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The Money She Cannot Keep
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By Shoma A. Chatterji
The Annapurna Bhandar scheme is meant to put money in women’s hands, but where husbands control the purse strings, it could become another source of domestic tension and violence.
Mariam’s husband used to beat her when she was pregnant. She...
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Bengal’s Ludwig Erhard
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By Kiran D. Tare
For decades, Swapan Dasgupta made a career of diagnosing India’s political ailments. As a columnist, editor, author and public intellectual, the erudite and scintillating Dasgupta dissected challenged orthodoxies and defended the intellectual traditions of the Indian Right. However, following his...
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The Exit Poll Mirage
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By Yogesh Kumar Goyal
While exit polls sketch a dramatic map of India’s electoral mood, the line between projection and verdict remains perilously thin.
With the ballots across five politically pivotal arenas of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry falling silent until...
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Mob Rule
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The shocking events in Malda, West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were held hostage for hours during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise while being denied basic amenities, are the logical outcome of a political ecosystem nurtured under the state’s...
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