Outlook

Nobelity may embrace the redeemer; A ham-handed character assassin; Another Left turn?; Stardom files for its returns; How to delete the insurgency icon and Inside the diamond ring.

Caught between the twin millstones of grinding poverty, which is real, and glamour, a relentlessly beckoning mirage, more and more girls from the seven states (now it’s indeed ironic to call them Seven Sisters) in the Northeast are finding themselves in the coercive and dehumanising tentacles of the flesh trade…

Terror stalks the whole of Northeast and Tripura is no exception. But it’s the Left Front (LF) government in the state, perceived by the tribal militants as a representative of the outsiders (particularly the Bengalis), which has to bear the brunt. Less than a fortnight ago LF leaders from Tripura…

There has once again been an outbreak of xenophobia in Assam and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) is its carrier. Enraged students and unemployed youth have gone on an aggressive jobs-for-locals-only drive over the past fortnight. In two incidents last week, activists of AASU and the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva…

Manipur picked up seven of India's 32 golds at Manchester. What makes athletes from this insurgency-infested state tick?