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Gandhi and Ivan Illich: What two barefoot prophets saw coming
From guns to ballot box: Can Communists and former revolutionaries forge Telangana’s third alternative?

Vinayaga! Who will remove these obstacles?
India in ‘Global Gallery of Rogues’: Kavita Krishnan on ‘De-democratisation’
Kanthapuram and the myth of confining the Muslim woman to her home

Ivan Illich and the tyranny India’s pursuit of speed is unleashing
The Sea speaks Malayalam: The 122 words that sailed back with Vasco da Gama from Calicut
The things we blame on age: When getting older becomes an explanation for everything
Ethics committee or electoral mandate? The Kaushik Reddy test
After 1,000 days in office, Revanth bets on ‘visible impact’ taking on KCR’s infra legacy
‘India roars louder than ever’: Gyanesh Kumar SIR, please get out
Tools that enslave: Ivan Illich’s questions for India
Why CEC Gyanesh Kumar should resign, and why the appointment process needs to change too
Free to think? When public universities lose their freedom
Supreme Court order clears way for Khairatabad bypoll; Majlis now holds the key
Telangana tangle: When thieves fall out, the truth comes out!
Disqualified, but still in the race: The Danam Nagender paradox
How Telangana’s great distraction can land it in trouble
When a language fights to avoid being eaten: The Tulu lesson for India
Bypolls are not referendums: What 12 years of electoral data in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh reveal
From Erravelli to Dharani: Telangana’s property wars
Telangana’s quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 3: What the Congress and BJP protect
The anti-defection law has outlived its usefulness. It is time for a tougher law
Telangana’s quiet double-engine Sarkar — Part 2: The politics of pretend opposition
Telangana’s Danam Nagender verdict: A test of the Speaker’s Constitutional credibility
Even a dead worker’s family wasn’t spared: The decline and fall of Telangana’s police
MLA defections must have a price: Will Tamil Nadu voters charge it?
At a crossroads: Challenges for the DMK in the Gen-Z era
Telangana’s quiet double-engine sarkar — Part 1: The Congress-BJP policy convergence
As UPI gets ready for its first charges, the real revolution is not the transaction count

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