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Water being wasted in Bengaluru. Now it seems that the Cauvery has no more to give. So the city must go to a river even further away, the Sharavathi

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How many rivers will Bengaluru drink

A reservoir 20 miles away; then a river 60 miles away; now, a river 180 miles away. The city has had to forage further for water

By Ramachandra Guha

Opinion

Modi regime's biggest casualty: civil society

By Shiv Visvanathan
Dialogue as a search for difference can challenge the conformity of majoritarianism. Democracy becomes both playful and plural and citizenship loses its passive fixity, focussed on consumption and voting.

Opinion

Breaking a tie is tricky, in sport as in life

By Arghya Sengupta
England's Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill during the Super Over in the Cricket World Cup final match between England and New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground in London, England, Sunday, July 14, 2019.
The vision of a $5-trillion economy disregards India's exploded population, a problem that stands laundered to market and workforce.

Opinion

New calling card: 'Professional Pessimist'

By Shyam G. Menon
A horse at a fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Among the latest entrants in the EFI membership register is a body that organises a horse fair in Sarangkheda in the rural Nandurbar district of northern Maharashtra

Opinion

Equestrian Federation: bravery or bravado?

By G. Rajaraman
There is no single reason for this carnage and it seems to be an abnormal coming together of multiple - normally minor - factors.

Opinion

Auto industry: Caught in the perfect storm

By Deepesh Rathore
Scholar Kalidas Nag with Rabindranath Tagore aboard a ship on their way to China. Nag's impulse to trace India’s links with the maritime universe had much to do with his association with Tagore.

Opinion

Antecedents of the Indo-Pacific

By T.C.A. Raghavan
Chief economic adviser K.V. Subramanian at an event to launch the Economic Survey 2018-19. His Economic Survey is a very good first attempt. It has some imperfections, but that is natural. Every CEA is different; so will be his style and interests, and they will be reflected in the Survey.

Opinion

Another Subramanian and a new team

By Ashok V. Desai
Women at an NRC seva kendra in Mayong, near Guwahati, wait to verify whether their names have been included in the list. In case after case, a pattern has emerged showing a combination of poor judgment, problematic data, arbitrariness or just indifference that has harmed Indians

Opinion

NRC: A major storm is brewing

By Sanjoy Hazarika
United States of America’s women’s national soccer team: True fighters

Opinion

A ticker tape parade saluted US women soccer players

By Suhashini Sarkar
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In the crammed park, look amid the statuary, and if you are lucky you may spot a slide or swing

When the park is a parking lot

By Chandrima S. Bhattacharya
Narendra Modi unwittingly echoes Adolf Eichmann's fusion of conscience with political mission when he says that he is a BJP worker first, and prime minister later.

Narendra Modi takes his role too seriously

By Valson Thampu
Students in masks of the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at an election rally in Calcutta in April 2019. Banerjee's government must govern responsibly, handle law and order firmly, and crack down on corruption and nepotism.

A formula for resurgence in Bengal

By Subir Bhaumik
It used to be easier to speak truth to power. But the powerful have become terribly thin-skinned, taking umbrage at the most inconsequential insults and unleashing their might on those coming up with more damning questions against authority

Speaking truth to the powerless

By Alaka M. Basu
Residents line up for checking the final draft of NRC in Tengabasti, Assam. On July 30, 2018, the complete draft of the NRC was released, with the names of nearly 40 lakh people missing. On June 30 this year, an additional draft list was published with names of another 1.02 lakh excluded names.

Foreigner until proven Indian

By Sudipta Bhattacharjee
Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi to her left and A.K. Antony to her right.

The Congress party's secret leadership recipe

By The Telegraph
Editorials
Night shelters in cities for the homeless, for example, do not appear to be much of a priority in spite of repeated prods from the Supreme Court
Night shelters in cities for the homeless, for example, do not appear to be much of a priority in spite of repeated prods from the Supreme Court

The laws of shelter for cows and humans

By The Editorial Board
Letters
Rzeszow pride parade: Puzzled Poland
Rzeszow pride parade: Puzzled Poland

LGBT red flag in Poland

By The Telegraph
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