A blow to Modi-Shah duo in Karnataka; Rohingya refugees in Delhi; Europe's critical workers; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Real Message From Karnataka Floor Test is That Modi, Shah Are Not Invincible]( Swati Chaturvedi [If the BJP's leadership has a take-no-prisoners approach to politics, the opposition too has no option but to unite.]( [The Tempest: An Evaporation of Fear in Kashmir]( Niya Shahdad [As the Centre declares a “Ramzan ceasefire” in its military operations in order to “isolate the forces that ... [resort] to mindless violence and terror,” it is worth revisiting the true “forces” and origins of that “mindless violence and terror.”]( [The Bonded Sugarcane Harvesters of South Gujarat]( Anushka Rose [Generation after generation of sugarcane harvesters have been caught in a vicious cycle of debt and deplorable working conditions.]( [Explained: Yeddyurappa's Resignation and the Two Dramatic Days Before It]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [Yeddyurappa's resignation may be seen as laying to rest the polarised debate on whether the Karnataka governor’s decision to call him to form government was correct.]( [A Peek Into a Dalit Newspaper Supplement That Made Waves 45 Years Ago]( Darryl D'Monte [With poetry and prose that echo through the ages, the translated works of Dalit writers, published in an edition of the Times Weekly in 1973, allowed them to achieve a kind of legitimacy that they had otherwise been ruthlessly denied.]( [Critical Workers: What's Happening to Delivery Persons in Europe's Food Tech]( Sana Ahmad [In digitising the process of food delivery, startups may have given rise to exploitative labour and preacariousness in the lives of their delivery personnel.]( [Tents and Textbooks: The Rohingya's Struggle with Schooling in India]( Oindrila Das and Trisha Pande [Settled in camps scattered around Delhi, Rohingya refugees may have left a part of them behind in Myanmar, but their children are carving out new lives thanks to some organisations.]( [Backstory: Karnataka Poll Today, General Election Tomorrow]( Pamela Philipose [A fortnightly column from The Wire’s public editor.]( [Watch | Citizenship Bill: Why Are People In Assam Protesting Against It?]( The Wire Staff [The changes proposed to the Act by the Modi government contradict the Assam Accord signed in 1985. BJP chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said he would step down if the interests of the state are not protected.]( [The US and Other Battle Hawks Are Taking a Big Risk in Iran]( Ramin Jahanbegloo [Neither Trump nor its allies in the Middle East seem interested in pursuing avenues of entente.]( 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](