Ayesha Minhaz

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Ayesha Minhaz |Amey Tirodkar |Ashutosh Sharma |Bharath Murthy

The Hush of the Uncaring Sea: Novellas, 2018-2025Upamanyu ChatterjeeSpeaking TigerRs.699This collection of four novellas by Upamanyu Chatterjee displays the characteristic features of his writing: acerbic wit, comedy, dollops of the absurd, and existential grief. The Convenience Store by the SeaSonoko Machida, translated by Bruno NavaskyOrionRs.599In the quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko, there is a 24/7 convenience store called Tenderness, where the lights are always on.

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy |Ayesha Minhaz

It has been quite some time since the Maoist movement faded into irrelevance in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Yet, news reports of security forces killing, arresting, or facilitating the surrender of Telugu-origin Maoists in other States routinely serve as reminders of the region’s radical history and its role in the Indian Maoist movement. Some of the most determined, feared, and violent revolutionaries of the movement were from this region.

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy |Ayesha Minhaz

For days, the University of Hyderabad campus in Telangana looked like a conflict zone. A large troop of police, deployed by the State government, tackled students protesting the destruction of an adjacent 400-acre urban “forest” in the Kancha Gachibowli village, Rangareddy district.

2 months ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Ayesha Minhaz

The Telangana government on March 19 presented its third Budget with ambitious welfare and development allocations amidst strained finances and a rising debt burden. The Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, presented the Rs.3,04,965-crore Budget estimates for the 2025-26 fiscal. The State’s revenue expenditure for this period is estimated to be Rs.2,26,982 crore, and capital expenditure is Rs.36,504 crore.

Feb 13, 2025 | frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Ayesha Minhaz

As the Telangana government prepares to enact a piece of legislation to pave the way for Scheduled Caste (SC) subclassification, disagreements have arisen: Madigas and Malas, the largest groups as per population size, remain discontent. Last August, the Supreme Court of India passed a verdict on the subclassification of SC and Schedules Tribe (ST) reservations, allowing States to give internal quotas, which ended the uncertainty that had persisted for decades.