Protest and Politics: Why Emotions Drive Movements
Frontlineby Manoj Kumar Jha·29d ago
Every protest starts with a feeling. When a crowd gathers, something happens inside people. There is anger, certainly, but there may also be humiliation, fear, grief, compassion, affection...
High Court Appointments: Who Gets to Have a Say?
Frontlineby V Venkatesan AI Summary·8 Sept 2026
When the Supreme Court recast the judicial appointments system in 1993, it warned that keeping High Courts under acting Chief Justices for long periods “must be deprecated and avoided”.
Linguistic Shift in Jammu & Kashmir: Why Chenab Valley Languages Face Silent Decline
Frontlineby Ayaan Saroori·8 Sept 2026
Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab Valley, a mountainous region carved deeply by the River Chenab between the Lesser and Outer Himalayas, is home to remarkable linguistic diversity.
AfD Rise in Germany Tests Political Firewall
Frontlineby Ashutosh Nagda·8 Sept 2026
In February 2025, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the second-largest party in the German Bundestag after the country’s federal elections.
Reservation Hatao Andolan: Who Benefits From the Divide?
Frontlineby Anand Teltumbde AI Summary·8 Sept 2026
Having expressed my initial scepticism about the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement at Jantar Mantar, I became extremely happy with the manner in which it conducted the movement to its successful...
Tamil Nadu Project Cancellations: A Costly Political Cycle
Frontlineby R K Radhakrishnan AI Summary·8 Sept 2026
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of many projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which was in power from 2021 to 2026, including the...
H1N1 in India: What the Rising Cases Tell Us
Frontlineby Abhishek Mukherjee; Ritwika Mitra·8 Sept 2026
Viral infections have long posed a threat to human societies, but advances in public health since the early 20th century have transformed our ability to prevent infection, improving health outcomes...
What Happened to the Muslim Social in Hindi Cinema?
Frontlineby Sarthak Parashar·8 Sept 2026
In his illustrious career, Khalid Mohamed has been a journalist and a national cultural editor at the Hindustan Times, as well as the editor of Filmfare. He has made films and written about them.
Where Did Delhi’s 11 Lakh Voters Disappear?
Frontlineby Shubhangi Derhgawen·7 Sept 2026
Delhi’s draft voter roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) revealed deletion of 47.5 lakh voters.
Nepal Flood Disaster: A Warning from a Warming Himalaya
Frontlineby Sunita Neupane·7 Sept 2026
Mira Sewa, 49, was waiting outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, with hundreds of families for news about relatives who went missing in Nepal’s devastating flood in August.
Swatantra Bhardwaj and the BJP’s Politics of Violence
Frontlineby Apoorvanand Apoorvanand teaches Hindi; Writes Literary; Cultural Criticism Ai Summary·7 Sept 2026
Swatantra Bhardwaj is today one of the most talked-about names in India. Let us add: one of the most talked-about Hindu names.
Nepal Floods: Why Himalayan Development Needs a Rethink
Frontlineby Anusua Mukherjee·7 Sept 2026
Two weeks after the August 26 floods in Nepal, the catastrophe only seems to be getting bigger in scale.
Nehru Archive: Inside Nehru’s Letters, Ideas, Politics, and Private World
Frontlineby Ashutosh Sharma·7 Sept 2026
Nearly a year before he founded the National Herald in Lucknow, Jawaharlal Nehru turned his critical gaze on himself.
Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxals’ Call Threatens Democratic Dissent
Frontlineby Mani Shankar Aiyar·7 Sept 2026
On the eve of my taking the civil services exam in London in October 1962, the Chinese came down from Thagla Ridge and routed the Indians under Brig.
Germany’s Far Right Rises as Economic Crisis Deepens
Frontlineby Susan Ram·7 Sept 2026
Neuhardenberg, a municipality located in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, is by all accounts a gem of a place to visit.
Sonia Gandhi’s Second Act: Writer and Critic
Frontlineby Ajaz Ashraf·7 Sept 2026
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, penned after she decided to limit her role in politics, boosts her second coming, this time as a writer and critic.
Mouna Ragam at 40: Cinema and the Neoliberal Turn
Frontlineby Varkey Parakkal; Anuraag Srinivasan·6 Sept 2026
“The very principle of democracy is founded on the possibility of making alternative choices. There is no longer a need for democracy, since ideology made the idea that ‘there is no alternative’...
Zai Whitaker on Nature Writing: “A Mountain of Information Gets Spun Down to an Anthill”
Frontlineby Majid Maqbool·6 Sept 2026
At eight, Zai Whitaker had an unusual problem. Everyone in her family seemed to know their birds, while she struggled to identify even the ones outside the window.
Girish A.D.: How Ordinary Heroes Are Winning Malayalam Cinema
Frontlineby Vineeth Menon·5 Sept 2026
Malayalam cinema has always liked the ordinary man. A medical representative. A son trying to hold a joint family together. A Gulf-returned man with big plans. An earnest schoolteacher.
Climate Crisis and Farm Distress Push Indian Farmers Out
Frontlineby Abeer Athar·5 Sept 2026
In some ways, Jiyalal, once a farmer dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, is a much-relieved man. Hailing from Mahua village in Uttar Pradesh, he has left his fields behind for the city.
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