 Dec 2018

This must be acted upon at once by the Centre and the Army regardless of the difficulties soldiers come across in their operations in flushing out terrorists. (Representational Image)

Sage advice on ‘encounters’

A civil society in a democratic setup must be able to find an answer to keeping the peace while having to deal with dissidents, rebels and terrorists.

02 Dec 2018 12:05 AM

In the last year and a half, batches of farmers have arrived in the nation’s capital as many as four times to draw the attention of Parliament and the government to the crisis in agriculture and to the miserable lives they lead.

Indifference to farmers’ plight is not an option

Key Opposition parties, including the Congress, joined the farmers in protest, trying to set the stage for the next Lok Sabha election.

02 Dec 2018 12:00 AM

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Columns

Aakar Patel

Aakar Patel | Apex court rulings on Hindutva give BJP, RSS room to further agenda

Landmark Supreme Court judgments on Hindutva, communal rhetoric, and electoral politics

Mohan Guruswamy

Mohan Guruswamy | Maoism or Modism: The perils of personality cult

Drawing parallels between Mao Zedong's legacy and contemporary political dynamics in India.

Sanjaya Baru

Sanjaya Baru | Who built Hyderabad? Secret of the city’s rise

Tracing the Transformation of India's "Second Capital" Over Decades

Kishwar Desai

Kishwar Desai | Booker ‘sugar daddies’ of lit; Liz’s bestseller toast of town

The Historical Ties of the Booker Prize Amidst Liz Truss's Authorial Rise