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Mapping the hidden structure of an unaccountable organisation
Politics / Reportage
Mapping the hidden structure of an unaccountable organisation
Amrita Singh
July 2025

Magazine

Kashmir police silences questions as bodies emerge from the Veshaw River
Crime / Reportage
Kashmir police silences questions as bodies emerge from the Veshaw River
Jatinder Kaur Tur
Waste and labour in urban South Asia
Environment / Books
Waste and labour in urban South Asia
Ankush Pal
The commodification of tribal lives in India
Communities / Commentary
The commodification of tribal lives in India
Akash Poyam
A leading astrophysicist on supermassive black holes and her drive to do science 
Science And Technology / Interview
A leading astrophysicist on supermassive black holes and her drive to do science 
Hartosh Singh Bal
Megaprojects in the Northeast cannot make up for decades of neglect
Government / Reportage
Megaprojects in the Northeast cannot make up for decades of neglect
Kimi Colney , Greeshma Kuthar

In the news

What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Politics / Commentary
What the Indian media gets wrong about Modi and Trump, and Modi and the world
Daniel Block
The first South Asian crisis of the third nuclear age
Conflict / Commentary
The first South Asian crisis of the third nuclear age
Ankit Panda
Praful Patel and the fall of Air India
Business / Reportage
Praful Patel and the fall of Air India
Praveen Donthi
The Bodh Gaya protest is a fresh chapter in Buddhist assertion
Religion / Reportage
The Bodh Gaya protest is a fresh chapter in Buddhist assertion
Sunil Kashyap

Web Exclusives

Jay Shah’s control over the cricketing world
Sports / Excerpt
Jay Shah’s control over the cricketing world

An extract from Sharda Ugra’s 2023 cover story, on how Jay Shah centralised control over the BCCI and how his influence spilled over into the ICC.

Sharda Ugra
The role of medical professionals in cases of custodial violence
Law and Order / Excerpt
The role of medical professionals in cases of custodial violence
Jinee Lokaneeta
Trump’s diplomacy of the absurd
Politics / Commentary
Trump’s diplomacy of the absurd
Adekeye Adebajo

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Kenya’s invisibilised waste pickers
Environment / Photo Essay
Kenya’s invisibilised waste pickers
Edwin Ndeke
Documenting riverine communities amid Panama’s greatest ever drought
Communities / Photo Essay
Documenting riverine communities amid Panama’s greatest ever drought
Enea Lebrun
Punjab's farmers struggle with the Green Revolution's toxic legacy
Agriculture / Photo Essay
Punjab's farmers struggle with the Green Revolution's toxic legacy
Harsha Vadlamani
Performance art as resistance in Kashmir
Arts / Photo Essay
Performance art as resistance in Kashmir
Shahid Tantray

Most Read

How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Politics / Reportage
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
Hartosh Singh Bal
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Politics / Reportage
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
Vinod K Jose
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Religion / Essay
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
Divya Dwivedi , Shaj Mohan , J Reghu
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Politics / Reportage
Adityanath’s reign of terror
Dhirendra K Jha
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Science And Technology / Books
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
Mila T Samdub

Books

Muslim prisoners’ writings in contemporary India
Communities / Books
Muslim prisoners’ writings in contemporary India
Sharmila Purkayastha
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Conflict / Books
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
Achin Vanaik
Caste in the campus novel
Literature / Books
Caste in the campus novel
Diya Isha
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Caste / Books
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
Ashik Kahina
Jotirao Phule and the history of Marathi print culture
Literature / Books
Jotirao Phule and the history of Marathi print culture
Karthik Malli
Chhayavad poetry’s search for ancestors
Literature / Books
Chhayavad poetry’s search for ancestors
Tulika Varma
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