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November 2010

Speech Acts

Britain’s libel laws, the harshest in the democratic world, have increasingly been deployed to suppress freedom of expression. Can a diverse new coalition of scientists and writers make the United Kin

Salil Tripathi


“Your Missing Person”: Clearing House and the Bombay Poets

Obama's Burden

A Dangling Conversation

  • Perspectives

    • Government / Commentary Why the Bihar elections will have nationwide repercussions Christophe Jaffrelot
    • Politics / Commentary Will Barack Obama be able to overturn the old framework of American Exceptionalism from its foreign policy to lay foundations for a more equitable relationship with the world? Vinod K Jose
    • Government / Commentary Unless India sends appropriate interlocutors to Kashmir, the gesture is futile Wajahat Ahmad
    • Politics / Commentary As the recent crisis shows, governance in Karnataka does not even pretend to be incorruptible; politicians have declared themselves for sale Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
  • Reporting & Essays

    • Law / Reportage Britain’s libel laws, the harshest in the democratic world, have increasingly been deployed to suppress freedom of expression. Can a diverse new coalition of scientists and writers make the United Kin Salil Tripathi
    • History / Books The long-forgotten debate between Nehru and JP Narayan is a painful reminder of what’s missing in our politics today. Ramachandra Guha
    • Politics Barack Obama’s presidency has been hated as much as it has been hyped. What remains consistent is his status as the most powerful man in the world. This month he visits India Christopher Morris
    • Conflict / Reportage How one Burmese monk escaped the clutches of his country’s military dictatorship—and found refuge in an India that continues to pursue close relations with his country’s repressive regime Rajeshree Sisodia
    • Literature / Books The forgotten story of a poetry publishing collective Anjum Hasan
    • Behind Jamnagar’s reputation as an oil town, there are its bird sanctuaries. Behind its bird sanctuaries, stands Ranji—its 20th century cricket star Maharajah Dilip D'Souza
  • Books

    • Literature / Books A juicy spread in which reportage outclasses fiction Faiza S Khan
    • Literature / Books Ayn Rand was a kind of 20th-century Jonathan Swift, with a keen eye for the inhumane underbelly of the humanitarian project. Philip Bounds
  • Editor's Corner

    • Politics / editor's pick Bihar’s Two Resurrectionaries Sumati
  • Arts

    • Arts / Essay Welcome to the world of Indian American stand-up comedy Nandini Nair
    • Arts / Essay A three-brother band in McLeod Ganj is giving voice to the angst of the Tibetan youth in exile Snigdha Poonam
    • Arts / Essay If one gives them a chance, some of the Historic Delhi images can make a familiar city appear utterly fresh Trisha Gupta
  • Fiction & Poetry

    • Hong Kong Janice Pariat
    • Srinagar II Dave Besseling
  • Letters from

    • Politics / The Lede It was but four years ago that Ayni Airbase was set to become India’s first visible geopolitical move into Central Asia. What happened? Joshua Kucera
    • Business / The Lede Increasingly tough sanctions directed at Tehran strike an unintended blow against Dubai’s Iranian traders Vinita Bharadwaj
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