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    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.Business
    Arun Jaitley's many-sided federalism, another wake up call to States

    The latest ES 2017 goes even a step further urging that competition between States “must be extended to competition...

    6 Feb 2017 6:28 AM IST

    RamanujaNation
    Contemporary relevance of two millennial-year thought leaders

    Why inclusive visions of Sri Ramanuja and Abhinavagupta matter even more today.

    30 Jan 2017 6:23 AM IST

    I am happy to be a young African woman by origin, but things like reintroducing your tribe on your ID card, those sort of things can be divisive. Sudan needs to redraw some of its boundaries. YassminLifestyle
    No arbitrary culture bans please: Yassmin

    Sudanese-born Australian Muslim woman writer talks about supportive role of men in feminism.

    27 Jan 2017 7:27 AM IST

    The Modern Rationalist Annual Number 2016: Published by The Periyar Self-Respect Propaganda Institution.Lifestyle
    A timely reminder of inclusive values

    This special publication coincides with Dr Veeramani's 84th birthday.

    23 Jan 2017 5:14 AM IST

    Inner engineering- A yogis guide to joy by Sadhguru, Penguin random house India, 2016.Lifestyle
    Book review: Demystifying yoga, redefining Ghar Vaapsi'

    Sadhguru neither wishes to take the moral high ground nor seeks to be prescriptive.

    16 Jan 2017 6:18 AM IST

    TT Vasu- The man who could never say No by S Muthiah, (Published by Ranpar Publishers, Chennai)Lifestyle
    Book review: Politics, family business and leadership

    How TTK legacy shone like lamp amid turbulence.

    9 Jan 2017 6:38 AM IST

    V K SasikalaNation
    Sasikala's rise reflects sea change in TN leadership profile

    Some of the Left leaders in the State, like the CPI veteran R. Nallakannu, were influenced by both Gandhi, poet...

    2 Jan 2017 6:57 AM IST

    JayalalithaaNation
    Is Dravidian Movement cracking up in post-Jaya Tamil Nadu polity?

    The new word pictures have raised questions about the future of the Dravidian Movement' in the State.

    26 Dec 2016 6:44 AM IST

    Visitors paying their respects to Jayalalithaa at the MGR memorial on Marina beach (Photo: DC)Nation
    Poetry in times of demonetisation

    Movingly, a more thoughtful noumenal perspective came from a woman selling cut fruits opposite the now MGR-Jayalalithaa...

    19 Dec 2016 6:37 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)Nation
    Supreme Court wades further into Cauvery

    Supreme Court also would need to clarify what interim sharing/conciliatory mechanism would be in place until the appeals...

    13 Dec 2016 6:24 AM IST

    Former Tamil Nadu CM JayalalithaaNation
    Jayalalithaa: An undaunted administrator

    The mosaic of welfare schemes over the last 25 years affixed a pro-poor stamp to Amma's governance.

    7 Dec 2016 2:59 AM IST

    A parched land in Thanjavur district. (Photo: FILE PHOTO)Nation
    Farmer suicides bares structural issues

    The sudden rising deaths of ryots in Cauvery delta this year raises fresh concerns.

    5 Dec 2016 6:35 AM IST

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