Mathangi Krishnamurthy

Oct 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Pragathi Ravi |Rama Bijapurkar |Mathangi Krishnamurthy |Sujoy Chakravarty

As the June sun shines bright, River Godavari laps up against the banks of Nathsagar in Paithan, Maharashtra. Chhaya Subhash Kuchir ambles out of her bamboo home to survey her catch. It is late morning. She returned from her fishing expedition five hours ago. “In the evening I lower the net and I pull it out at 5 am the next morning,” she says. Her catch of 5 to 6 kilos of tilapia fish fetches her an average of Rs.20 to Rs.30 a kilo every day.

Oct 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Pragathi Ravi |Rama Bijapurkar |Mathangi Krishnamurthy |Sujoy Chakravarty

As the June sun shines bright, River Godavari laps up against the banks of Nathsagar in Paithan, Maharashtra. Chhaya Subhash Kuchir ambles out of her bamboo home to survey her catch. It is late morning. She returned from her fishing expedition five hours ago. “In the evening I lower the net and I pull it out at 5 am the next morning,” she says. Her catch of 5 to 6 kilos of tilapia fish fetches her an average of Rs.20 to Rs.30 a kilo every day.

Oct 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Rama Bijapurkar |Mathangi Krishnamurthy |Sujoy Chakravarty |M. Suresh Babu

Pakistan was established on a flawed and skewed idea and is run not by a civilian government but by its rogue army that has been dictating its every move and initiative (Cover Story, October 18). Even as India-Pak relations have come to naught, Pakistan continues to promote cross-border terrorism. And yet all its efforts to disturb India have failed miserably. It is time the civilian government of Pakistan and its military moved the coin first with India. This can only benefit both countries.

Oct 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Rama Bijapurkar |Mathangi Krishnamurthy |Sujoy Chakravarty |M. Suresh Babu

Francis Itty CoraT.D. Ramakrishnan, translated by Priya K NairHarperCollins IndiaRs.399This Malayalam classic is a genre-bender combining history, myth, mystery and magic. Set in present-day Kerala, war-torn Iraq, ancient Alexandria, and Renaissance Florence, the novel is a romp through history.

Oct 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Rama Bijapurkar |Mathangi Krishnamurthy |John Clarke |Tabish Khair

In this post-election period, as we reckon again with the question of what India’s future holds, front and centre is the question of the demographic dividend. By current calculations, India has the next 30 years to make hay should the young ones shine. How does one, therefore, understand the possibilities represented by this overwhelmingly high proportion of young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in the working population? Characterisations of the desi Gen Z are rampant.