Quasicrystal superconductors; Modi's art appreciation; namaz in Haryana; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Are Aligarh, Gurugram Mere Theatres of BJP’s Play on Communal Politics?]( Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar [Adityanath and M.L. Khattar’s stand on the AMU and Gurugram violence makes it clear that BJP state governments are not keen on resolving issues, and are instead eager to create more conflict.]( [Art Appreciation, Narendra Modi Style]( Sidharth Bhatia [The prime minister’s ringing endorsement of the angry Hanuman image suggests that the Sangh parivar is fully conscious of the power of ‘art’ and has a firm idea of what such art should be.]( [The Story of a Once-Unusual Material With a Still-Unusual Property]( Lakshmi Supriya [Quasicrystal superconductors are real. Let the experiments begin!]( [Till No One Objects]( Apoorvanand [With the Haryana chief minister implying that those who disrupted namaz were raising an 'objection', their actions could be seen as a legitimate protest instead of breaking of law.]( [The Kashmir Professor Who Turned Militant and Was Killed, All Within 40 Hours]( Mudasir Ahmad [Mohammad Rafi Bhat was among the five Hizbul Mujahideen rebels killed in an encounter in J&K's Shopian district on May 6.]( [Culture Ministry Raised Former Lalit Kala Akademi Head's Salary Days Before Sacking]( Sukanya Shantha [Despite the alleged charges of misappropriating funds, the Ministry of Culture increased C.S. Krishna Setty's salary with retrospective effect from Re 1 to Rs 1,44,200 per month.]( [Dalmiafication of the Qila-e-Mubarak Will Lead us Nowhere]( Narayani Gupta [Our monuments are in crisis. We need to grab this moment as an opportunity and tap the vast pool of individuals and institutions ready to take on the twin challenges of conservation and interpretation.]( [NASA Telescope Runs Into Fresh Problems as Officials Keep an Eye on Finances]( Vishwam Sankaran [Some scientists believe that spending more on the James Webb Space Telescope could reduce the amount of money available for other NASA projects.]( 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](