Death of a judge: what we know, what we don’t know; state’s tuberculosis rampage exemplifies the failure of the ‘Gujarat model’; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Death of a Judge: What We Know, What We Don’t Know]( The Wire Staff [Three years later, with claims and counter-claims over the judge’s death piling up, the son’s plea for an independent investigation might well be the only way to settle this matter.]( [Gujarat Polls Not About Caste Dynamics, But People’s Struggle Against the BJP: Alpesh Thakor]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [In conversation with the newly-inducted Congress leader on what he expects from the upcoming elections, his party’s agenda and more.]( [State’s Tuberculosis Rampage Exemplifies the Failure of the ‘Gujarat Model’]( Kiran Kumbhar [Gujarat has so utterly failed in controlling TB that it is the only state, apart from Uttar Pradesh, where the incidence of TB has actually increased over the last decade.]( [Gujarat Model’s Failure Explains Why the Economy Is a Significant Factor in the Coming Elections]( Jayati Ghosh [The model of development that was presented as a success story relies on patronising and providing incentives to large businesses while simultaneously suppressing wage incomes.]( [Puthuvypeen: The IOC Project That Could Turn a Kerala Village Into a Deathtrap]( Sajai Jose [With multiple environmental violations and a grave potential risk to a densely populated island village – will the Kerala government allow Indian Oil to build an LPG terminal in Kochi’s Puthuvypeen?]( [Should Rajasthan’s Open Prisons Be Replicated Across the Country?]( Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar [A new report has recommended extending the scheme to all women, aged and infirm undertrials, claiming that it has many social and economic benefits for both the state and the inmates.]( [Nahargarh Fort Hanging Seen By Some as Attempt to Stoke Communal Strains Over ‘Padmavati’]( Shruti Jain [Messages scribbled on stones near the deceased’s body seem to be deliberately crafted to point fingers at the Muslim community.]( [As India’s Coal Shortage Continues, Private Players Are Irked at NTPC’s Bigger Share]( Noor Mohammad [Some of NTPC’s power plants are getting excess coal at a time when private power producers are reeling from the dry fuel shortage.]( [BJP’s Repeated Attempts to Bypass Legislature Are Threatening Parliament’s Authority]( Jaiveer Shergill [The relevance of parliament as an institution of accountability has come into question.]( [Where Does Trump’s Decision to Pull out of Paris Accord Leave the US?]( Arlene Chang [The US president’s administration may have announced the country’s pull-out from the Paris Agreement but the world, including US cities and organisations, has shown a steely resolve to see it through.]( Copyright © 2017 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](