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S. Kumaraswamy (extreme left), Secretary of the Puducherry Department of Art and Culture, pays homage to poet Tamil Oli on September 22, 2007.

The neglected legacy of Tamil Oli

Siddarth Muralidharan

Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, in Srinagar on October 18, 2024.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

In Kashmir, the UAPA enacts a politics of discipline

Engineer Rashid’s case shows how the law converts accusation into punishment, proving democracy in Kashmir is both permitted and contained by design.

Peerzada Raouf,Samyuktha Kannan

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Justice Varma case raises urgent questions about judicial transparency and accountability

T.K. Rajalakshmi

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Can AI capture Miyazaki’s soul? OpenAI’s GPT-4o tests animation’s boundaries

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When governments believe that wealth is an all-access pass that need not be supervised and “development” a mantra that need not be interrogated, private players quickly commandeer the regulatory and legislative systems meant to protect common resources.

Lost in the Wild

Editor’s Note: A sanctuary for the few, a graveyard for the many

Public habitats are vanishing, while private ventures flaunt luxurious animal care. Meanwhile, the state retreats from ecological responsibility.

Protesters shout slogans during a protest in support of arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 25, 2025, in Istanbul.

An ill-judged arrest in Türkiye spurs largest anti-Erdoğan protests in over a decade

As prominent opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu is jailed, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s iron grip faces its most formidable challenge yet.

Iftikhar Gilani

A deep dive into the cultural divide between American psychotherapy and Indian family values. (Representative image)

MIND OF THE LIFE

Why American therapy gets parents wrong

In India, we live with flawed parents without cutting ties. Western therapy sees things in black and white—and misses the cultural shades in between.

BJP leader Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane greeted by supporters on the counting day of the 2022 Assembly election in North Goa district.

Goa Minister Vishwajit Rane faces civil society ire over land transfer law

Calls for Rane’s resignation intensified after the High Court struck down the controversial amendment, but he remains defiant.

Audio Stories

Hasdeo Arand and the manufacturing of tribal consent

What Kerala’s temple dress code row reveals about faith, caste, and religious reform

A broken hiring system has spawned the Rs.300 crore cash-for-jobs scam in Goa

University Grants Commission

UGC’s new university leadership rules could imperil academic independence

Spotlight

Tribal people from several places in Odisha are seen in a protest outside the State Assembly House in Bhubaneswar, demanding their land rights under the Forest Rights Act. They have been living inside wildlife sanctuaries and other forest-enclosed areas for many years.

Forest rights activists warn of mass evictions as Supreme Court set to hear crucial FRA case on April 2

Frontline News Desk

Buddhist monks hold placards during a protest demanding the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act in Thane, Maharashtra on March 25.

The battle for Bodh Gaya’s sacred heart

A screengrab from Kunal Kamra’s comedy special Naya Bharat.

No jokes please, we’re Indian

Kunal Kamra’s jokes are not in service of their punchline. The mere telling of his joke is the punchline.

Prathyush Parasuraman

A feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito, a known vector for malaria.

Human enzyme ‘tricks’ malaria parasites; Uranus finally warms to science; and heavy metal goes ultra-thin

R. Ramachandran

Sirajuddin Haqqani in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province on December 12, 2024. The bounty on the Haqqanis was quietly removed soon after an American citizen, George Glezman, was released by the Taliban on March 20.

The US has struck a deal with the Haqqanis—and India is left to face the fallout

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A captive-bred, GSM-tagged white-rumped vulture that was released in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve.

Lost in the Wild — The Lede

The sixth mass extinction is here—and it’s killing humans too

India’s vanishing wildlife is no longer just a biodiversity crisis—it is a public health emergency born of human-induced ecological collapse.

When governments believe that wealth is an all-access pass that need not be supervised and “development” a mantra that need not be interrogated, private players quickly commandeer the regulatory and legislative systems meant to protect common resources.

Lost in the Wild

Editor’s Note: A sanctuary for the few, a graveyard for the many

Public habitats are vanishing, while private ventures flaunt luxurious animal care. Meanwhile, the state retreats from ecological responsibility.

Lost in the Wild

Indian grey wolf: Persecuted guardian of the grasslands

Mihir Godbole,Abi Tamim Vanak

Lost in the Wild

Human-wildlife conflict can reduce only if community rights are recognised: C.R. Bijoy

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