Germany elections show the political centre losing ground
Frontlineby Ashutosh Nagda·20d ago
Two weeks after the German State of Saxony-Anhalt handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its first single-largest-party status, the country went to the polls again on September 20 in...
Neha Bora, Adityanath, and the Right to Criticise Power
Frontlineby Anand Teltumbde AI Summary·20d ago
On September 14, while addressing a Gen Z Mahajutan or public meeting in Gorakhpur, Neha Bora, a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and national president of the All India Students’...
Rajasthan Civic Polls: What the Narrow BJP Win Means for 2028
Frontlineby T K Rajalakshmi AI Summary·20d ago
It was an outcome none anticipated. Local body elections normally favour the incumbent party in power.
IIT Bombay suicide: Sahil Wakode and the caste question
Frontlineby Amey Tirodkar AI Summary·20d ago
On the banks of Powai Lake, on the outskirts of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, IIT Bombay has a picturesque location.
Shrikant Verma Trust and the Politics of Literary Freedom
Frontlineby Apoorvanand AI Summary·20d ago
At the end of the Shrikant Verma Shikhar Samman ceremony, Abhishek Verma, on behalf of the Shrikant Verma Trust, said that literature should be kept completely separate from politics.
Haifa 1918: India, Israel and the politics of memory
Frontlineby Mani Shankar Aiyar AI Summary·20d ago
A little over a century ago, on September 23, 1918, an anniversary the BJP government will be celebrating along with Israel, the eastern Mediterranean port of Haifa on the Palestinian seafront fell...
Gond Art, Patachitra, and the Stories Behind the Paintings
Frontlineby Diya Mantha·20d ago
The first thing that catches the eye is the Amar Kanth, a towering canvas that tells the origin story of the River Narmada.
Punjab’s Akali Factions Battle for the Panthic Space
Frontlineby Ashutosh Sharma AI Summary·20d ago
When Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal returned to political stage in Sri Muktsar Sahib district on August 26 (after surviving an attack at Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra’s Nanded...
False Cases in India: The Myth and Its Hidden Costs
Frontlineby Vasudha Katju·20d ago
Several recent incidents have revealed the depth and breadth of the false case discourse. The death by suicide of the Bangalore-based engineer Atul Subhash led to an outcry against laws on dowry...
Russia Election 2026: Putin’s Party Wins 355 Seats
Frontlineby Frontline News Desk·21d ago
President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record 355 seats in Russia’s 450-seat State Duma, the lower house of parliament, according to preliminary results from the three-day election...
UPI merchant fee: Who will ultimately bear the cost?
Frontlineby Raji Srinivasan·21d ago
Starting October 15, 2026, a merchant who receives a qualifying Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment above Rs.2,000 will have to pay a merchant discount rate (MDR) of 0.4 per cent.
Kargil War: Why Brigadier Surinder Singh Was Sacked
Frontlineby Praveen Swami AI Summary·21d ago
The dismissal of Brigadier Surinder Singh from the Army appears to signal the start of a legal battle over the issue. He has displayed professional resolve in executing op (operational) tasks.
Memory as Resistance: Jean Said Makdisi’s Beirut Fragments and the Architecture of War
Frontlineby Khawar Khan Achakzai·21d ago
There is something unsettling about memory. It gives tangible shape to tragedies that strike unexpectedly.
Telangana SIR: Who Is Missing From the Draft Rolls?
Frontlineby Ayesha Minhaz·22d ago
The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana has resulted in more than 53 lakh electors being placed on the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate (ASDD) list after the...
Brahma Prakash on Hindutva and the politics of spectacle
Frontlineby Siddarth Muralidharan AI Summary·22d ago
Twelve years into three back-to-back BJP governments, much has been written about the political and electoral character of the saffron party.
Aga Ruhullah Mehdi: What His NC Exit Means
Frontlineby Zaid Bin Shabir·23d ago
In May 2020, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a senior leader of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC), was still under house detention when he picked a fight with his own party.
Bhavni Bhavai: Ketan Mehta’s Radical Gujarati Film
Frontlineby Vidyarthy Chatterjee·23d ago
Some 45 years have passed since this writer first saw that breathtaking film about how “untouchables” lived and died—in poverty, squalor, and abject degradation—once upon a time in the land that...
Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss, Reading and AI
Frontlineby Bhavya Dore·23d ago
Meg Mason is a New Zealand-born, Sydney-based writer whose second novel, Sorrow and Bliss, became an international bestseller and was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2022.
Juvenile Homes in India: Security Over Rehabilitation?
Frontlineby Shruti Jain·24d ago
In July this year, four juveniles at a juvenile observation home in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur escaped, allegedly after killing the watchman on duty.
Ambedkar, śrāddha, and the gendered continuity of caste
Frontlineby Sumit Baudh·24d ago
Every year, in the fortnight before the new moon of Ashwin, Hindu families across the country perform śrāddha, the ritual offering of food to deceased ancestors.
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