AfD Rise in Germany Tests Political Firewall
Frontlineby Ashutosh Nagda8 Sept 2026
In February 2025, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the second-largest party in the German Bundestag after the country’s federal elections.
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top 97%Reservation Hatao Andolan: Who Benefits From the Divide?
Frontlineby Anand Teltumbde AI Summary8 Sept 2026
Having expressed my initial scepticism about the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement at Jantar Mantar, I became extremely happy with the manner in which it conducted the movement to its successful...
Tamil Nadu Project Cancellations: A Costly Political Cycle
Frontlineby R K Radhakrishnan AI Summary8 Sept 2026
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of many projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which was in power from 2021 to 2026, including the...
H1N1 in India: What the Rising Cases Tell Us
Frontlineby Abhishek Mukherjee; Ritwika Mitra8 Sept 2026
Viral infections have long posed a threat to human societies, but advances in public health since the early 20th century have transformed our ability to prevent infection, improving health outcomes...
What Happened to the Muslim Social in Hindi Cinema?
Frontlineby Sarthak Parashar8 Sept 2026
In his illustrious career, Khalid Mohamed has been a journalist and a national cultural editor at the Hindustan Times, as well as the editor of Filmfare. He has made films and written about them.
Where Did Delhi’s 11 Lakh Voters Disappear?
Frontlineby Shubhangi Derhgawen7 Sept 2026
Delhi’s draft voter roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) revealed deletion of 47.5 lakh voters.
Nepal Flood Disaster: A Warning from a Warming Himalaya
Frontlineby Sunita Neupane7 Sept 2026
Mira Sewa, 49, was waiting outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, with hundreds of families for news about relatives who went missing in Nepal’s devastating flood in August.
Swatantra Bhardwaj and the BJP’s Politics of Violence
Frontlineby Apoorvanand Apoorvanand teaches Hindi; Writes Literary; Cultural Criticism Ai Summary7 Sept 2026
Swatantra Bhardwaj is today one of the most talked-about names in India. Let us add: one of the most talked-about Hindu names.
Nepal Floods: Why Himalayan Development Needs a Rethink
Frontlineby Anusua Mukherjee7 Sept 2026
Two weeks after the August 26 floods in Nepal, the catastrophe only seems to be getting bigger in scale.
Nehru Archive: Inside Nehru’s Letters, Ideas, Politics, and Private World
Frontlineby Ashutosh Sharma7 Sept 2026
Nearly a year before he founded the National Herald in Lucknow, Jawaharlal Nehru turned his critical gaze on himself.
Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxals’ Call Threatens Democratic Dissent
Frontlineby Mani Shankar Aiyar7 Sept 2026
On the eve of my taking the civil services exam in London in October 1962, the Chinese came down from Thagla Ridge and routed the Indians under Brig.
Germany’s Far Right Rises as Economic Crisis Deepens
Frontlineby Susan Ram7 Sept 2026
Neuhardenberg, a municipality located in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, is by all accounts a gem of a place to visit.
Sonia Gandhi’s Second Act: Writer and Critic
Frontlineby Ajaz Ashraf7 Sept 2026
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, penned after she decided to limit her role in politics, boosts her second coming, this time as a writer and critic.
Mouna Ragam at 40: Cinema and the Neoliberal Turn
Frontlineby Varkey Parakkal; Anuraag Srinivasan6 Sept 2026
“The very principle of democracy is founded on the possibility of making alternative choices. There is no longer a need for democracy, since ideology made the idea that ‘there is no alternative’...
Zai Whitaker on Nature Writing: “A Mountain of Information Gets Spun Down to an Anthill”
Frontlineby Majid Maqbool6 Sept 2026
At eight, Zai Whitaker had an unusual problem. Everyone in her family seemed to know their birds, while she struggled to identify even the ones outside the window.
Girish A.D.: How Ordinary Heroes Are Winning Malayalam Cinema
Frontlineby Vineeth Menon5 Sept 2026
Malayalam cinema has always liked the ordinary man. A medical representative. A son trying to hold a joint family together. A Gulf-returned man with big plans. An earnest schoolteacher.
Climate Crisis and Farm Distress Push Indian Farmers Out
Frontlineby Abeer Athar5 Sept 2026
In some ways, Jiyalal, once a farmer dependent on the vagaries of the monsoon, is a much-relieved man. Hailing from Mahua village in Uttar Pradesh, he has left his fields behind for the city.
Nepal’s Curse: How Catastrophe Shapes Its Identity
Frontlineby Harsh Pandey4 Sept 2026
I had been coming to Kathmandu for the better part of a decade before I saw Gai Jatra, and I saw it for the first time in the week the Bhote Koshi came down.
Power Play | Job Security
Frontlineby Anand Mishra4 Sept 2026
Dear Reader, Jobs are suddenly having a moment in political discourse. Or perhaps it is joblessness that is having a moment.
Koodiyattam: Why Do We Return to the Same Stories?
Frontlineby Prathyush Parasuraman4 Sept 2026
Why do we return to the same stories, with their familiar fates? Take Draupadi’s disrobing in the court of Duryodhana, a seminal moment in the Mahabharata.