Cover Stories

The Cow, the Farmer, and the Law

The real beef was never about beef. It was about power, identity and fear. As vigilantes, politicians and television studios keep the controversy alive, ordinary farmers, workers and minorities cont

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
08 Jun 2026

Cow-Beef Politics: Coming Full Circle

After years of lynchings in the name of cow protection, many Muslims in West Bengal are refusing to sacrifice cattle for Eid. The result is a striking irony: poor Hindu farmers now bear the economic b

Ram Puniyani Ram Puniyani
08 Jun 2026

Articles

The battle over cattle is no longer merely about faith or food. It is about whether farmers can survive, whether livestock retains economic value and whether symbolism can coexist with the hard realit

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
08 Jun 2026

The real national emergency is not religion or identity but the betrayal of India's youth. While governments chase votes through division and spectacle, millions of young Indians confront unemployment

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
08 Jun 2026

At the Red Fort, Amit Shah transformed a so-called cultural gathering into a declaration of intent: tribal identity belongs within the Hindu fold. For two crore Adivasi Christians, the rally signalled

John Dayal John Dayal
08 Jun 2026

The controversy surrounding ILBS goes beyond one tragic death. It raises concerns about the VIP culture, commercialisation, unequal access and institutional accountability in a public healthcare syste

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
08 Jun 2026

The 1851 novel by one of the best English novelists of all time, Charles Dickens, levelling a poignant critique of industrialisation and utilitarianism in England, attempted to present the dehumanisin

Julian S Das Julian S Das
08 Jun 2026

The sun rises But does not touch us first. Roosters in the non-Dalit yards Crow before we are allowed To open our doors.

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
08 Jun 2026

Marco Rubio had a tough time in India trying to respond to questions about Donald Trump's "hellholes" remark regarding India and China. Did Rubio describe the statement as "stupid," or was he referrin

Thomas Menamparampil Thomas Menamparampil
08 Jun 2026

The white-bearded village chief and his bald-headed deputy stood at the edge of the village where nobody would overhear them. They had chosen the spot carefully because of Pegasus, the invisible flyin

Robert Clements Robert Clements
08 Jun 2026