How RSS Is Reshaping Education in India | 2026
Frontlineby Apoorvanand Apoorvanand teaches Hindi; Writes Literary; Cultural Criticism Ai Summary·3 Sept 2026
Rahul Gandhi’s statement in Parliament—“The RSS does not allow the young to become students”—should have been a media headline the next day. TV channels should have made it their talking point.
Sonia Gandhi Memoir: Censorship and Publishing in India
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha·3 Sept 2026
Your columnist is looking forward to Sonia Gandhi’s 544-page memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in the US two months from now.
Brij Bhushan Acquittal and Tejpal Conviction: Two Views of Victim Behaviour
Frontlineby T K Rajalakshmi·2 Sept 2026
Two judgments. Two influential people. One an owner-editor, the other a former MP and influential politician from Uttar Pradesh.
Uttam Kumar: How Bengal’s Greatest Star Was Made | Book Excerpt
Frontlineby Sayandeb Chowdhury·2 Sept 2026
One of the most recognisable verities of Bengali cinema is that Uttam’s three-decade career lorded way above others, whether as actor or as star.
Parole, Politics, and Power: The Ram Rahim Controversy
Frontlineby Ronki Ram·2 Sept 2026
On August 25, 2026, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the imprisoned head of the religious cult organisation Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS), was granted a 21-day furlough by the Haryana government.
Uttam Kumar: Stardom, Ageing, and Bengali Cinema
Frontlineby Madhuja Mukherjee·2 Sept 2026
There are certain recognisable tropes of postcolonial Bengali-language cinema or films produced specifically from West Bengal.
Uttam Kumar at 100: How He Changed Bengali Cinema
Frontlineby Moinak Biswas·2 Sept 2026
Uttam Kumar has left two autobiographies, Hariye Jaowa Dinguli Mor (My Past Days), first serialised in 1962, and Amar Ami (In My Own Words), published soon after the actor’s passing in 1980.
Uttam Kumar’s Nayak and the Face of Modernity
Frontlineby Anindya Sengupta·2 Sept 2026
During my childhood in the 1980s, Indian mainstream melodramas from the 1950s to the 1970s were ubiquitous at home. Radio played the songs, so did cassette players.
Ranjit Mallick on Why Uttam Kumar Remains Unmatched
Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay·2 Sept 2026
Ranjit Mallick, one of the biggest names in the Bengali film industry, has enjoyed huge success in both alternative cinema and mainstream movies.
Uttam Kumar at 100: Why His Stardom Still Endures
Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay·2 Sept 2026
In 2024, 44 years after his death, Uttam Kumar returned to the silver screen as a ghost in director Srijit Mukherji’s light-hearted fantasy film titled Oti Uttam.
Russia-Ukraine War: Why the Conflict Has No Easy End
Frontlineby Ajai Malhotra·1 Sept 2026
Four and a half years into Russia’s “Special Military Operation” (SMO), the Ukraine conflict has entered a phase in which neither side is likely to achieve all its objectives.
RSS, BJP and the Political Strategy Behind Bhagwat’s Speech
Frontlineby Saba Naqvi·1 Sept 2026
In 2003, when I worked at Outlook magazine and covered the BJP (and thereby the RSS), I had occasion, along with Hindi Outlook, to conduct an interview with V.S.
Indian Democracy: Why Multi-Party Politics Matters
Frontlineby Manoj Kumar Jha·1 Sept 2026
India is often described as the world’s largest democracy, but numbers alone do not explain the extraordinary complexity of Indian democracy.
Himalayan Glacial Lakes Are Growing. What Is the Risk?
Frontlineby N V Geetha·1 Sept 2026
On August 26, when a rapid slope failure involving a glacier occurred high on Langtang Lirung near the Nepal-China border, the disaster that followed travelled astonishingly far. The U.S.
Lionel Messi Retires From International Football at 39
Frontlineby Frontline News Desk·1 Sept 2026
Argentinian giant Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football on August 31, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure...
Raghuram Rajan: India’s Jobs Crisis Needs a New Growth Model
Frontlineby Rohit Inani·1 Sept 2026
In March 2026, the World Bank took an extraordinary and bold step when it reversed its three-decades-long position on industrial policy, and is today backing it for growth and development.
Arjun Dangle's "Dalit Panther" Traces the Movement's Radical Rise and the Rifts That Broke It
Frontlineby Purnachandra Naik·31 Aug 2026
In the post-Ambedkar period, the Dalit Panther movement of Maharashtra remains a groundbreaking event that at once generates awe, inspiration and dismay.
K.P. Kumaran and the Politics of Family, Desire, and Dissent
Frontlineby Vidyarthy Chatterjee·31 Aug 2026
No social institution has spawned more writings, paintings, or dance and music than the family. Again, representations of the family in varied shapes, sizes, descriptions, behaviours, attitudes...
Tukaram Mundhe: Why Rule-Breakers Fear Him
Frontlineby Amey Tirodkar·31 Aug 2026
Tukaram Mundhe could possibly be the only IAS officer from India to get international publicity. Taipei Times, a national daily from Taiwan, printed a long profile on Mundhe in its August 19...
Kashmir BJP Leaders Face FIRs Over Cheating, Intimidation
Frontlineby Gowhar Geelani·31 Aug 2026
In August 2026 alone, two BJP leaders in Central and South Kashmir, and a BJP Kisan Morcha leader in Pulwama, have been booked by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for “cheating” and “intimidation”.
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