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Frontline, the fortnightly English magazine from The Hindu, since 1984. Covering politics, social issues, environment, finance, business, economy, science, technology, art, culture, movies, entertainment, and social media.
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Crying Hitlers: Modi, Indian Capitalists and China
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (277+ words) Published: Sep 10, 2026 12:29 IST - 6 MINS READ This preamble is necessary because my spouse, lately annoyed with a dictatorial acquaintance who weaponised their tears, said they were being a “crying Hitler”. After exonerating the man who has more biographies than anyone else,…...
Nehru Archive: Inside Nehru’s Letters, Ideas, Politics, and Private World
1+ week, 46+ min ago (466+ words) Published: Sep 07, 2026 18:17 IST - 6 MINS READ The website’s usage data shows visitors searching for both major historic moments and Nehru’s lesser-known personal writings. Of the total, 1,03,000 visitors were from India, more than 25,000 from the US, and nearly 5,000 from the UK, with…...
Modi’s ‘Dimagi Naxals’ Call Threatens Democratic Dissent
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (729+ words) Published: Sep 07, 2026 17:01 IST - 7 MINS READ After the results came out, and I had passed with flying colours, I was summoned to India House for a final interview with the Deputy High Commissioner and his team. The opening salvo was what…...
Sonia Gandhiâs Second Act: Writer and Critic - Frontline
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (853+ words) Published: Sep 07, 2026 14:02 IST - 7 MINS READ Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, penned after she decided to limit her role in politics, boosts her second coming, this time as a writer and critic. Even before the memoir made headlines,…...
Sonia Gandhi Memoir: Censorship and Publishing in India
1+ week, 4+ day ago (332+ words) Published: Sep 03, 2026 13:13 IST - 6 MINS READ If newspapers are unedifying bunkum, the electronic media is worse. It does not believe in news, merely in the propaganda the regime feeds it, or feeding the bloodthirst of the regime’s mindless supporters. And it…...
Indian Democracy: Why Multi-Party Politics Matters
1+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) Published: Sep 01, 2026 18:06 IST - 11 MINS READ There is a persistent temptation in political discourse to imagine that a mature democracy should eventually become simpler: just two parties, clearer choices, stronger governments, and perhaps one dominant political narrative. Such an understanding may…...
Kashmir BJP Leaders Face FIRs Over Cheating, Intimidation
1+ week, 6+ day ago (662+ words) Published: Aug 31, 2026 19:12 IST - 6 MINS READ In August 2026 alone, two BJP leaders in Central and South Kashmir, and a BJP Kisan Morcha leader in Pulwama, have been booked by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for “cheating” and “intimidation”. The Jammu and…...
Rahul Gandhi’s "Chhatro Ki Goonj": Can Congress Win Gen Z?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (277+ words) Published: Aug 29, 2026 18:03 IST - 7 MINS READ The Indian National Congress’s (INC) “Chhatron Ki Goonj” (Echo of Students) campaign is the party’s outreach initiative to build ties with the country’s youth and discuss reforms addressing their concerns. Pune was the fourth leg…...
Kanwar Yatra 2026: Violence, Vulgarity, and Hindu Politics
2+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) Published: Aug 29, 2026 15:55 IST - 5 MINS READ What explains the obscene acts that have characterised this year’s Kanwar Yatra? How do these children know the meaning of the gestures they can be seen making? One explanation could be early exposure to pornography,…...
How UP’s Upper-Caste Elite Shaped Majoritarian India’s Democracy
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (341+ words) Published: Aug 24, 2026 13:18 IST - 7 MINS READ Gaya sees the malaise in historical terms, regretting that Indian democracy has suffered a diminution of the “abiding humanity” and “cultural capaciousness” of older ideals. In their place has come a “nationalism insistent on denying…...