Power Play | Neta mere neta
Frontlineby Anand Mishra3d ago
Dear reader, This week, a video clip of a group of people worshipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi’s Press Club of India (PCI) went viral.
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top 97%Youth Protests Signals a New Politics in India
Frontlineby Anand Teltumbde3d ago
Something remarkable is happening in India. The generation that was expected merely to sit in classrooms, memorise textbooks, and prepare for examinations is beginning to ask a fundamental...
How the exhibition SWARAJ reimagined India’s political history
Frontlineby Juhi Saklani3d ago
A word of immense moral force and philosophical abundance, swaraj was never reducible to its literal English meaning, self-rule.
Jharkhand Exam Crisis: Students Demand Accountability
Frontlineby Vedaant Lakhera; Anand Mishra3d ago
The over-three-week-long protest of civil services aspirants of Jharkhand showed signs of coming to an end on August 17 when Devendra Nath Mahto, the most prominent face of the protests, broke his...
MMDR Act 2026: Mining, Federalism, and Big Business
Frontlineby C P Chandrasekhar3d ago
Among the 11 Bills passed without discussion in the just concluded session of Parliament, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 2026, is facing serious pushback...
How "Cringe Cool" and Parodic Love Power Bollywood's Nostalgia Economy
Frontlineby Prathyush Parasuraman3d ago
When Himesh Reshammiya’s “Cap Mania” tour was selling out across the country, I had to pause to ask a colleague who rapturously partook in the concert: did you really enjoy the concert, or did you...
Central African Republic Gold Mine Collapse Kills 100+
Frontlineby Frontline News Desk4d ago
A landslide at an illegal gold mine has killed more than 100 people in the Central African Republic, on the border with Cameroon, the latest of many such accidents in the mineral-rich nation.
CJP’s ‘Kya Bolti Public’ and the Fight for Young India
Frontlineby Saba Naqvi4d ago
What happens when a young movement that has just shattered the political ceiling decides that listening to people is more important than asking for their votes?
Tribunals Reforms Act 2026: Is Judicial Independence Safe?
Frontlineby V Venkatesan4d ago
“The form of the administration must be appropriate to the form of the Constitution.” When the Supreme Court invoked B.R.
America in 2026: A Society in Imperial Decline
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha4d ago
I last visited America in 2022, during my father’s final Spring, and stayed for two and a half months, squeezing in a visit to Peoria, Illinois, and Boulder, Colorado, for my youngsters.
Smriti Irani’s BJP Comeback: From Amethi to General Secretary
Frontlineby Soni Mishra4d ago
Smriti Irani divides opinion, but 22 years in politics have shown she is not seeking universal approval.
Why Repealing Farm Laws Did Not End the Farm Crisis | Ashok Dhawale interview
Frontlineby T K Rajalakshmi4d ago
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that his government had protected farmers from global urea price shocks and he exhorted farmers to go “from the farm to export...
Ecotourism in India: From Conservation to Commercialisation
Frontlineby Prakriti Srivastava; Ghazala Shahabuddin4d ago
Ecotourism came to India in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2002, the United Nations launched the International Year of Ecotourism to promote sustainable travel globally.
Andhra’s Data Centre Policy Faces Legal, Fiscal Questions
Frontlineby Ayesha Minhaz5d ago
The Andhra Pradesh government’s AI data centre policies, expedited approvals, and staggering subsidies have come under intense scrutiny and criticism in recent months.
Thomas Blom Hansen on Hindutva’s Growing Hegemony in India
Frontlineby Abhish K Bose5d ago
Thomas Blom Hansen is the Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He founded and directed Stanford’s Center for South Asia from 2010 to 2017.
Pakistan’s Indus Heritage and the Crisis of Identity
Frontlineby Anurag Punetha5d ago
“Better Off in a Home”. That was the curious title TIME magazine chose for its report on the birth of Pakistan in its August 25, 1947, issue.
Braille Textbook Delay Leaves Blind Students Waiting
Frontlineby Shubhangi Derhgawen5d ago
Blind students at one of India’s premier institutions for visual disability are four months into the academic year without their complete textbooks.
Bastar Adivasis Still Wait for Justice After LWE War
Frontlineby C R Bijoy5d ago
Decades after a war waged largely on their land and in their name, Adivasis in central India’s former conflict zone are still waiting for justice promised to them.
India’s New Pharma Policy Could Make Life-Saving Drugs More Expensive
Frontlineby Ameer Shahul5d ago
For more than five decades, India has built a pharmaceutical ecosystem founded on a simple but powerful principle: reward genuine innovation but ensure that life-saving medicines become affordable.
BJP’s New Team Signals Trouble Ahead of 2027 Polls
Frontlineby Manish Anand6d ago
The recent unveiling of a new team of national office-bearers by the BJP president Nitin Nabin is as clear an indication of the growing unease within the party’s ranks as any open statement about...