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Arun Vernekar from Karwar in Karnataka accidentally cut his finger while trying to collect blood to offer Goddess Kali. Here, he is praying for a third term for Modi. 
From the Sidelines

400? 272? 210?

Saba Naqvi
Activists of the Sakal Maratha Samaj wearing Manoj Jarange-Patil masks participate in a hunger strike to press for Maratha reservation, in Solapur, on October 30, 2023.
ELECTION 2024

The Kunbi twist in Maharashtra could hurt the BJP

Amey Tirodkar
Director Payal Kapadia poses after she won the Grand Prix for the film All We Imagine as Light during the Closing Ceremony at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2024.
Indian Cinema

‘All We Imagine as Light’ by Payal Kapadia scripts history with groundbreaking Grand Prix win at Cannes 2024

The film becomes first Indian film in 30 years to win the award; Kapadia the first Indian female director to compete in Cannes main competition.
Frontline News Desk

Editor's Pick

Jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren attending the last rites of his uncle at Nemara village in Ramgarh district on May 6. 
ELECTION 2024

Jharkhand: A battle over tribal identities

After bringing Babulal Marandi back into its fold, BJP is hoping to neutralise the tribal backlash over former CM Hemant Soren’s imprisonment.
Anand Mishra
INTERVIEW

Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘Nobody in this country imagined we would have a Prime Minister who lies so much’

The senior leader says he is confident that the politics of development will win over the politics of communalism and divisiveness.
Anand Mishra
Law and Governance

Kapil Sibal: ‘We have judges who after retirement say they were part of RSS and want to go back to it’

The senior lawyer and veteran politician expresses deep concerns over the potential erosion of judicial independence and integrity.
Anuradha Raman
PM Modi with Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh (centre) at a ceremony on June 29, 2023. Yogesh Singh is one of the 181 academicians who have signed the letter criticising Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on RSS’ influence on the VCs.
COMMENT

Vice chancellors ko gussa kyoon aata hai?

Rahul Gandhi’s candid remarks on RSS influence in academic appointments expose a troubling truth about India’s educational system.
Apoorvanand

Audio Stories

West Asia

Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia

Election 2024

India’s employment crisis: Jobless growth, threat of automation, and impact of climate change on productivity

Election 2024 — The Lede

India is haunted by an unprecedented economic deprivation

The Uralungal phenomenon: How a workers’ cooperative from Kerala defied caste, class barriers to become a model for the world

Spotlight

Spotlight

Demographics

Lies and statistics: EAC paper spreads alarming half-truths about Muslim population growth

Released in the middle of the election and amplified by media, the working paper says minorities in India are not just protected but also thriving.
T.K. Rajalakshmi

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Tribute

Remembering Abu Abraham, the cartoonist who bore witness

“Abu’s World”, an exhibition to commemorate his birth centenary, reminds us that his cartoons will always be ammunition in the war against hatred.
A.S. Panneerselvan

Arts & Culture

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Current Issue

Posing after voting in the third phase of the election, in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, on May 7.
Election 2024 — The Lede

BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India

It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
Neera Chandhoke
READ EBOOK
It is not the act of voting that makes for a democracy but ensuring that the act is protected.
Election 2024

Editor’s Note: The fall of the Election Commission

The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”.
Vaishna Roy
Election 2024

Election Commission of India: Mala fide or merely incompetent?

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
Election 2024

Machine’s whim versus people’s will

M.G. Devasahayam
From the Sidelines

Election Commission: No longer neutral

Saba Naqvi
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