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Outlook Magazine - 11 October 2021
Draupadi’s tribe increases by the day. There are many injustices, a lot of pain and violence out there.
Mayawati alleged that in the urban local body polls the government machinery was "misused".
She thanked party leaders for "reposing their trust and electing me as their president".
Memories of my Mashi alternate from childhood days wrapt in her vivid storytelling, to the presence of the activist and writer Mahasweta Devi, who gave voice to the marginalised
North Korea on Wednesday successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong-Un declaring his country had now achieved full nuclear statehood.
A special team of the agency from Delhi is expected to question her and record her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Draupadi’s tribe increases by the day. There are many injustices, a lot of pain and violence out there.
Mayawati alleged that in the urban local body polls the government machinery was "misused".
She thanked party leaders for "reposing their trust and electing me as their president".
Memories of my Mashi alternate from childhood days wrapt in her vivid storytelling, to the presence of the activist and writer Mahasweta Devi, who gave voice to the marginalised
North Korea on Wednesday successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong-Un declaring his country had now achieved full nuclear statehood.
A special team of the agency from Delhi is expected to question her and record her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
OTHER STORIES
Efforts were being undertaken on a "war footing" while power supply was being restored. The Coast Guard's help was being used to rescue 30 fishermen stranded in the sea even as 76 of them had been already rescued, Palaniswami said.
He said the Navy is examining rules and regulations for allowing woman officers on board the warships.
A political slugfest erupted ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections, after Rahul Gandhi yesterday said his family is devotee of Lord Shiva, but does not believe in using it for political gain.
Rupani announced from the stage that "I will meet you after this programme", but no meeting took place, officials said.
In independent India if there is a person who made Gujarat famous in each corner of world, it's Narendra Modi. I want to ask my friends of Congress, do they have problem in accepting it?
In a legal notice sent to PM Modi, Nissan sought payment of incentives due from the Tamil Nadu government as part of a 2008 agreement to set up a car manufacturing plant in the state.
88 student of a girls' school in Arunachal Pradesh were allegedly forced to undress by three teachers in front of their entire school
In democratic India, suppression and erasure of dissent has become the norm of the day and it's across political parties.
In the battle over curricula, the Left tells stories that focus only on making the elite squirm in guilt, while the Right prefers glory by distorting history, but the victims remain voiceless
It is time for us to celebrate the iconic women in our sacred literature, Sita, Draupadi and Radha, in their various identities and vernacular manifestations
Muslim scholars say there are about 50 madrasas in UP that are considered pioneers in education reforms. But, in the absence of a central regulatory body, their number is unknown.
Shapers of syllabi in the rapidly expanding RSS-backed schools dismiss criticism, say their emphasis is on long-neglected, ancient Indian knowledge and value systems
Dopdi Mejhen’s cry of dissent against state power fortified by patriarchy has unsettled many in the last 44 years. Delhi University’s BA syllabus will be immeasurably poorer without it.
Should curricula not reflect the ‘truth’? And whose truth? Recent deletions and additions come wrapped in a concern for ‘heritage’, but are also dyed in a deep disquiet over other zones of contestation—caste and gender—beyond religion.
From food to ambience, southern Goa's pristine beaches are not only romantic but exotic in all aspects.
An itinerant, evocative tour of archaeological sites attempts, through astute reflection, to reshape the idea of India
Bollywood star Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he doesn't believe in competing with anybody but himself, and doesn’t want to become a star but be recognised for his craft.
In this excerpt from his new book, Manu S. Pillai recounts how the British, through deceit and ill will, tried to unseat the ruler of Baroda. When their plot was picked apart by the maharaja’s British lawyer, they fell back on outright racism to have their way.
Kamla Bhasin was accepted as a woman with a special mission, by men and women together, not only in her country but across South Asia.
The removal of Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia’s works from the syllabi of a Bihar university causes a political furore and forces a hasty reinstatement by Nitish Kumar. Other titans, however, remain quietly discarded.
The Biden-Harris administration is serious because India is at the heart of the US response to its peer competition with China.
Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there
Pharmacists have been prescribing medicines because more than 1,300 of the 8,729 sanctioned doctors’ posts in the state are vacant.
Jammu traders, who supported central government’s abrogation of Article 370, feel betrayed as Reliance opens retail stores.
The police brutalities against the Maynals and Hussains look very timely for BJP with bypolls in six Assembly elections lined up.
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