What’s not right with our state assemblies; clues about universe’s firstborn suns; the Javed Abidi I knew; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [The Anshu Prakash ‘Assault’ Case Could Become the Spark That Sets Fire to India’s Fragile Democracy]( Prem Shankar Jha [The attack on Prakash has given the Modi government a sword of Damocles to hang over Kejriwal’s head. Given its relentless efforts to paralyse the AAP government, there’s no telling how this opportunity will be used.]( [Ancient Starlight Trapped in Cosmic Gas Offers Clues About Universe’s Firstborn Suns]( Sandhya Ramesh [… and with that, dark matter is not far behind.]( [‘The Kangri That Kept us Warm Has Turned Cold. Let us Warm it Again]( Majid Maqbool [An online initiative is trying to ‘virtually’ reconnect Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims – old neighbours, friends and schoolmates – who had lost touch with each other following the migration of Kashmiri Pandits in the early 1990s.]( [Debate: Should the Supreme Court Merely Stand By While Its Judgments Are Misrepresented?]( Satya Prasoon and Ashwini Tallur [If the court were to issue a comprehensive statement on secularism, it will most likely raise the cost for political parties of undermining it.]( [What’s Not Right With Our State Assemblies]( Nidhi Tambi [Many assembly sessions last for only one to two days, and some like Gujarat do not upload legislative debates on the website.]( [Gabriel García Márquez: The Man Who Unravelled Solitude]( Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee [A look at some of the Colombian Nobel prize-winning author’s work.]( [The Javed Abidi I Knew]( George Abraham [Javed Abidi was to the disability movement what Mahatma Gandhi was to the Indian freedom struggle and Virat Kohli is to the Indian cricket team.]( [Free Bicycles Help Wheel Students to School But What About Freedom of ‘Action’ and ‘Thought’?]( Pratichi Research Team, Pratichi Institute [Schemes like Sabooj Sathi in West Bengal can only be a supplement to, not a substitute for, vital interventions required to address systemic deficits in the education system.]( Copyright © 2018 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](