Who is the real Narendra Modi behind the persona?
Frontlineby Palash Krishna Mehrotra25 Aug 2026
As a student of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, I was greatly taken by a slim monograph called The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
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top 97%India-Pakistan Ties: Beyond Partition and Inherited Grievance
Frontlineby Mani Shankar Aiyar25 Aug 2026
There is a young woman who writes beautifully. Her words touch the heart and resonate in the mind. She has lived all her life in Colaba, Mumbai. Her first name is Sana.
Ethanol Policy: Who Pays for India’s E20 Push?
Frontlineby R Ramakumar24 Aug 2026
Every litre of petrol sold in India today is no longer only petrol. About 20 per cent of it is ethanol, which is a form of alcohol made by fermenting sugar or starch.
The First House review: A marriage comes apart
Frontlineby Saikat Majumdar24 Aug 2026
Avni Doshi’s new novel, The First House, takes on a subject so perennially intriguing as to become a classic theme: the death and decay of a marriage.
Nelio Biedermann’s Lázár: Ambitious, Dark, and Uneven
Frontlineby Dakshayini Suresh24 Aug 2026
“The snow of the dying century still lay on the edge of the dark forest when Lajos von Lázár, the translucent child with water-blue eyes, first glimpsed the man he would believe to be his father…”...
India’s Jobless Growth Threatens Viksit Bharat: Why Policy Must Shift Before 2040
Frontlineby Parakala Prabhakar24 Aug 2026
India has to become rich before it becomes old. And if it has to achieve this, it cannot keep a large section of its population, especially the young, out of work.
How UP’s Upper-Caste Elite Shaped Majoritarian India’s Democracy
Frontlineby Sukumar Muralidharan24 Aug 2026
Strength in numbers does not ensure rectitude. Democracies that function on the will of the majority are obliged to safeguard the rights of all.
How Foreign Private Equity and Big Finance Transformed Indian Healthcare Into a Global Profit Asset
Frontlineby Abantika Ghosh24 Aug 2026
There is an inherent dichotomy in Indian healthcare. On the one hand, accessible, affordable, quality healthcare continues to elude many; on the other, a roll call of India’s tallest business...
Unspooling Fate
Frontlineby Paul Zacharia24 Aug 2026
The heroine takes poison because she thinks her lover has abandoned her. Actually, the hero only pretends to distance himself from her, and conceals his love for her because he has discovered that...
Appease and Scare: Modi's future strategy
Frontlineby Ajaz Ashraf24 Aug 2026
It’s a paradox that Gen Z citizens set aside their fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch a movement against him at a time he appeared the strongest.
"Dimagi Goondaism": How Political Power Produces Street Violence
Frontlineby Apoorvanand Apoorvanand teaches Hindi; Writes Literary; Cultural Criticism Ai Summary23 Aug 2026
In Rajasthan’s Rampura-Kanwarpura village, goons attacked workers of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). They pelted them with stones, beat them, and smashed the windows of their vehicles.
Mitra Phukan on Assam's Insurgency, Music, and Literature
Frontlineby Majid Maqbool23 Aug 2026
Conflict, in its many forms, is at the core of the fiction of Mitra Phukan, the award-winning Assamese writer, translator, and columnist.
Why Omar Abdullah is treading carefully around the US on Kashmir
Frontlineby Gowhar Geelani22 Aug 2026
On August 19, the US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar.
What Women Carry: Objects, Memory, and Migration
Frontlineby Aradhana Bardhan22 Aug 2026
The exhibition “What Women Carry” asks a deceptively simple question: What do women take when they have to leave home? Its answer is rarely limited to what can fit inside a suitcase.
Kerala UDF Government’s First 100 Days: A Rocky Start
Frontlineby M G Radhakrishnan22 Aug 2026
The first 100 days in power are usually the sweetest phase of any government’s honeymoon with the public.
Daisy Rockwell’s Mixed Metaphors: The joy of translation
Frontlineby Iswarya V22 Aug 2026
Is a translator a musician trying to play a score written for a specific instrument on a different device or a mother trying to soothe a wailing baby?
Why translation is never just about language
Frontlineby Anusua Mukherjee22 Aug 2026
Dear Reader, Some years ago, I tried translating one of my life’s bibles, Bengali author Lila Majumder’s novel Holde Pakhir Palok (literally, The Yellow Bird’s Feather), for an American friend, to...
BJP’s Bengal Honeymoon Losing Shine
Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay22 Aug 2026
Within months of coming to power with a massive mandate, West Bengal’s BJP government faces growing discontent from different sections of society.
The Cost of Cash Transfers: India’s Welfare Dilemma
Frontlineby Soni Mishra22 Aug 2026
On August 1, when the Delhi government launched a cash transfer scheme under which eligible women in the national capital would get Rs.2,500 a month, it triggered a huge debate on the burden such...
PM CARES Fund Audit Raises Questions on Transparency
Frontlineby Soni Mishra22 Aug 2026
When the latest audit statements of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM-CARES) Fund were released on its website on August 18, they revealed a corpus that...