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'Terrorism' is not a term to be used lightly. The horrific blasts in Bombay on 11 July, which left almost 200 train commuters dead and several hundred more

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 2006

The ‘informal’ sector in India actually comprises 93 percent of the country’s workforce, 40 percent of whom are women. As the Self Employed Women’s Association has discovered, such overwhelming numbers are sure to offer significant opportunities – and frighten the establishment.

By Renana Jhabvala

/ 1 Aug 2006

The Times of India’s final frontier

Emboldened by a history of cosy relationships with advertisers, over the past decade the Times of India has revolutionised the way that Indian newspapers must compete. With advertisers now making content decisions, print news no longer considers the reader.

By Sukumar Muralidharan

/ 1 Aug 2006

New nationalism and neo-liberal cruelty

A review of 'Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat' by Dionne Bunsha.

By Vijay Prashad

/ 1 Aug 2006

The communalisation of censorship

Censorship in India is increasingly out of the hands of government, and in the grip of self-appointed politico-cultural guardians.

By Amardeep Singh

/ 1 Aug 2006

Sec 377 and same-sex desire

It has been long and painful, but gay rights in India is finally becoming a powerful – and integrated – political force.

By Gautam Bhan

/ 1 Aug 2006

Just another suicide

After being hit locally, nationally and internationally, the farmers of Vidarbha are down — and some are out.

By Dilip D’Souza

/ 2 Jul 2006

Salwa Judum’s zulum*

Consider this. 172 out of the 600 districts in India are affected by the presence of Naxalites. More than 1400 people have been killed in Naxalite-related violence over the

By The Editors

/ 2 Jul 2006

Assam’s rise of the margins

The Congress party squeaked by in Assam's recent elections, but it's racing to keep up with the state's new dynamics.

By Sanjeeb Kakoty

/ 1 Jul 2006

The economics of accomodation

The fate of India-Pakistan economic ties seems pegged to the fluctuating peace process between the two. But the normalisation of bilateral economic relations is inevitable, and will have far-reaching and unforeseen implications.

By Haris Gazdar

/ 1 Jul 2006

Intensity and concentration

The Women in Cages: Collected Stories by Vilas Sarang, Penguin Books India. Even many dedicated readers know little or nothing about Vilas Sarang, a talented writer who is equally at

By Jai Arjun Singh

/ 1 Jul 2006

Bollywood and the middle-class nation

Over the last few years the Hindi cinema produced by Bombay, Bollywood for short, seems to have come of age. With a far greater slickness in production values, with a

By Mahmood Farooqui

/ 1 Jul 2006