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Shiv Visvanathan
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The writer is a member of Compost Heap, a group of academics and activists working on alternative imaginations.
    Afrazul Khan, a migrant labourer from West Bengals Malda district who was working as a mason in Rajasthan. Khan was hacked and burnt alive by one Shambhulal Regar at Rajasamand in Rajasthan. The brutal murder was captured on camera by Shambhulals teenaged nephew.Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Murder most foul as pedagogic warning

    We confront two kinds of violence, one that is codified into institutions and another that is institutional violence.

    19 Dec 2017 7:22 PM

    Two events in Gujarat polls disturbed the aesthetics of elections. First came the Macwan affair and second the handling of Congress leader Rahul Gandhis visit to the Somnath Temple.Opinion
    Dividing Lines: When religion trumps citizenship

    Two events in Gujarat polls disturbed the aesthetics of elections.

    10 Dec 2017 12:59 AM

    Arab worlds richest nation, Saudi Arabia, commits genocide on the Arab worlds poorest country, Yemen.Opinion
    Yemen's tragedy: Is the world's conscience completely dead?

    A child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen.

    24 Nov 2017 1:05 AM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday vowed to protect consumer interest.Opinion
    Dividing Lines: We should do a major rethink about security

    To appoint a security official to head the negotiation already closes options in the imagination.

    14 Nov 2017 6:48 PM

    Home Minister Rajnath Singh Dineshwar Sharma will initiate the sustained dialogue to understand legitimate aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Truth , the first step to restoring J&K's dignity

    The conference was an appeal to listening and the vital role that listening as an art and a ritual plays in a...

    29 Oct 2017 12:50 AM

    Even at 75, Amitabh Bachchan is one of the top three names on the wishlist of all filmmakers.Opinion
    Dividing Lines: The perennial man

    Amitabh transcends generations. He refuses to be a period piece.

    12 Oct 2017 7:09 PM

    There is a pride in competence and achievement, a sense of creativity which nepotism cannot offer. (Photo: DC)Discourse
    Nepotism and Meritocracy

    The modern norm calls for merit, and the best example are the various competitive exams from IIT to IAS.

    3 Oct 2017 9:32 PM

    No, we havent misspelt wi-fi this is my wifeyOpinion
    It's time to democratise science in India

    A democracy that leaves science alone will not remain democratic for long.

    1 Oct 2017 10:34 PM

    Dividing Lines: How India normalises violenceOpinion
    Dividing Lines: How India normalises' violence

    Democracy in India is caught in the impasse between sheer inventiveness and frequency of violence and the emptiness of...

    13 Sept 2017 10:40 PM

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    Without fear or favour

    Conversations resounded with the idea of Gauri Lankesh as a radical and the radical as someone to be dispensed with.

    10 Sept 2017 6:56 PM

    The state syllabus textbooks were reviewed by the textbook review committee, headed by well-known writer Prof. Baraguru Ramachandrappa. After nearly a two-year exercise, the textbooks were introduced from this academic year.(Representational Image)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Why we need a science column

    A science column stands at the confluence of great efforts.

    27 July 2017 7:16 PM

    The six River Bed Power House (RBPH) turbines, which are situated on the bed of Narmada river downstream of Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadia in Narmada district, have been out of operation since October last year due to poor rainfall recorded last year. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Dividing Lines: Survival on the Narmada

    The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has insisted that its struggle will be a peaceful one.

    20 Jun 2017 7:28 PM

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