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Reading the pulse of pulses: India should use its dominance to protect...
EconomicsThe response of global farmers to rises in the prices of pulses shows that India has a commanding position in terms of price-setting.PTIBy Sudhakar GummulaIndia’s wholesale food price...
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Why K’taka BJP leader’s new OBC-SC/ST brigade is unsettling for both BJP and...
OpinionKS Eshwarappa has initiated a Sangolli Rayanna Brigade, and both Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah will watch out for itImran QureshiIt is generally taken for certain that any initiative by a...
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Chronic Backlog: Has the Supreme Court of India failed Indians?
OpinionLeave the anavasyam for the avasyamChitra SubramaniamImage: Legaleagle86 via Wikimedia CommonsThis is the story of a big ship. All Indians are in it. Its job is to steer and guide India through...
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Chevalier Kamal Haasan: Few frontiers left to conquer for Ulaganayagan
OpinionAt 61, he continues to be full of beans and raring to perform. CV AravindVersatile actor and director Kamal Haasan has added another feather to his cap with the French Government conferring him...
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Ironies of the informed age: Joker is a fantastic Tamil movie on the...
OpinionIt is a colourful, jovial socio-political commentary on how sick our society is.Ramanathan S.(SPOILERS AHEAD) (Not a review)“Joker” isn’t just a movie. It is an audio-visual essay on the ironies...
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Excuse me, why is Jesus white?
Opinion“Excuse me ma’am, why is Jesus white? Why doesn’t he look like Yasser Arafat?” Suffice to say, Mrs. Lobo couldn’t answer the question.Atul SinghAs a child, I attended Christian schools. These...
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Chennai at 377: Madras is an emotion, but not always a happy one
Madras DayWho decides who fits in here?Wikimedia Commons / MrPanyGoffBy Moulee Chennai will be celebrating its 377th birthday this August. As a queer man, I thought I should write how IPC Section 377...
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Why PM Modi must intervene to revoke clearance for Chennai airport’s second...
OpinionThe Airports Authority of India has to explainCapt. Mohan RanganathanBy Alexander Sohre via Wikimedia CommonsWe have all witnessed the destruction that was caused to Chennai and its surroundings...
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Does 'gender-equal' Kerala have space only for 'good' girls?
In spite of impressive statistics, misogyny is alive and kicking in the stateSowmya RajendranThe abuse that Vanaja Vasudev - a young writer from Alappuzha, who expressed her opinion recently on Kerala...
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News from Kerala courts go ‘missing’, campaign by lawyers against media must...
Since the lawyers have been physically stopping and even assaulting journalists, major legal stories have not been making headlines in recent daysNP RajendranThe media in Kerala is yet to report on...
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Dear Maneka, not all men will holiday on paternity leave, and even if they do...
OpinionThe law is also about helping women and changing mindsetsRamanathan S.Following the passage of the Maternity Leave Bill in the Rajya Sabha recently, there is now a louder call for a law...
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Madras HC’s verdict on IIT-M faculty case destroys the ‘merit’ argument we...
OpinionThe bias at IIT Madras led WB Vasantha to fight for increased representation of Dalits among facultyRamanathan S.Image: PTIThe Indian upper-castes’ favorite argument for debunking reservations...
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When fandom turns deadly: Violence, caste and the ugly side of Tollywood
Fan WarsFan clubs have taken on caste and political colour, with fans identifying themselves more with a hero belonging to their casteTS SudhirOn screen, film stars Pawan Kalyan and Junior NTR are...
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The Rise of more Burhans: Killing of the Hizbul commander in Kashmir is...
OpinionWhat has become worrisome for the security establishment is the growing support for militants in the valley. Adnan BhatAt a large rally in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, a dozen kids holding...
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Modi government: Hold daily press briefings or face self-inflicted wounds
Press Social media is not about fools with toolsChitra SubramaniamPTIWhen people in India are killed because they eat something or die because they have nothing to eat, the government has to respond...
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What everyone who shared pictures of a child being molested in TN should know
Child sexual abuseOnce shared on the internet, these pictures will remain available forever, contributing to life-long trauma for the child.TNM EditorialImage for representationA few days ago, a...
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Indian middle-class myths: That horrible thing we call Votebank Politics
OpinionLet's blame everything on votebank politics, because before that India was awesome.Haribabu ThilakarThis is a part of TNM series on Middle Class Narratives – read here.Catering to constituents'...
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Haryana monk’s assembly sermon: Don’t laugh at his nudity, confront his misogyny
OpinionTarun Sagar’s platitudes on female foeticide represent the hypocritical new ‘affection’ conservatives have for womenRamanathan S.In the social media chatter and news reporting following the...
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Why WhatsApp sharing my data with Facebook for ads isn’t all that bad
OpinionThe real concern is if they are clearly telling us what they are really up to.Ramanathan S.Flickr/Sam AzgorOn August 25, instant-messaging app WhatsApp’s blog announced that the platform will...
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The Cauvery political rhetoric which achieves nothing but flaring up tensions...
Water DisputeWorse, political statements add further fuel to the fire on the streets.TNM Editorial“Only blood can be given to Tamil Nadu by slitting our throat,” thundered Karnataka Health and Family...
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