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October 2025
Blood on the Tracks
Why nearly a hundred track maintainers die on the job every year
Zaen Alkazi
Type Caste
Uncertain Terms
Ehtesham Siddiqui: “I got my freedom but there is pain”
The Lede
Crime
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Interview
An accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings reflects on his exoneration
Shahid Tantray
Perspectives
Politics
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Commentary
In Tianjin, Modi again succumbed to Beijing’s preferred terms
Sushant Singh
Politics
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Commentary
The Sangh’s century of moulding men
Sagar
Politics
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Commentary
Dogs become the latest target of India’s mob mentality
Puja Sen
Communities
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Commentary
The Sonbhadra massacre and the violence of misclassification
Akash Poyam
Reporting & Essays
Labour
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Reportage
Why nearly a hundred track maintainers die on the job every year
Zaen Alkazi
History
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Essay
Where the postcolonial Left meets the Hindu Right
Meera Nanda
Politics
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Reportage
The questions emerging from Nepal’s Gen Z protests
Vishnu Sharma
Books
Literature
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Books
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
Nandhanaa PJ
Literature
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Excerpt
An excerpt from Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy
Editor's Corner
Politics
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editor's pick
Editor's Pick
The Caravan