Modi's minimum raj; Thane's sand miners; the great Aadhaar game; trend of low enrollment rate for millennial voters; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Modi's Minimum Raj: Jaitley Sent Anonymous Note to Flag Key Matter to PMO]( Swati Chaturvedi [Finance minister sought prime minister's intervention on the question of the poor handling of international arbitration cases running into hundreds of crores of rupees.]( [The Real Questions Surrounding Shirdi Industries Remain Unanswered]( M.K. Venu [The details of the company's revival package, particularly how it was allowed to postpone provident fund dues, is worth examining further.]( [For Thane's Sand Miners, a Life Mired in Dirty Water, Illness, Illegality]( Sukanya Shantha [The workers dive down 50 feet to dredge for sand that is then sold to the construction industry.]( [The 'Black Mirror' Dystopia That Is Steven Smith's Reality]( Parth Pandya [The hysterical public reactions after the shenanigans of Steven Smith’s team in Cape Town are a timely reminder of the culture 'Black Mirror' warns us of. But it's also an endorsement of cricket’s misplaced priorities and delusional elitism.]( [The Great Aadhaar Game: Don’t be Arbitrary, be Cleverly Random]( Rajendran Narayanan [The Centre, through arbitrary subversion of legalities, is turning us into random number generators.]( [Review: Democracy and Debate in the Time of 'IT Cell']( Prakash K. Ray [At times, Ravish Kumar may sound pessimistic or cynical but, in fact, the wholesome impact of 'The Free Voice' is positive as it ignites sparks of hope, solidarity, and compassion.]( [Trend of Low Enrollment Rate for Millennial Voters Visible Across India]( The Wire Staff [Less than 30% in the age group of 18-19 years are enrolled as voters in a majority of states.]( [Kidney Transplant Likely for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley]( Swati Chaturvedi [Arun Jaitley, who suffers from chronic diabetes, underwent bariatric surgery for weight reduction in September 2014.]( [Five Challenges India’s Cities Must Overcome to Unlock Their True Potential]( Vivek Anandan Nair, V.R. Vachana and Santosh Rao [India’s urbanisation opportunity is jeopardised by severe gaps in urban public infrastructure and services, the consequences of which are witnessed in our cities every day.]( [Scientists Probe an Enduring Question: Can Language Shape Perception?]( Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Undark Magazine [The idea that language shapes our ability to think fell out of favour in the 1960s, but new tools have some researchers revisiting the concept.]( 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](