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His sentences in English were short and sounded dismissive even if he didn’t mean them to be. They sounded authoritative too — and this, he meant them

from the readers’ editor

A fragile ecosystem

A.S. Panneerselvan

To encourage critical enquiry, journalism must constantly remind citizens of the troubled past and difficult battles

Culture Mulch |

A manifesto for torn jeans

Mathangi Krishnamurthy

Distressed jeans becomes both a form of rebellion, a plugging out, and an intimate connection with clothing as continuous with the body

Allegedly

Are you EVM-positive?

G. Sampath

Last Tuesday, our kitchen tested positive. Every time we took the cake out of the oven, it was lotus-shaped

Between Wickets |

We judge by actions, so why force umpires to judge on intent?

Suresh Menon

To expect a human being to get into the head of another to judge intention is both unreasonable and undoable

FROM THE READERS’ EDITOR

Seeing things as they are

A.S. Panneerselvan

Reporting transgressions during the election season is not enough; the media needs to scrutinise institutional failures

From Lala to Virat — colourful characters have always existed in Indian cricket

A fragile ecosystem

A manifesto for torn jeans

Are you EVM-positive?

We judge by actions, so why force umpires to judge on intent?

Seeing things as they are

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