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1 day ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Sarah Wynn-Williams |John Simte |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People is a closely observed account of Facebook’s ascent to global prominence and the persistent failure of its leadership to recognise or address the implications of that growth. The book avoids the tone of sensational exposé. Its focus is institutional, procedural, and grounded in lived experience.
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1 day ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Anand Mishra |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
Dear readers,With less than five months to go for the Bihar election—where dynasts have claimed seats across party lines—a new D has entered the political lexicon: damad, or son-in-law. Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), frequently attacked for its family-first politics—Rabri Devi is an MLC, two sons are MLAs, one daughter is an MP—has now gone on the offensive, accusing the Nitish Kumar-led government of institutionalising damadwaad.
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2 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy |R. Ramachandran
How PM2.5 wrecks respiratory airwaysWith most of the world population subject to harmful levels of air pollutants, air pollution is stated to be the second leading risk factor that could lead to death globally. However, how air pollution affects human health and mortality remains poorly understood, rendering treatment strategies largely symptomatic.
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2 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
When he announced his run for mayor back in October 2024, Zohran Mamdani was a State lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. On June 24, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo conceded.
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2 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Amey Tirodkar |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
Internal dissension is nothing new for the BJP’s Goa unit. But the intensity of the current infighting should be a serious concern for the central leadership, with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant facing his most formidable challenge yet—from members of his own Cabinet. Sawant, who became the Chief Minister after Manohar Parrikar’s death, was always seen as “Delhi’s choice”. With the clear support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sawant has weathered many a storm until now.
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2 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
After Zohran Mamdani (in India, many identify him as filmmaker Mira Nair’s son, while some also point to his learned father, Mahmood Mamdani) won the Democratic Party’s primary for New York City’s (NYC) mayoral election on June 24th (Tuesday), convincingly over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, a corrupt, sexual predator, a dynast (his father was former Governor Mario Cuomo), you would think that there would be cheer all around. However, you will be disappointed.
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3 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Nirupama Subramanian |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
On June 24, US President Donald Trump said that Iran and Israel had agreed on a complete ceasefire. This was after the US attacked three of Iran’s most prominent underground nuclear sites with bunker busters on June 22, seeming to signal that Trump had finally joined Israel’s war against Iran and turned it into America’s war.
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3 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Jinoy Jose P |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
Dear reader,“Suppose you were woken up from sleep one night and asked to prove that you were an Indian—what would you do?”This is the question Aziz asks in an N.S. Madhavan short story—his voice rising, as a bureaucrat in Mumbai coolly evaluates his existence like a defective product. A ration card inspector has turned into a nationalist inquisitor. The village of his birth is declared too implausible to exist.
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3 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Srinath Raghavan |Narayani Basu |Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy
“The time has come,” wrote a young Indira Gandhi to a friend, “for me to live my own life. What will it be? I don’t know at all.” The question of the means Nehru’s daughter employed to become who she wanted to be lies at the core of Srinath Raghavan’s excellent new book, Indira Gandhi and The Years That Transformed India. In Raghavan’s narrative, Indira Gandhi came to power in 1967, on the back of a crumbling old order. Trouble within the ranks of the Congress was rife by then.
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3 days ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Sushanta Talukdar |Vaishna Roy |Rushda Khan
There are some principles so deeply woven into the fabric of a constitutional democracy that to question them seems absurd. One such well-established principle that lies at the foundation of fair legal systems is the advocate-client privilege, recognised as early as the 16th century. One of the earliest recorded English cases involving legal privilege was Berd v. Lovelace Ch., Cary 62, 21 Eng.Rep. 33 (1577).
